Lamar Odom has reportedly left a California rehabilitation facility, just one day after reportedly checking himself in following an arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence of "alcohol and/or drugs."
People.com reported Wednesday evening that Odom, 33, had entered a rehab center, citing a source who said the unrestricted free agent "realized he needs help." TMZ issued a conflicting report Thursday morning, claiming that while Odom had "gone off the radar" for several days, he had not checked himself into such a facility. The Los Angeles Times seconded that, reporting that while Odom is receiving treatment for issues related to his recent arrest and has retained attorney Robert Shapiro — "a longtime family friend of Odom's wife, Khloe Kardashian Odom [who] has regularly represented clients seeking treatment for drug addiction" — the 14-year NBA veteran "has not entered a rehabilitation facility." People, Hollywood Life and E! Newsfollowed those reports with stories citing multiple sources saying Odom checked into a center on Wednesday morning and left Thursday afternoon.
Whatever the order of operations, all sides seem to agree that Odom is not now in a rehab facility. Given what we know, and what we think we know, about how things have unfolded for him of late, this seems unsettling.
