![OK Logo](https://okmagazine.com/ok_logo_black_small.png)
‘Khloe & Lamar’ Star Rasual Butler & Wife Leah LaBelle Killed In Car Crash
![2017 NBA Awards](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fjdBUhG-O/480x251/2018/01/rasual-butler-wife-leah-labelle-killed-in-car-crash-hero.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fjdBUhG-O/640x335/2018/01/rasual-butler-wife-leah-labelle-killed-in-car-crash-hero.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fjdBUhG-O/768x402/2018/01/rasual-butler-wife-leah-labelle-killed-in-car-crash-hero.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fjdBUhG-O/1024x536/2018/01/rasual-butler-wife-leah-labelle-killed-in-car-crash-hero.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fjdBUhG-O/1280x670/2018/01/rasual-butler-wife-leah-labelle-killed-in-car-crash-hero.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fjdBUhG-O/1440x753/2018/01/rasual-butler-wife-leah-labelle-killed-in-car-crash-hero.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fjdBUhG-O/1600x837/2018/01/rasual-butler-wife-leah-labelle-killed-in-car-crash-hero.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fjdBUhG-O/2160x1130/2018/01/rasual-butler-wife-leah-labelle-killed-in-car-crash-hero.jpg 2160w)
Jan. 31 2018, Updated 7:11 p.m. ET
Former Washington Wizards player Rasual Butler and his wife, Leah LaBelle, were killed in a car crash in Studio City, California early Wednesday morning.
According to reports, the 38-year-old former basketball player lost control of his Range Rover around 2 a.m. The vehicle struck a parking meter and slammed into a wall before flipping. Police believe Rasual was speeding before he lost control of the car.
The ex-NBA player’s wife previously appeared on American Idol and was signed to Epic Records. The R&B singer was in the passenger seat at the time of the deadly crash.
Rasual was good friends with Lamar Odom and even appeared on his 2011 reality show, Khloé & Lamar, while dating Khloe Kardashian’s best friend, Malika Haqq.
The ex-NBA player is the third close friend Odom has lost in recent years.
In 2015, Lamar experienced serious tragedy, months before he was found unresponsive in a Nevada brothel, when his best friends, Jamie Sangouthai and Bobby Heyward, died within less than a week of each other.
Sending our condolences to the Butlers' friends and family.
Rest In Peace.