Overview
- Lochte announced in an Aug. 29 Instagram video that he finished a rehab program and is 54 days sober.
- He said depression and isolation after his 2023 Gainesville car crash led him into substance abuse.
- Lochte stated he checked himself into a Florida recovery center and credited staff with helping him reset.
- Court filings from estranged wife Kayla Rae Reid detail alleged cocaine baggies and nitrous oxide use; he acknowledges past in-home drug use but denies doing so around his children or driving them while intoxicated.
- Reid filed for divorce in March and publicly confirmed the split in June, and Lochte previously sought alcohol treatment in 2018.