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" Khloe Kardashian has addressed claims that her husband Lamar Odom has been operating a fraudulent cancer charity. ESPN claimed to have discovered that Cathy&amp;#039;s Kids - set up by the basketball player in 2004 in honour of his mother who died of cancer - had failed to give any money raised to cancer-related causes.  Investigators looked through eight years of Odom&amp;#039;s tax records, which showed that most of the funds had been used to finance two youth basketball teams. ESPN states that Odom is in danger of violating tax law if the charity spends funds on causes not consistent with its stated mission.  Kardashian wrote on her blog: &amp;quot;It is unfortunate that my husband has been the target of an attack on athletes&amp;#039; charities.  &amp;quot;He has personally contributed approximately $2.2 million to his foundation, Cathy&amp;#039;s Kids, to fulfil its charitable purposes that include helping underprivileged inner-city youth. &amp;quot;The millions of dollars personally contributed by Lamar constituted more than 90% of the money raised by the foundation.   &amp;quot;All of the funds donated by Lamar and the other contributions to Cathy&amp;#039;s Kids were used for one of the foundation&amp;#039;s intended charitable purposes. &amp;quot;Not one penny went to help Lamar personally or any member of his family. No charitable funds were misused, and the IRS has repeatedly given Cathy&amp;#039;s Kids a clean bill of health, confirming that there were no improprieties.&amp;quot; She insisted that Cathy&amp;#039;s Kids was formed &amp;quot;with several purposes in mind&amp;quot;, explaining that a decision was made to focus on the underprivileged youth aspect of the charity rather than cancer research. The couple have since removed all items from the eBay store on which they used to sell personal belongings. They stated that &amp;quot;a portion of the proceeds benefit Cathy&amp;#039;s Kids&amp;quot;. It&amp;#039;s unclear whether this is as a result of the ESPN claims. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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