Ashlyn Harris denies cheating with Ali Krieger: ‘I was always faithful’

Ashlyn Harris has broken her silence about her ongoing separation from Ali Kriegerdenying rumors that she had been unfaithful.

“A few weeks ago, a process that had been going on privately for some time became public. Ending a relationship after nearly thirteen years of friendship, teamwork, marriage and co-parenting (many of which were good years) is a decision not made lightly,” Harris, 38, wrote in a lengthy article. Instagram statement on Saturday, November 18. “We agreed to center our children, continue therapy, separate and move on with our lives.”

She continued, “Two happy families are always better than one unhappy family. This process is never easy, but we got through it.”

We weekly confirmed in September that Harris had filed for divorce from Krieger, 39, after four years of marriage. Harris and Krieger met in 2010 when they both played for the USWNT and married in December 2019. They share daughter Sloane, 2, and son Ocean, 14 months.

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Neither Harris nor Krieger spoke publicly about their breakup immediately after Harris filed for divorce. According to Harris’ Saturday post, their “agents, representation and friends” have advised them to stay quiet until the end of Krieger’s final season. (Krieger played her last professional soccer game in the NWSL finals on November 11.)

“A leak (a betrayal of our deepest trust) made that impossible. The online hate that has occurred since then has been one of the most personally devastating experiences of my life,” Harris claimed in her statement on social media, noting that she is “trying to avoid”[feeding] the beast” with gossip. “I have tried to let the fire burn out and what I have experienced has devastated my mental health. This has been cruel.”

After Harris filed for divorce, rumors surfaced that she started dating an actress Sophia Bush. Harris has not confirmed whether she has the One Tree Hill alum, 41. (Bush is in the middle of her own divorce with Grant Hugheswho filed for annulment of her marriage in August after less than two years.)

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“Not all marriages last forever. Ours doesn’t. For many reasons,” Harris wrote, denying allegations that she cheated on Krieger. “Let me be clear: I have not given up on my marriage. I have always been faithful in my marriage, even though I was not always completely happy.”

Harris explained that she and Krieger had done “work and therapy” on their relationship long before she filed for divorce. “None of this happened on a whim,” she noted. “We have been working all summer to address the separation and divorce steps that our therapists, attorneys and our joint agency have outlined for us.”

Harris claimed that her main priority moving forward, “as it always has been,” is the well-being of Sloane and Ocean.

“My priority is to be a good co-parent to them with Ali,” Harris concluded. “Despite this current darkness, there have been years of love between us. And our children are the best of all. They deserve two healthy and happy parents, and that is the most important thing. We are all in pain.”