KHOLE KARDASHIAN FILES FOR DIVORCE FROM LAMAR ODOM

Khloe Kardashian has filed for divorce from her basketball player husband Lamar Odom.

Court documents were filed by high profile American attorney Laura Wasser at Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday with Khloe citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split.

Khloe has asked a judge to take Odom out of her name so she can go from being known as Khloe Kardashian Odom to just Khloe Kardashian once again.

Keeping Up With the Kardashians star Khloe married NBA basketball player Lamar in 2009 exactly one month after they met at a party for Lamar's Los Angeles Lakers teammate Metta World Peace.

News of the divorce comes after months of speculation surrounding the couple with Lamar's alleged drug abuse putting a strain on the marriage.

In August this year the sportsman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and had a spell in rehab soon after.

In September, reports claiming the couple had been living apart surfaced after the pair had not been seen together in weeks.

However, in October, Khloe and Lamar were seen with the rest of the Kardashian/Jenner family in the VIP section at a Kanye West concert in Los Angeles.

But the pair did not spend Thanksgiving together with Lamar choosing to visit his father Joe.

And Khloe, who was pictured without her wedding ring this week, was said to have been left distraught when a video of Lamar emerged in November featuring a rap in which he claims he cheated on his television star wife while she was out of town.

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