'I didn't do anything wrong – I saved his life.' This is Monica Monroe who was one of the women Lamar Odom
One of the two Nevada prostitutes at the center of the Lamar Odom overdose has broken her silence to tell Daily Mail Online: 'I didn't do anything wrong – I saved his life.'
Monica Monroe was one of the two petite blondes picked out of a line-up by Lamar, 35, when he arrived at the Love Ranch on Saturday afternoon.
She and the second working girl, Ryder Cherry, have fled the legal brothel in Crystal, Nevada and refused to talk about their romps with the NBA great.
The hard-partying pair expected a huge payday after being summoned to Lamar's private suite up to six times a day.
'I didn't do anything wrong – I saved his life.' This is Monica Monroe who was one of the women Lamar Odom paid to be with. She is in hiding in fear of her life because of the earlier murder of her boyfriend and has had her check for the sessions with the NBA great cancelled
Also present: This is Kortnie Cannon, the 25-year-old single mother who uses the name Ryder Cherry when she is working at the Love Ranch.
Brothel: The NBA great was discovered in the same bed the day after these pictures were taken. He was unconscious and was rushed to hospital in Las Vegas. He has now been transferred to Los Angeles
Disheveled: Lamar Odom seen wearing a red t-shirt and shorts and holding a bottle of water in the room where he spent four days. The picture is believed to have been taken by either Kortnie Cannon - the real name of Ryder Cherry - or Monica Monroe
But their private sessions came to an abrupt end Tuesday afternoon when they walked into the reality star's room and found him slumped unconscious on the bed with foam coming his mouth.
Both girls were quizzed by the Nye County Sheriff's Department after the reality star was rushed to hospital.
According to Love Ranch sources, the two sex workers told officers they saw Lamar go into the bathroom alone then overheard a snorting sound.
They also claim the 6ft 10in former athlete was making a sniffing sound when he returned to the room - but denied seeing any drugs. It was later confirmed that he had cocaine in his system.
Both protest their innocence but have since left the ranch and had their $19,000 pay checks cancelled.
Daily Mail Online can also reveal that a member of staff says she saw the second girl, Ryder – real name Kortnie Cannon, 25 – walk out of the Ranch during Lamar's stay and speak to a female friend in a car.
Daily Mail Online reached out to Ryder about the alleged meeting early on Tuesday but a friend who answered her phone said she was unable to answer questions
With the boss: Monica Monroe with brothel boss Dennis Hof, who runs the Love Ranch. Her paycheck from the brothel has been canceled and she told Daily Mail Online she has 'problems' as a result
Among friends: Monica Monroe posed this picture of her, three other girls, and Dennis Hof apparently taken inside the Love Ranch
Real life: Ryder Cherry is South Carolina native Kortnie Cannon, a mother of two, with her former lover Anthony Wayne Walker who was shot dead at their home. Walker, 27, bred dogs for a living, and was killed in December 2013.
Family time: Ryder Cherry - real name Kortnie Cannon - is said to be one of the brothel's top earners. She is a single mom of a young family
As they had been seen before: Monica Monroe (left) and Ryder Cherry (right) were the two women who discovered Odom passed out and foaming from the mouth
Brothel boss Dennis Hof said he managed to reach Ryder via text and said she 'adamantly' denied any wrongdoing - or any suggestion she was acquiring drugs.
Monroe, meanwhile, has left the state of Nevada but Daily Mail Online reached her by telephone.
We have decided not to disclose her location or real name because she claims to be in witness protection after the recent murder of her boyfriend.
'I'm not to blame at all because I didn't do anything wrong at all,' she insisted. 'I feel like I saved his life by finding him.
'My face is all over the world wide news now but we have an issue about this because I didn't do anything wrong.'
Monroe said she was struggling to deal with 'personal issues' and could not speak freely because she – like all the staff - had signed a confidentiality agreement provided by a Lamar aide.
The basketball great amassed a $79,000 bill during his four-day binge that included $35,000 on girls, the use of Hof's personal suite and numerous T-bone steak meals.
Monroe is said to have handed her check back voluntarily and, according to multiple sources, is distraught over what happened to Lamar.
'I haven't got paid. First of all, the $75,000, it's half with the house,' she added. 'On top of that, me and the [other] girl have to split it, so we don't get $37,000 each.
'I just found my man murdered not that long ago. And then my mother's house was shot up, someone was looking for me and I'm in a witness protection program.
'And now my hair, my new dark that I dyed – because I'm not blonde anymore - it's out in the news. I have a problem now.'
South Carolina native Cannon, a mother of two, has also lived a troubled life and two years ago saw her former lover Anthony Wayne Walker shot dead in their home.
Walker, 27, who bred dogs for a living, was blasted in the stomach and found dead in his driveway in December 2013.
Police initially said it was a home invasion but later revealed the murder was 'drugs related' and that Walker was believed to be selling marijuana, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal.
