Lamar Odom, the ex-husband of Khloe Kardashian, has been taken to hospital after being found unconscious at a brothel in Nevada.
The former NBA star suffered a "medical emergency" at the Love Ranch in Crystal, a town about 70 miles outside of Las Vegas, but first responders stabilised him at the scene.
An air ambulance was despatched to take him to hospital, but the 6ft 10in athlete was too tall to fit inside the helicopter.
Instead, an ambulance took the 35-year-old by road to the Desert View Hospital in nearby Pahrump.
Two women had found Odom unconscious in a VIP suite on Tuesday afternoon, the LA Times reported, and when they turned him over, "terrible stuff" came out of his nose and mouth.
His friend, Dennis Hof, said the former athlete had drunk some cognac and taken herbal viagra since arriving at the brothel, but was unaware of whether Odom had used any other drugs.
The father-of-two had reportedly been at the brothel for several days, and no further details about his current condition, or what caused the medical emergency, are known.
Odom's celebrity status grew considerably when his whirlwind engagement to Khloe Kardashian and lavish wedding ceremony were filmed for a reality TV show in 2009.
Khloe, the younger sister of Kim Kardashian, filed for divorce in 2013 citing irreconcilable differences.
The athlete's career in the NBA was troubled, and in the 2000-01 season, he was suspended after violating its anti-drug policy twice.
He has played for several teams during 14 seasons in the NBA, including the LA Clippers, Miami, Dallas and the Lakers.
Odom was raised by his grandmother after his mother died of cancer when he was 12 years old. His father was a drug addict.
In 2006, his six-month-old son Jayden died from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) as he slept in his crib in New York.
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