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Lamar Odom Gets Three Years Of Probation After Pleading No Contest To DUI
NBA player Lamar Odom, April 20, 2012 (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Lamar Odom has plead no contest to driving (very slowly) under the influence of alcohol last August.
Odom, a Los Angeles Clippers player and estranged husband of Khloe Kardashian, will be on probation for three years and he has to take a 3-month alcohol education class, according to Radar. Odom's attorney showed up in court to enter a plea for his client.
Odom was pulled over on the 101 Freeway last August for driving in a slow, "serpentine" manner. He didn't pull over for the California Highway Patrol for several exits. He refused to take a breathalyzer test, but he flunked all the field sobriety tests. Initially, he plead not guilty to DUI charges.
Odom recently agreed to random drug testing in return for a spot on the Clippers.
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