Long and interesting article about the charity. Interesting about the EBay money
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Fritzo here is Jill Fritzo Khloe and Lamar's publicist.
Lamar Odom’s cancer charity took donations from outside sources, disbursed funds primarily to young basketball players
The L.A. Clippers star and his wife, reality star Khloe Kardashian, have been running auctions under the charitable Giving Works arm of eBay for several years
The site’s rep told us eBay Giving Works has “raised over $28,000 for Cathy’s Kids since June 2010.”
Odom’s wife and her sister Kim have also both tweeted to their millions of followers messages like “Get 40% off all our health & beauty products on jpselects.com/Kardashian and help us support @CathysKidsFound & @StJude.”
A rep for JP Selects told us: “The products only sold about 700 units and they were giving .25 cents from each unit. Roughly under $200 was donated from the sale through JP Selects to go to Cathy's kids.” The rep added the payment was made by the manufacturer.
When first contacted, Fritzo said the charity remained active, but on second thought said the charity is “dormant,” and that funds from the many eBay auctions are just sitting there waiting to be used.
“Lamar had teams he funded for their expenses (registration fees/travel expenses/per diems, etc.) for AAU sanctioned events,” Fritzo told us, including “Team Odom East” which the rep said went to the National Championship in Orlando in 2010, and “Team Odom West.”
However, an AAU representative could not locate any information in their database regarding those team names or their attendance at any 2010 championships. FOX411 could not find any contact information or specific details on any Odom-financed teams.
Following the ESPN report, Khloe Kardashian had some harsh words for “finicky” people who think her husband’s charity’s money should go to the charity’s stated recipients – cancer victims or cancer research – instead of basketball players.
“There are some finicky people in this world! People thrive off hate,” she tweeted this week. “I am fueled by LOVE and POSITIVITY. Peace to those who only know hate.”
Khloe should have stayed mute.