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Ryan Lochte and his U.S. swimming teammates lied about a gunpoint robbery in order to cover up a brawl at a gas station bathroom — and used cash to pay for damages, according to reports.

One of the swimmers involved in the incident was seen on CCTV footage "breaking down the door" to the bathroom and fighting with a security guard, a Brazilian police source told ABC News.

A security source also told Reuters that the swimmers used cash to cover damages caused at the gas station.

While Lochte has returned to the United States ahead of a judge ordering that his passport be seized, the three other swimmers — Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen — planned to meet with Brazilian law enforcement Thursday.

Bentz and Conger have been released by local authorities after being pulled off a plane at Rio's airport, with the understanding that discussions would continue.

Feigen also plans to talk to officials, USOC spokesperson Patrick Sandusky said.

Lochte was seen with girlfriend Kayla Reid Wednesday, not long after a Brazilian judge ordered his and other U.S. swimmers' passports seized as authorities investigated their claims that they were held up at gunpoint.

The 12-time Olympic medalist defended his teammates in a Wednesday interview with NBC's Matt Lauer, claiming that the robbery occurred amid growing speculation about the fateful night.

Ryan Lochte flees Brazil, authorities nab his teammates in Rio
Lochte initially claimed that armed men approached the swimmers' taxi — and that one of the men pointed a gun to his head. He later backtracked on some of those harrowing details, but remained adamant that the swimmers had been robbed.

Lochte claimed that the swimmers didn't contact Olympics officials because they were "afraid [they'd] get in trouble."

Authorities say they've been unable to find the taxi driver or any witnesses — and that the swimmers were too drunk to remember key details, such as the color of the taxi, from the night of the attack.

British Olympic officials announced Tuesday that one of their team members was held up at gunpoint.

No $#%!

Cheats and liars to boot.

It's a lie.

Those swimmers are now in big trouble for the lie.

Cellular wrote:No $#%!

Cheats and liars to boot.

What a hell hole!

They think they are in some black neighborhood or a 3rd world African country where they can make up all kind of stories. #clowns

There is a strong possibility of 6 months in jail for each of those scumbags. Kudos to the Brazilian police for the speed and professionalism with which they investigated this story and defended their country

Scipio Africanus wrote:There is a strong possibility of 6 months in jail for each of those scumbags. Kudos to the Brazilian police for the speed and professionalism with which they investigated this story and defended their country

No matter what the facts may indicate, it comes down to perception. The police seemed to confirm that the security guard did use a gun and may have requested money from them. Therefore., the perception of robbery may not be entirely untruthful. That said, what were those idiots up to and what are they concealing?

RYAN LOCHTE
My Story Was Mostly True
TAPE EDITED AT CRITICAL POINT

http://www.tmz.com/2016/08/18/ryan-loch ... y-lie-rio/
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The evidence seems to point to the swimmers suffering from a severe case of Afluenza

AreaDaddy wrote:The evidence seems to point to the swimmers suffering from a severe case of Afluenza

k - leg tory.

tfco wrote:

I go die ohhhhhhhh.

Those boys lied through their teeth ain't nobody robbed them ... Imagine if it was the NBA team that lied and concocted this BS Story

Oguleftie wrote:Those swimmers are now in big trouble for the lie.

imagine.

the country has been in PR overdrive since this whole Zika virus.

Then johnny foreigner lies about being robbed; not the smartest move.

Lochte sticking to his tory. Others lawyers never say anything.

White privilege is real. Some real fuckery going on here..



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White Male Privilege Is Why We Laugh At Lochte And Vilify Douglas
Pay close attention to the words being used to describe them.
08/18/2016 04:15 pm ET
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Emma Gray
Executive Women’s Editor, The Huffington Post

GETTY/AP
Ryan Lochte and Gabby Douglas: A tale of two Olympic “scandals.”
Gymnast Gabby Douglas “disrespected” her entire country by not putting her hand on her heart and smiling enough during the Olympics. Swimmer Ryan Lochte is a “kid” who deserves “a break” for allegedly destroying property and lying about a traumatic robbery.

If you were wondering what white, male privilege looks like, this is it.


To back up: On Sunday, it was reported that Lochte and three other U.S. swimmers were robbed at gunpoint in Rio, with specifics of the robbery coming from Lochte himself and his mother, Ileana Lochte.

Since then, multiple pieces of evidence have emerged that suggest the story was fabricated, something that Lochte’s teammates Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger reportedly confirmed to Brazilian authorities after being detained in the country. (Basically, it seems that an international incident may have started over the fact that Lochte didn’t want to admit to his mother that he and his friends had drunkenly caused damage to a gas station bathroom, and then gotten into a belligerent altercation with the security guard.)

The general reaction to what has been dubbed #LochteGate was initial confusion, a lot of spot-on jokes, and eventually a measured dose of criticism and a plea from Rio 2016 spokesman Mario Andrada to “give these kids a break” because “sometimes you take actions that you later regret.”

It didn’t take long for people to point to the cognitive dissonance between the compassionate, light-hearted response to Lochte, Bentz, Conger and fourth swimmer Jimmy Feigen’s drunken actions, and the widespread online vilification gymnast Gabby Douglas experienced just a week prior.

