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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You have no real evidence that they did anything wrong, only the word of Brazilian authorities.
The video supports the robbery claim.
Yea, he’s kidding. It’s hard to read the dripping sarcasm sometimes.
You are believing the wrong people.
Who's "we"?? I say we ship you off to Brazil.
If you look at the laundry list of lowlifes that Obama has invited and entertained since 2009, these four guys are like choir boys.
The Johnny Manziel of the swimming world.
People in his life (and strangers outside his life) make excuses for his past bad behavior, and thus the young man never get a chance at learning real-life lessons all of us have to go through, all because of his one talent/ability.
Now it depends on how he’s going to respond to his new disgrace. He might or might not get a second chance.
The problem with him is that he is still so young, people will react to him thinking is this another boy cry wolf story.
I FULLY SUPPORT LOCHTE, WHAT THEY DID WAS TRIVIAL, THERE WERE “HATE MOBS” IN RIO CHANTING AND TRYING TO GET AT THEM AS THEY WERE LEAVING, THIS IS A LEFTIST HATRED OF AMERICA, meanwhile more bodies were washing up on shore and 1,234 robbery’s occurred during that 15 minutes.
1) I don’t trust Big Media. They are known liars and known to hate America.
2) I don’t trust the Brazilian government in particular, and third world governments in general. They are known to be corrupt, and dishonest, and hate America.
3) I don’t trust armed “security guards” in third-world hellholes. The distinction between them and armed robbers can be difficult to make.
4) I don’t trust video with huge gaps in it.
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