[C19fan]

#RioSucks. Lochte paying the price for embarrassing Brazil and confirming what a hell hole it is.

[LouieFisk]

“found ‘little evidence’ that it had taken place”
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So said the investigating officer, Sgt. Schultz.

[Vigilanteman]

If they seize his passport, he and his two friends go to the U.S. Consulate and report it stolen. That’s the truth. They will issue him a new one within one business day with payment of the proper fees.

[ilgipper]

This is the third world the Obama and leftists are striving for.

[lacrew]

1. They were drunk - this is why they don’t remember much
2. 10:1 odds the taxi driver was in on the robbery
3. Lochte - get the heck out of there. Find a motorboat to get to one of the cruise ships housing the upper crust.

[BlueStateRightist]

Why anyone would go to a 3rd world country for any reason is beyond me.

[Rummyfan]

Lochte claims that he and three of his team-mates were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi...

So all four of them are lying? To what purpose?

[IC Ken]

When the Brazilian police rob you...who do you turn to?

[tflabo]

And just WTH would they scheme up a tale about being robbed? What could they gain from such a trick?? Rio is a pit.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Seizing the passports of the athletes. That’s what the Olympics is all about.

[RightGeek]

[Mr. K]

Here’s a scenario I am just speclating

He goes to the naughty parts of town, gets his wallet lifted by a hooker, decides he wants to report it as a robbery by gunpoint.

Who wants to put money on this?

[Truth29]

So Brazil’s response to a reported robbery is to attack the victims and prevent them from leaving the country. What a country!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

And order has been made to seize American swimmer Ryan Lochte's passport by Brazilian authorities after claims he 'lied about being robbed.'

If Rio and Brazil want to make an already embarrassing Olympics into an even bigger fiasco, there are few ways to accomplish it more effectively than to publicly harass a famous Olympic athlete who has already been victimized at the Games. I find it difficult to believe Brazilian authorities are this stupid.

[fella]

Even though their President is under indictment for fraud, she is still the dictator in charge. By the way her fraud pales in comparison to Hitlery’s.

[Donglalinger]

Pictures and CCTV have emerged of the swimmer returning to the Olympic complex and passing security on the night of the alleged robbery - with the wallets and watches the men claim were stolen.

Roh Roh

[windsorknot]

Question: What’s a brazilian? Answer: Twenty gazillion.

[Uncle Sam 911]

Get out of Brazil now.

[Scythian_Reborn]

BREAKING ....

Lochte involved in high speed chase ....

This just in over the AP wire. Lochte was just involved in a high speed chase by Brazilian police that lasted over 17 minutes. Lochte is now safely wtihin the Russian Embassy. Russian President Putin has weighed in stating "Lochte will be given sanctuary only if we are also given Michael Phelps". The Brazilian people are protesting in the streets and have stated that they would like to see their country at least get a bowl of porridge out of the deal ... ?

[MeganC]

I suspect that Lochte was robbed by actual POLICE and now they’re eager to cover it up thinking that if they intimidate a high profile American they can get away with it just like they do with any other American tourist.

I don’t see this turning out well for Brazil’s tourist industry.