Lochte has been distracted defending himself from his estranged spouse, Kayla Reid, who not too long ago claimed she discovered empty baggage of cocaine left by the athlete of their dwelling, and caught him inhaling nitrous oxide in entrance of certainly one of their youngsters.
The 34-year-old has since requested the courtroom to award her sole bodily custody of their three youngsters – Caiden, eight, Liv, six, and Georgia, two.
In her submitting, Reid claimed: “Shared parental accountability could be detrimental to the youngsters as a result of (Lochte) has a historical past of substance abuse and, upon data and perception, he’s nonetheless abusing unlawful managed substances.”
She claimed she discovered “principally empty baggies of cocaine across the marital dwelling as (Lochte) had consumed nearly all of the contents earlier than the baggies had been found.”
Reid alleged the baggage had been discovered beneath the eating room desk, one of many kids’s bedrooms, and one other kid’s rest room counter.