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 Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte finally admitted on Friday that he has a “serious” addiction to alcohol — and will be seeking treatment. 
 
 The acknowledgment comes just one day after Lochte got the cops called on him in Newport Beach, California, for allegedly attempting to kick down his hotel room door in a drunken stupor. 
 
 “Ryan has been battling from alcohol addiction for many years and unfortunately it has become a destructive pattern for him,” Lochte’s lawyer, Jeff Ostrow, told TMZ. 
 
 “He has acknowledged that he needs professional assistance to overcome his problem and will be getting help immediately.” 
 
 Lochte, 34, has seen his fair share of controversy in the past on account of his drinking. 
 
 The four-time Olympian admitted to being “hammered” during the infamous Rio robbery incident in 2016, which he later confessed to lying about. The incident led to his arrest and earned him a 10-month suspension. 
 
 In August, Lochte was spotted partying it up and downing drinks in Las Vegas at the Hakkasan Nightclub — to the tune of $11,500. 
 
 Sources told The Post that he and 10 others purchased bottles of Grey Goose vodka, Avion tequila and Veuve Clicquot Champagne over the span of three-and-a-half hours. 
 
 Lochte just welcomed the birth of his son last year with wife Kayla Rae Reid and is hoping to get back to swimming one day, his lawyer said. 
 
 “Ryan knows that conquering this disease now is a must for him to avoid making future poor decisions, to be the best husband and father he can be, and if he wants to achieve his goal to return to dominance in the pool in his fifth Olympics in Tokyo in 2020,” Ostrow said. ||||| Ryan Lochte Reveals Serious Alcohol Addiction ... Seeking Treatment 
 
 Ryan Lochte Reveals 'Serious Alcohol Addiction,' Seeking Treatment 
 
 EXCLUSIVE 
 
 Ryan Lochte is now acknowledging that he has a "serious" alcohol problem after a booze-fueled incident at a Southern California hotel and he'll be seeking treatment, TMZ Sports has learned. 
 
 We've confirmed ... Lochte was involved in an incident at a hotel in Newport Beach on Thursday morning in which he drunkenly tried to kick in his own hotel room door around 3 AM. 
 
 Hotel security responded to the scene and cops were called. No arrests were made and Lochte smoothed things over with the hotel in regards to the damaged door. 
 
 But, now we've learned ... Lochte is realizing he's been battling an "alcohol addiction" and needs to address it before the problem gets worse. 
 
 "Ryan has been battling alcohol addiction for many years and unfortunately it has become a destructive pattern for him," Lochte's lawyer, Jeff Ostrow tells us. 
 
 "He has acknowledged that he needs professional assistance to overcome his problem and will be getting help immediately. " 
 
 "Ryan knows that conquering this disease now is a must for him to avoid making future poor decisions, to be the best husband and father he can be, and if he wants to achieve his goal to return to dominance in the pool in his 5th Olympics in Tokyo in 2020." 
 
 This incident is not the first time Lochte has gotten into trouble after a night of boozing -- he was arrested in Brazil back 2016 after a drunken incident at a local gas station.
– A hotel altercation this week has forced an Olympic champion to seek treatment for a longtime problem. TMZ Sports reports swimmer Ryan Lochte found himself in trouble Thursday after he tried to bust through his own hotel room door in the middle of the night in Newport Beach, Calif. He was apparently intoxicated, and therein lies the issue. "Ryan has been battling from alcohol addiction for many years and unfortunately it has become a destructive pattern for him," Lochte's lawyer now tells TMZ. "He has acknowledged that he needs professional assistance to overcome his problem and will be getting help immediately." The 34-year-old has had other brushes with booze-fueled controversy, including the famous 2016 incident in Rio in which he and fellow swimmers there for the Olympics were accused of vandalizing a gas station restroom; Lochte was later charged for filing a false robbery report, and he came clean that he was drunk at the time. Page Six notes he was seen in August throwing back drink after drink in Las Vegas. "Ryan knows that conquering this disease now is a must for him to avoid making future poor decisions, to be the best husband and father he can be, and if he wants to achieve his goal to return to dominance in the pool in his fifth Olympics in Tokyo in 2020," Ostrow tells TMZ.