Lamar Odom ordered to pay his ex-girlfriend Liza Morales nearly $400,000 after failing to make support payments

Lamar Odom has been ordered by a judge to pay his ex-girlfriend, Liza Morales, nearly $400,000.  

A judge in New York ruled that Lamar had stopped paying his ex in June 2020, even though a settlement agreement made in 2015 stipulated he was to pay thousands of dollars every month for their two children, according to TMZ. 

The 41-year-old was said to have not made a single child support payment in over a year.

Odom's original agreement required the former athlete to pay thousands of dollars a month to Morales, to whom he was romantically linked in the early 2000s.

The court is making the former Lakers player pay a total of $380,549.

The amount was broken down by the media outlet, with $91,220 going towards outstanding child support and $88,117 for missed rent.

The former basketball player was also ordered to set aside $161,305 for his children's college funds and expenses.

Odom was also ordered to directly pay Morales $40,000 for her legal fees.

According to TMZ, the athlete's former partner previously filed a lawsuit against him in May and alleged that he had missed all of his payments since June of last year.

The court ruled that the former NBA star did not arrive at a hearing regarding his child support issues in June 'despite due notice.'

Odom and Morales began dating in the early 2000s and were seen together at various high-profile events.

They went on to welcome a daughter named Destiny in 1998 and sons Lamar Jr. and Jayden in 2002 and 2005, respectively.

The former couple was faced with immense hardship after their youngest son passed away at just six and a half months of age due to sudden infant death syndrome.

Morales recently spoke about the loss of her child to People and expressed that she was 'exhausted all the time' following the tragic incident.

The Basketball Wives LA personality also noted that the family's situation was especially difficult after Odom became the subject of media attention for his drug-related issues.

'I lost myself in trying to co-parent with an addict, trying to guide my kids through the trauma of losing their sibling, of dealing with a father who's an addict and the constant headlines,' she noted.

Morales concluded by expressing that she still considered Odom to be an important person in her life, although she was not comfortable dealing with his personal issues.

'You cannot change somebody, you cannot pray away their addiction...I wish Lamar the best, but I can no longer force somebody to work on themselves,' she said.

Following his split from the reality television personality, the former basketball player entered into a high-profile relationship with Khloe Kardashian, and they married after just a month of dating in 2009.

The pair's relationship was tumultuous, and the two went on to sign divorce papers in 2015, although they were not immediately finalized.

After the former NBA star overdosed at a legal brothel in Nevada, the now-37-year-old put the proceedings on hold in an effort to help her estranged husband through his health issues.

The athlete went on to recover from the incident, and the reality television personality was by his side throughout his recovery process.

However, the pair's relationship was unsalvageable, and their divorce was finalized in 2016.

Odom went on to become engaged to lifestyle coach Sabrina Parr in 2019, although they later ended things between them the following year.