'He was a kind person,' a friend Anthony Scalzo, told ABC13 Action news. 'He didn't have guns. He didn't have violence in his home. No one knows why someone would do that.'
Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian in October 2011, two years after they got married. She filed for divorce in December 2013, but a judge is still to sign off on the divorce
Chicken and steak: The NBA star gorged on KFC chicken and three T-bone steaks at a time. A bucket from the takeaway outlet was still in the fridge of the VIP suit on Wednesday (pictured), along with watermelon in a box and sugar-free Red Bull
Entertainment Tonight has released the itemized bill from Lamar's stay at the Love Ranch brothel, which shows what he spent his money on
Cannon is said to have left the Love Ranch early Friday morning after handing back her $19,000 check and has not been seen since.
Sources also told Daily Mail Online she wrote her number and real name on a piece of paper prior to Lamar being found and stuffed it into his size 17.5 shoe.
This is despite strict brothel rules forbidding girls from providing their personal details to clients so they can meet them independently.
Prostitution magnate Hof employs about 550 hookers across seven venues in Nevada where prostitution is legal.
I have nothing to hide. I didn't do anything wrong, my business didn't do anything wrong, and I will help prosecute anybody if there is a problem anywhere. I have a 23-year history of no drugs in my places, 100 celebrities could tell you that
Brothel owner Andrew Hof
Ryder is said to have been one of his top earners, specializing in providing clients with the full 'girlfriend experience'.
'She's one of Hof's favorites because she makes that place so much money,' said an insider.
The source also revealed that just hours before Lamar was found, general manager TJ Moore kicked out another girl for having drugs in completely unrelated circumstances.
'They are allowed to do random searches,' added the source. 'They opened up the door and found a piece of foil in there.
'They confronted her and she denied it – but she still got fired.
'Somebody told her to pack her stuff and leave. Anyone caught with drugs is immediately asked to leave.'
Hof told Daily Mail Online that none of his staff had told him anything that implicated either of his girls.
He said: 'I have nothing to hide. I didn't do anything wrong, my business didn't do anything wrong, and I will help prosecute anybody if there is a problem anywhere.
'I have a 23-year history of no drugs in my places, 100 celebrities could tell you that.'
Lamar was taken to hospital Tuesday afternoon where his estranged wife Khloe Kardashian has spent the past week keeping a 24-hour vigil by his bedside.
He was well enough to come off a ventilator but medics fear his body has suffered permanent damage, according to reports.
Having awoken from a three-day coma, his health is slowly improving but his rehabilitation is expected to require the use of therapists for several months to help him walk and talk properly.
Last night he was transferred to Los Angeles by helicopter with Khloe at his side.
THE LOVE RANCH: LEGAL BROTHEL WHERE LAMAR ODOM WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
Lamar Odom was found unconscious on Tuesday afternoon by two prostitutes named Ryder Cherry and Monica Monroe at Dennis Hof's Love Ranch, the legal brothel where he was partying for days.
The establishment in Crystal, Nevada, is just one of several sex-for-cash businesses owned by the star of the HBO series Cathouse.
The Love Ranch, which is located about 80 miles north of Las Vegas, offers a number of services including 4-Play for Two, Oil Wrestling, Viagra and Vibrators, and the Girlfriend Experience (GFE).
Dennis Hof, pictured, owner of the Love Ranch in Nevada says that two of his workers found Odom unconscious
Hof, a 68-year-old Arizona native, bought the Love Ranch in 2010, Las Vegas Weekly reported. He owns nine brothels and a strip club in Nevada, according to CNBC, including the Moonlite BunnyRanch in Carson City.
The newly renovated Love Ranch features a VIP section as well as a bar and massage rooms. The Love Ranch and Hof's other brothels also have Jacuzzi rooms, hot tubs, and water rooms.
There are sometimes as many as 50 women working on-site at the 24-hour brothels, which are open 365 days a year in order to provide services with no appointment required.
Patrons are allowed to attempt to 'line up' one of the ladies online beforehand, but they can also just go to the bar and drink to try and find a 'date'.
Odom reportedly spent $79,000 to stay in the VIP suite (pictured) at the Love Ranch brothel
Special access: This is the VIP suite at the Love Ranch brothel
The ranch accepts credit and debit cards and it shows up on bills as 'Cash Advance, Lake Tahoe'. Cash is also accepted and although tipping is not required, it is somewhat encouraged.
Between all of the ranches, including the Love Ranch, there are more than 500 licensed female prostitutes. Each one of the brothels typically services between 50 and 100 clients per day.
Among the options for customers at the Love Ranch is the GFE, which is described on the brothel's website: 'Imagine a girl you can truly be yourself around. A lady you can share your erotic desires and intimate moments with.
'Someone who is always happy to see you, accepts you for who you are, as you are and is waiting to fulfill your every need - physical, emotional, sexual... with no strings attached.'
The women who work at the ranch are independent contractors, so there are no set prices in place, but customers at the brothel reportedly have to shell out hundreds of dollars to get tended to.
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