Lamar Odom escapes charges

According to prosecutors, former NBA champion Lamar Odom will not face charges for having cocaine in his system back in October when he was found laying unconscious in a Nevada brothel according to Attorney Angela Bello of the Nye County District.

According to the Associated Press:

Evidence in the case did not prove that Odom used the drug during his three days in Nye County, so he could not be charged with unlawful use of cocaine or being under the influence of a controlled substance — the felony count recommended by the sheriff’s office, District Attorney Angela Bello said.

Odom wasn’t in possession of any cocaine and the cocaine discovered in his system had already metabolized — making it difficult to determine the time he had used it — when he was hospitalized on Oct. 13 in extremely critical condition in Las Vegas, Bello said.

It’s “unlikely it could (be) established beyond a reasonable doubt he actually ingested, or was impaired by, the drug during the time he was within the jurisdiction of Nye County,” she said in a statement.

Very good news for Lamar, considering all the tundra of hard times he’s had to face in the past years. Hopefully he can put this behind him, but more importantly, start on a fresh clean state when he is released from treatment.