Billy Ray Cyrus is ‘relieved’ marriage to Firerose is over amid abuse allegations

Billy Ray Cyrus, the renowned country singer, is experiencing a sense of relief following the end of his marriage to Firerose. 

According to a source who spoke to PEOPLE, Cyrus is "more relieved every day that he's done with his marriage," having filed for divorce from the 36-year-old on May 23. The couple had been married for seven months.

"His instincts have been correct all along," the source disclosed. "He believes she only married him for financial and other reasons. He's convinced that she didn't marry him for love."

In his divorce filing, Cyrus cited irreconcilable differences and inappropriate marital conduct as the reasons for the split.

On June 14, Firerose responded with a counter-complaint, accusing Cyrus of "extreme verbal, emotional, and psychological abuse" and claiming that he filed for divorce just one day before she was scheduled to undergo a preventative double mastectomy.

Her attorneys wrote in the complaint, "Wife was subjected to Husband’s persistent drug use accompanied with the consumption of marijuana which made Husband unpredictable and volatile towards Wife."

Cyrus, in response, filed a supplemental complaint on June 17, alleging that Firerose conducted a "campaign to isolate" him from his family and "blocked at least one of his daughters" from contacting him through his electronic devices. 

He also claimed that Firerose made 37 unauthorized charges totaling $96,986 on his credit cards.

Furthermore, Cyrus' lawyers, Rose Palermo and Jason Talley, provided a handwritten note from Firerose professing her love to Cyrus. 

The note, allegedly found when Cyrus returned home two days after Firerose was required to vacate his residence, read, "I miss you more than I can possibly explain in words Baby. 

Please let’s work this out and not become anything but closer out of this hellish experience. I need you. I love you. I am so sorry."

The attorneys also alleged that Firerose sent Cyrus a similar text message shortly after she was required to leave his premarital residence.

"If Mr. Cyrus was truly guilty of the allegations that [Firerose] alleges in her pleadings, then it is mind boggling to try and explain why she would want to return to live with him. Furthermore, she was pleading with him to give her a chance to explain everything to him," the lawyers stated to PEOPLE.

The source told PEOPLE that Cyrus "feels the back-and-forth now, very much also shows [Firerose's] true colors" and that he "feels beyond deceived and is ready to move on alone."

A representative for Firerose did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment regarding the alleged note, text message, or Cyrus' updated allegations.