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Lamar Odom Pleads No Contest, DUI Reduced to Reckless Driving

7/8/2026

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Lamar Odom will plead no contest to reduce his DUI charge to reckless driving.
Attorney Michael Becker says Odom will not appear in person at the hearing that follows a postponement.
A Nevada State Police trooper reported Odom was speeding, changed lanes, had bloodshot eyes, smelled of marijuana and failed sobriety tests.
Odom told trooper he suffered twelve strokes, six heart attacks and was poisoned at a brothel in Pahrump.

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Lamar Odom will plead no contest to reduce his DUI charge to reckless driving.
Attorney Michael Becker says Odom will not appear in person at the hearing that follows a postponement.
A Nevada State Police trooper reported Odom was speeding, changed lanes, had bloodshot eyes, smelled of marijuana and failed sobriety tests.
Odom told trooper he suffered twelve strokes, six heart attacks and was poisoned at a brothel in Pahrump.