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

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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 divorce aft 7 years of marriage.

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

And it's becoming beautiful clear nan women are not fond of each different — nor is Lochte fond of his estranged wife.

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Ryan Lochte reacting aft winning his power successful nan men's 200m freestyle prelims astatine U.S. Olympic Team Trials

Ryan Lochte reacts aft winning his power successful nan men’s 200-meter freestyle prelims during nan U.S. Olympic Team Trials Swimming title 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 nan connection I conscionable sent to your lawyer and move connected pinch your golden digging life," nan erstwhile swimmer appeared to opportunity successful his email pinch nan taxable line, "Re: Kids."

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

"This is aft I checked successful connected our 2 twelvemonth aged pinch strep throat. This is nan extremity of nan 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," while adding harsh allegations astir 1 of nan children.

Ryan Lochte and Kayla Reid posing together astatine an event

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 matter and each DM... Every magazine. I’m sorry, I don’t travel Ryan’s ex connected insta. I really effort and conscionable enactment focused connected our kids erstwhile we person them. But you (Kayla Rae Reid Lochte) aliases immoderate sanction you chose.... dropped your 2 twelvemonth aged disconnected pinch 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 dream and reflection," she said. They person 3 children together.

"This past twelvemonth has brought awesome changes for some of america arsenic we've travel to nan difficult determination to extremity our marriage. I'm profoundly grateful for nan life we've built together and particularly for nan emotion we stock for our 3 children," Lochte wrote connected Instagram.

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

"Sometimes we look tests we didn't take aliases spot coming. And successful those moments, we're forced to make nan hardest decisions to protect our peace, our children, and our future. I've travel to understand that staying isn't ever nan astir loving determination personification tin make. For me, leaving was an enactment of emotion - for those astir maine and for myself."

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

The mates exchanged rings successful 2016, nan aforesaid twelvemonth Lochte was progressive successful a arguable incident astatine a state position during nan Rio Olympics. Lochte initially claimed he and his teammates were robbed astatine gunpoint, but it was wished those pinch nan guns were really information guards astatine a state position wherever nan swimmers had urinated extracurricular a bathroom. 

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

Kayla Lochte and Ryan Lochte opinionated together

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

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

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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