According to Brazilian sources, Ryan Lochte and his three teammates lied about being robbed at gunpoint this past weekend.
Related: Is Ryan Lochte Lying About Being Robbed At Gunpoint In Rio?
To make matters worse, the sources have released surveillance footage that shows one of the swimmers fighting with a gas station security guard, according to ABC.
Related: Ryan Lochte Keeps Changing His Story About That Alleged Robbery
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And allegedly, they offered employees money at the gas station to cover for damages to the bathroom.
#BREAKING Brazil sources: #RyanLochte + 3 swimmers fabricated robbery story. Video shows swimmer “fighting” w/security at gas station @GMA
— Matt Gutman (@mattgutmanABC) August 18, 2016
#BREAKING Brazil sources: #RyanLochte + 3 swimmers fabricated robbery story. Video shows swimmer “fighting” w/security at gas station @GMA
— Matt Gutman (@mattgutmanABC) August 18, 2016
#breaking Brazilian police: US swimmers/ #RyanLochte “offered 100 reals + $20” to compensate for damage in bathroom https://t.co/DBLuUDczrb
— Matt Gutman (@mattgutmanABC) August 18, 2016
A Brazilian police source tells ABC News “”one of the swimmers was seen on CCTV footage breaking down the door to the bathroom at [a] gas station and fighting with a security guard.”
Related: UPDATE: Calum McSwiggan Charged With Filing False Report
He claims the swimmers “offered 100 reals and $20” to cover any damages.
Watch below:
Stache
Ha. Liars. I was so drunk I don’t remember much. Lots of changing stories.
Dumbass jocks used this as an excuse for arriving so late and not wanting to get kicked out. Just never expected it to blow up like this.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Countdown till the..”white privilege” “racism” etc…klaxon starts screeching
jdboston617
Publish the reported gas station video so we can end the debate.
jdboston617
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID: Well, sadly, if they are lying and the police reports are correct… then “white privilege” is absolutely fair game. Let’s hope it’s not true but it’s not looking like that at all.
Stache
They’ve just admitted it was a hoax.
broadshoulder
Why do you Americans insist in upsetting their host country. Its not been forgotten what Mitt Romney said in London in 2012. Why do you have such big mouths?
He’s gone out of his way to upset the Brazilians….
DDstar1me
Shame on you boys. You have tarnished the spirit of the Olympics. Wow! you really can’t fix stupid.
GayEGO
It is sad if they are lying, we are better than that, but then, I remember some of the jocks back when I was in high school would do stupid things like this.
jdboston617
@Stache: How disappointing. The younger guys I’d throw a pass at. But Ryan is 32 years old. No excuse. Bye bye endowments. What a waste.
Kangol
I’m still trying to figure out why they lied. Did they break curfew? Were they on drugs? Patronizing an adult sex worker isn’t illegal in Brazil, so it couldn’t have been that. In terms of the gas station incident, yes, they broke down the door but agreed to pay for it and didn’t face having the cops called on them, so why did Lochte concoct this elaborate lie? Does anyone get what his motivation might have been?
solacesoul
@Kangol: Soliciting prostitutes is legal in Brazil but would be bad for a US athlete’s sponsorship if it were to come to light. There was an athletes’ curfew that was missed. Also, the Brazilian gas station worker called the cops but the swimmers fled before the cops arrived. This is all according to the New York Times story detail.
Mack
If they did in fact lie, they should be kicked out of the USA Olympic Organization and banned from participating ever again for Conduct Unbecoming. They have disgraced the image of the USA Olympic Team.
Stache
Kangol, this might have something to do with it ie being dumber then a box of rocks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmBVDruB14k
Masc Pride
Way to represent the U.S.! So embarrassing.
robho3
Ryan lochte has the mentality of a 13 year old jock bully and he’s an attention whore- now the world knows.
Billy Budd
It’s Very bad to say nasty things about my country. And lie.
zipperzone
It seems as if there is no doubt that the whole incident is just a pack of lies.
However, if Ryan looses sponsor’s endorsements he has only himself to blame. Although that would inhibit future earnings he probably has already made enough $$$ to ensure him a comfortable life.
I agree that it is unfair that Brazil should have their already spurious repartition further sullied in the eyes of the world but it has now backfired and it is the USA that will be looked upon with distaste.
Hussain-TheCanadian
The moment I read when he said “whatever” when supposedly a gun was pulled on him I called bullshit on the whole story.
The fox 29 video where the anchors loss it is all you really need to see to understand that Ryan loche is a man child.
Brian
Ryan Lochte is a buffoon.
JSTEWART
uh.. hello.?? breaking in the door to the mens room at a gas station..?? gee..?? sounds a little gay to me.. mark my words.. there will be dick involved when all the truth comes out.. 4 very hot guys out and about in a foreign country..?? and drunk..?? was there a gay prostitute in the mens room..?? I betcha there was.. and then they were ambushed.. they were getting some Brazilian dick in the mens room and then they were busted.. that makes then most sense.. Ryan will be the next one to come out.. gee.. he’s 32.. no woman..?? no kids..? oh my Hazel..
Ken A.
Not only is he the Lochte Nest Monster, he’s also a lousy friend leaving the other three behind to take the fall while he is her getting on with his life.
BriBri
Stupid boys, I still wouldn’t kick him out of bed for eating crackers and I’d make sure he swallows.
rickhfx
Str8 white jock privilege, this shit happens all the time.
martinbakman
Looks like Kwearty’s longtime love affair with Lochte is over………….or is it?
SteveDenver
Stache — He is indeed full of himself, which equals being full of bullsh!t.
The youngest teammate in this scandal, Gunnar Bentz (20), never lied and told the truth about what happened. Imagine Lochte (32) being outperformed as an adult and a human by a 20-year-old.