Douglas, who is just 20 years old, failed to put her hand on her heart during the national anthem, and did not style her hair and/or face to every individual’s liking. For those “crimes,” she was widely criticized for being “disprespectful,” “unpatriotic” and “un-American,” and called words that we’d rather not repeat in this piece. Lochte and friends reportedly defiled a gas station restroom, fought with a security officer, lied to national news sources, and may have filed a false police report. And the four of them get to be framed as talented “kids” (reminder: Lochte is 32) having one debaucherous night of fun.

The vast gap between these two public perceptions has everything to do with the identities of the people involved. Lochte is a straight, white man, who has long been beloved for his pretty face, doofy personality and charmingly slow demeanor during interviews. Douglas is a young, black woman who has battled racialized critiques of her appearance and attitude for years, despite winning three Olympic gold medals.





This isn’t to say that Lochte and his teammates should be publicly vilified. But when the benefit of the doubt is given freely to white men when they mess up ― even in cases like this one where they actually may have broken the law ― and yet withheld from others, it perpetuates entrenched systems of racism and sexism.

What if Lochte had been a woman (of any race) who falsely accused a man of robbing and attacking her?


What if Lochte had been a man of color?


These “what ifs” are important, and the resulting thought experiments are telling. White men exist in a world that prioritizes their potential, gives them the benefit of the doubt and assumes their actions are mostly benevolent ― or at the very least, harmless.

Women, especially women of color, don’t have that luxury. Just ask Gabby Douglas.

Crime is rife in Brazil so everyone will believe us. mssccchhhewww smh

femibyte wrote:White privilege is real. Some real fuckery going on here..



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rya ... dc73262f93?


White Male Privilege Is Why We Laugh At Lochte And Vilify Douglas
Pay close attention to the words being used to describe them.
08/18/2016 04:15 pm ET
14k
Emma Gray
Executive Women’s Editor, The Huffington Post

GETTY/AP
Ryan Lochte and Gabby Douglas: A tale of two Olympic “scandals.”
Gymnast Gabby Douglas “disrespected” her entire country by not putting her hand on her heart and smiling enough during the Olympics. Swimmer Ryan Lochte is a “kid” who deserves “a break” for allegedly destroying property and lying about a traumatic robbery.

If you were wondering what white, male privilege looks like, this is it.


To back up: On Sunday, it was reported that Lochte and three other U.S. swimmers were robbed at gunpoint in Rio, with specifics of the robbery coming from Lochte himself and his mother, Ileana Lochte.

Since then, multiple pieces of evidence have emerged that suggest the story was fabricated, something that Lochte’s teammates Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger reportedly confirmed to Brazilian authorities after being detained in the country. (Basically, it seems that an international incident may have started over the fact that Lochte didn’t want to admit to his mother that he and his friends had drunkenly caused damage to a gas station bathroom, and then gotten into a belligerent altercation with the security guard.)

The general reaction to what has been dubbed #LochteGate was initial confusion, a lot of spot-on jokes, and eventually a measured dose of criticism and a plea from Rio 2016 spokesman Mario Andrada to “give these kids a break” because “sometimes you take actions that you later regret.”

It didn’t take long for people to point to the cognitive dissonance between the compassionate, light-hearted response to Lochte, Bentz, Conger and fourth swimmer Jimmy Feigen’s drunken actions, and the widespread online vilification gymnast Gabby Douglas experienced just a week prior.

Douglas, who is just 20 years old, failed to put her hand on her heart during the national anthem, and did not style her hair and/or face to every individual’s liking. For those “crimes,” she was widely criticized for being “disprespectful,” “unpatriotic” and “un-American,” and called words that we’d rather not repeat in this piece. Lochte and friends reportedly defiled a gas station restroom, fought with a security officer, lied to national news sources, and may have filed a false police report. And the four of them get to be framed as talented “kids” (reminder: Lochte is 32) having one debaucherous night of fun.

The vast gap between these two public perceptions has everything to do with the identities of the people involved. Lochte is a straight, white man, who has long been beloved for his pretty face, doofy personality and charmingly slow demeanor during interviews. Douglas is a young, black woman who has battled racialized critiques of her appearance and attitude for years, despite winning three Olympic gold medals.





This isn’t to say that Lochte and his teammates should be publicly vilified. But when the benefit of the doubt is given freely to white men when they mess up ― even in cases like this one where they actually may have broken the law ― and yet withheld from others, it perpetuates entrenched systems of racism and sexism.

What if Lochte had been a woman (of any race) who falsely accused a man of robbing and attacking her?


What if Lochte had been a man of color?


These “what ifs” are important, and the resulting thought experiments are telling. White men exist in a world that prioritizes their potential, gives them the benefit of the doubt and assumes their actions are mostly benevolent ― or at the very least, harmless.

Women, especially women of color, don’t have that luxury. Just ask Gabby Douglas.

True this

These boys probably do this all the time when back home in US, get drunk smash up property and get off with light warning from police each time.
But this time wrong place.

..the down side, they will not make the talk show rounds when they return home, and they will not gain commercially for their medal wins.

The go lock them up?America go do waiti now?