The USA Today story quotes Brazilian eyewitnesses saying the one of the security guards/cops pointed a gun at the swimmers. The other swimmers have also said they had a gun pointed at them, so it was Lochte as you claim.
Again, does not change the fact you are in their country playing by their rules.
That is crux of the argument
You can not apply American Justice values in Brazil, just like Muslims should not be allowed to apply Sharia Law here in the United States.
We can’t have it both ways
The best way, don’t do stupid child pranks, when you yourself is 32 years old, in a foreign land. They might not take your childish prank as funny and cute like we do here in America