Olympic gold medalist's divorce takes ugly turn as private emails, online insults emerge: 'Tip of the iceberg'

An Olympic golden medalist's divorcement is rearing its disfigured head.

Ryan Lochte and his estranged wife, Kayla Reid, announced past summertime they would beryllium getting a divorcement aft 7 years of marriage.

They person 3 children together, and Lochte has since been dating Molly Gillihan.

And it's becoming beauteous wide the women are not fond of each different — nor is Lochte fond of his estranged wife.

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Ryan Lochte reacts aft winning his vigor successful the men’s 200-meter freestyle prelims during the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Swimming contention astatine CHI Health Center Omaha successful Omaha, Neb., June 14, 2021. (Rob Schumacher/USA Today Sports)

In an Instagram communicative posted by Reid, Lochte allegedly emailed Reid that his caller woman is simply a "ten times amended mother" than she is.

"Look astatine the connection I conscionable sent to your lawyer and determination connected with your golden digging life," the erstwhile swimmer appeared to accidental successful his email with the taxable line, "Re: Kids."

"This is what I woody with every. single. day," Reid wrote supra the email connected her Instagram story, via the New York Post.

"This is aft I checked successful connected our 2 twelvemonth aged with strep throat. This is the extremity of the iceberg and I americium exhausted. My bosom goes retired to anyone navigating a akin situation. Tired of being continuously disrespected down closed doors. Literally 2/1000 messages."

That prompted Gillihan to telephone Reid a "child," portion adding harsh allegations astir 1 of the children.

Ryan Lochte and Kayla Reid announced connected Instagram that their matrimony is coming to an end. (Rebecca Sapp/WireImage)

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"My response? Every substance and each DM... Every magazine. I’m sorry, I don’t travel Ryan’s ex connected insta. I truly effort and conscionable enactment focused connected our kids erstwhile we person them. But you (Kayla Rae Reid Lochte) oregon immoderate sanction you chose.... dropped your 2 twelvemonth aged disconnected with america covered successful propulsion up, nary pants, and rushed disconnected arsenic accelerated arsenic you could to your girls play successful Miami," Gillihan wrote connected a communicative post.

"You’re a CHILD And I’m exhausted of YOUR mendacious narrative. Your followers emotion it and crave it. Your lies are for them. Keep it up girl. They’re putty successful your hands! Meanwhile, I’ll emotion connected your kids and excavation until my past breath."

Lochte and Reid announced successful June they would beryllium divorcing aft 7 years of matrimony "after heavy supplication and reflection," she said. They person 3 children together.

"This past twelvemonth has brought large changes for some of america arsenic we've travel to the hard determination to extremity our marriage. I'm profoundly grateful for the beingness we've built unneurotic and particularly for the emotion we stock for our 3 children," Lochte wrote connected Instagram.

"I clasp matrimony successful the highest regard, truthful this has been 1 of the astir painful, revealing, and challenging seasons of my life. I've been hesitant to stock until I could bash truthful from a spot of healing - not from fresh, unfastened wounds," Reid wrote connected Instagram astatine the time.

"Sometimes we look trials we didn't take oregon spot coming. And successful those moments, we're forced to marque the hardest decisions to support our peace, our children, and our future. I've travel to recognize that staying isn't ever the astir loving determination idiosyncratic tin make. For me, leaving was an enactment of emotion - for those astir maine and for myself."

The divorcement appeared to crook sour, though, aft Reid posted astir "betrayal" weeks aft their announcement.

The mates got engaged successful 2016, the aforesaid twelvemonth Lochte was progressive successful a arguable incidental astatine a state presumption during the Rio Olympics. Lochte initially claimed helium and his teammates were robbed astatine gunpoint, but it was determined those with the guns were really information guards astatine a state presumption wherever the swimmers had urinated extracurricular a bathroom. 

Lochte yet lost four large sponsorships, and USA Swimming suspended him for 10 months.

Kayla Lochte and Ryan Lochte are going done a divorce. (Getty Images/IMAGN)

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Lochte won his sixth and last medal successful Rio, a golden arsenic portion of the 4x200-meter freestyle. Reid was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for July 2015.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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