Khloé Kardashian’s Ex-Husband Lamar Odom Arrested on Suspicion of DUI in Las Vegas

Khloé Kardashian‘s ex-husband, Lamar Odom, has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Las Vegas.

The incident went down in the early hours of January 17, according to TMZ. The former basketball star, 46, was also slapped with traffic violations, including driving over 41 miles per hour over the limit, as well as improper lane change and failure to maintain lanes.

The athlete is still in custody and was booked for the DUI on Saturday.

Odom, who previously battled drug and alcohol abuse issues, was also arrested for a DUI in 2013.

In 2015, he almost died following an overdose while at Nevada brothel. Kardashian, 41, had rushed to his side at the time, even acting as his medical counsel while he was on life support.

The Kardashians star and the Los Angeles Lakers player were married from 2009 until 2016, with the latter years of their marriage marred with infidelity and drug abuse problems.

Odom had been focused on his sobriety in recent years, telling Good Morning America in 2021 that he used ketamine to help stay clean.

“I went to rehab and did some other things, but ketamine came into my life at the right time,” he shared. “I’m feeling amazing. I’m alive, sober, and happy.”

“I don’t wake up looking to do lines…or waking up in a dark place or feeling unfulfilled,” Odom went on, adding that friend Kobe Bryant‘s tragic death in 2020 would have brought the “old Lamar” back into the wild world of substance abuse.

“That’d have been every excuse in the world for me to go get high, [but] doing drugs didn’t even enter my mind,” the reality star said. “I wouldn’t want to try to stop to be great. If I have greatness inside of me, I want to try to get it out.”

In January 2025, Kardashian got candid about meeting her ex-husband and why she decided to first file for divorce in 2013. She had refiled in early 2016 following Odom’s overdose after holding off for three years.

She told self-help coach Mel Robbins on an episode of her “Khloé in Wonder Land” podcast at the time what the downfall was to their whirlwind relationship.

“I remember, I was married and my ex-husband had a drug addiction,” she explained. “And I knew that his addiction always heightened — he was in the NBA — and his addiction always heightened when he was in the off-season, cause idle time is the devil’s playground… It took me a long time to get to, and I had to file for divorce.”