Olympian Ryan Lochte and estranged wife Kayla Rae Reid’s $270K debt has come to light following their recent divorce announcement.
Us Weekly obtained court documents indicating that the couple have an unpaid balance of $99,696.09 with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the years 2021 and 2022. The Daily Mail was the first to report the news.
In December 2024, a lien of $2,231.76 was filed on their Gainesville, Florida, property by the local homeowners association. The Fletcher Park Owner’s Association has cited Lochte and Reid for various “unpaid” fees, including “special assessments, late fees, costs of collection [and] attorney’s fees” as of December 9, 2024.
Another lien was filed by the nonprofit Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinic for $127,977.73 in unpaid bills accrued when Lochte, 40, is said to have spent two days being treated in a Gainesville medical facility in November 2023. The same hospital is seeking an additional $39,720.15 for care that allegedly took place in February 2024.
Us Weekly has reached out to Locthe’s legal team for comment..
Earlier this week, Reid, 33, announced that she filed for divorce from the Dancing With The Stars contestant after seven years of marriage. (The former couple share three children: Caiden, 7, Liv, 5, and Georgia, 23 months.)
“Earlier this year, I made the hard decision to end my marriage after deep prayer and reflection,” Reid wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, June 4. “I hold marriage in the highest regard, so this has been one of the most painful, revealing and challenging seasons of my life. I’ve been hesitant to share until I could do so from a place of healing — not from fresh, open wounds.”
Gold medalist Ryan Lochte in 2015. Adam Pretty/Getty Images
Her statement continued, “Sometimes we face trials we didn’t choose or see coming. And in those moments, we’re forced to make the hardest decisions to protect our peace, our children and our future. I’ve come to understand that staying isn’t always the most loving decision someone can make. For me, leaving was an act of love — for those around me and myself.”
Lochte responded with his own social media statement, in which he thanked fans for supporting him through a “rough day.”
“Just want to say thank you to everyone who wrote a message, reached out to me, just open arms. It means a lot to me,” the former Team USA swimmer said via his Instagram Story on Thursday, June 5. “Yesterday was a rough day for me, but like always in life, you gotta put one foot in front of the other and keep moving forward. So that’s what I’m doing.”
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Lochte also showed appreciation for his “second family” of loved ones for sending a care package for his three kids.
“To my second family that sent me this beautiful card and a basket full of candy that now my son is eating,” Lochte joked. “Thank you guys, I love you guys.”
Lochte and Reid started dating in 2016 after meeting through Instagram. The couple tied the knot in a civil ceremony in January 2018. People reported that Reid filed for divorce this past March.
