Khloe Kardashian’s husband Lamar Odom has been formally charged with DUI two weeks after he was pulled over and arrested.
Los Angeles City Attorney’s office charged Lamar Odom, 33, with one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence.
Prosecutors have not revealed specific details of what Lamar Odom was under the influence of.
Lamar Odom will face court later this month with his arraignment scheduled for September 27.
The charges stem from Lamar Odom’s August 30 arrest.
Lamar Odom has been formally charged with DUI two weeks after he was pulled over and arrested
Officers from the Californian Highway Patrol pulled over the former LA Lakers star’s Mercedes-Benz on the 101 freeway in the San Fernando Valley, California, at 4 a.m.
Officers claim Lamar Odom was driving well below the speed limit and in a “serpentine manner”.
Lamar Odom reportedly initially refused a field sobriety test, then failed it and was held at Van Nuys police station before being released later that day on $15,000 bail.
California Highway Patrol public information officer Leland Tang, told Radaronline at the time that the basketball player also refused a drug test which resulted in the immediate suspension of his license.
The officer said: “He did what no one should ever do, he refused the chemical tests.
“That means that his license is revoked and Lamar could get the most powerful attorney in the world and he is still not going to have a license for a year.”
Lamar Odom is now facing six months in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted.
For the last month there has been increased speculation that Lamar Odom has abused drugs and the basketball pro is allegedly battling an addiction to crack cocaine.
A source has alleged that Lamar Odom entered an outpatient program this week to seek treatment but went on to claim that he missed a session on Tuesday.
There have also been allegations that Lamar Odom had cheated on Khloe Kardashian with multiple women.
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Less than a week before, Lamar Odom was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he was involved in a three-car collision on the exact same freeway.
The crash was not reported to authorities, however a journalist for the Los Angeles Times has claimed that his car was rear-ended by another vehicle hit by Odom’s white Mercedes on Saturday.
The LA Times claims the incident took place around 6 p.m. and the journalist named Adolfo Flores alleges that Lamar Odom became reluctant to hand his insurance details over.
It is the latest twist in a worrying time for Khloe Kardashian’s husband, who was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in the early hours of Friday morning.
To make matters worse, it has now been revealed that Lamar Odom was paid a visit by two drug counselors just hours before he was charged with a DUI.
TMZ reports that the counselors – who work with the National Basketball Players Association – contacted Lamar Odom to offer help and he accepted.
Lamar Odom’s driving license was revoked after refusing to take drug test in DUI arrest
During the visit to Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian’s house, TMZ reported that he was very receptive with a source telling them “it was very positive”.
However, after the pair left, Lamar Odom then got into his vehicle and never came home.
The NBA star was later held at Van Nuys police station on $15,000 bail but was released from custody at 8.30 a.m.
Lamar Odom was pulled over just before 4 a.m. for driving too slow at 50 mph on the 101 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley.
He did not immediately respond to police, passing three exits and driving erratically, TMZ reports.
Lamar Odom failed numerous field sobriety checks but refused all chemical tests, according to police.
Leland Tang, the California Highway Patrol public information officer, told Radar Online: “Lamar Odom was driving 50 mph on the 101 freeway. He was driving in a serpentine manner which is pretty bad. That is like when the officer does a freeway break. Across all the lanes of the freeway. I’m surprised he wasn’t rear ended.”
After “failing” field sobriety tests, Lamar Odom was taken into custody and Leland Tang said: “He did what no one should ever do, he refused the chemical tests.
“That means that his license is revoked and Lamar could get the most powerful attorney in the world and he is still not going to have a license for a year.”
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Bobby Brown was arrested early Wednesday morning in Los Angeles for driving under the influence.
According to local media reports, the incident happened around 1:00 a.m. when a police cruiser spotted Bobby Brown driving erratically and pulled him over. The officer reportedly smelled alcohol and gave the singer a field sobriety test, which he was said to have failed.
Bobby Brown, 43, was promptly taken into custody and booked at a nearby police station.
The incident in the San Fernando Valley section of L.A. is Bobby Brown’s second DUI arrest this year.
Bobby Brown was arrested early Wednesday morning in Los Angeles for driving under the influence
In March, Bobby Brown was busted for driving under the influence in the same part of town.
A judge sentenced him to an alcohol treatment program, probation and a fine after he pleaded no contest, just one month after his ex wife, Whitney Houston died.
Bobby Brown admitted himself into a rehab facility in August.
