prosecutors said on Monday, Lamar Odom won't be charged with any drug counts after the former NBA star was found unconscious last year at a Nevada brothel with cocaine in his system.
District Attorney Angela Bello said, 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.
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 13 October in extremely critical condition in Las Vegas.
She said in a statement,
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."
Investigators have not directly contacted Odom but worked with his attorney, Blair Berk, a prominent celebrity lawyer in California who declined to comment on the decision by prosecutors.
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