Posted on 08/18/2016 7:49:20 PM PDT by drewh
US swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen were indicted by Rio de Janeiro authorities on charges of making a false police report, ABC News reported Thursday.
Brazilian police said earlier Thursday that the famous swimmer and his U.S. teammates were not robbed after a night of partying, and that the intoxicated athletes instead vandalized a gas station bathroom and were questioned by armed guards before they paid for the damage and left.
The robbery that was or wasn’t has become the biggest spectacle outside of the Olympic venues in Rio, and given American Olympians a black eye in Brazil after an otherwise remarkable run at the Summer Games. The ordeal was also a blow to Brazilians, who for months endured scrutiny about whether a city that has long had problems with violence would be able to keep athletes and tourists safe.
“No robbery was committed against these athletes. They were not victims of the crimes they claimed,” Civil Police Chief Fernando Veloso said during an afternoon news conference.
The swimmers could potentially face punishment — probation, suspension, a fine or expulsion — under USA Swimming’s code of conduct, which prohibits dishonesty or fraud. It was not immediately clear if the organization planned to act.
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Rio is a lot like Chicago. I think the only effective difference is that in Chicago they speak Ebonics and Spanglish while in Rio they speak Portuguese.
I want them crushed!! They have disgraced this nation. There is no redemption. Now PUNISHMENT!!
My first response was, “Dumb Asses.”
Did they report it? From what I read one of their moms went to the media
They are far worse than that. They are criminals.We need to extradite their lying asses!!To hell with them .
Where is the ‘Let’s wait until ALL the facts are known’ crowd?
Well Maybe the officials lied.Who hands over money for damages on the spot.I believe them.Crap hole country our Kids were sent to anyway.They should pay us for being there.
“The idiot Lochte lost millions of endorsement contracts. I’m ashamed they represented us.”
Today, Lochte won the Gold Medal in Stupidity.
After the lies Hillary has told (and her other misdeeds) and received a pass from MSM, this incident seem more like an interesting story of bad judgement and Brazil wanting to diver from their horrible environmental conditions and out of control crime.
These idiots are on camera, proving they lied?
Throw the penalties at them. They are bad representatives of the US.
He’s an idiot. He needs to apologize.
Hello.Where the hell is Obamacrap.Who pulls our kids off of planes.F-them.
They caused the damages. Admit it, don’t file a false police report that you were robbed at gunpoint.
Lochte joins Aaron Hernandez on the Gator Hall of Shame.
They had to pay a Cop for the damages at the site.Hello.The kids might have told a half truth to cover up.Nobody touches our kids and pulls them off planes.Take it up with the State department.
you might want to scroll down to pic in this article of the allegedly ‘destroyed’ bathroom which looks to be in pretty good shape to me, out of order sign and all:
The rush to judgment by Americans against these Americans based on the word of Brazilians is really pissing me off.
I still can’t get over the fact that Brazil couldn’t even figure out how to run a simple swimming pool.
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