Security Guard Who Confronted Ryan Lochte Tells His Side of the Story. The 34-year-old guard, who chose to remain anonymous and spoke in Portuguese, claims that there was no violent altercation with the swimmers, but that the 12-time Olympic medalist and his teammates came to the gas station and appeared to have been drinking. “These guys came here causing trouble … but we did not touch them at all,” the guard states. “There was never any physical contact. I only showed my gun … I did not order them to lay down on the floor and the gun was certainly not pointed in anyone’s face.”
(VIDEO) Ryan Lochte, 3 US swimmers trashing gas station just before fake robbery at Rio
The 34-year-old guard, who chose to remain anonymous and spoke with an Us Weekly associate in Portuguese, claims that there was no violent altercation with the swimmers, but that the 12-time Olympic medalist and his teammates came to the gas station …
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The mystery behind the claim that U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte and three teammates were robbed after a night of partying in Rio de Janeiro deepened Thursday, after officials first blamed him for making it up — then backtracked on …
The story told by 4 American swimmers about being robbed at gunpoint last weekend continues to unravel as various surveilance videos show a far different chain of events than they originally reported. A video from asecurity camera at a gas station …
The 34-year-old security guard, who spoke to reporters under the condition of anonymity, confirmed that Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger, and Jimmy Feigen were NOT robbed at gunpoint at the gas station in question! The guard was the one at the gas …
American Olympic swimmers Gunnar Bentz, center left, and Jack Conger, center right, leave the police station at Rio International airport early Thursday Aug. 18, 2016. The two were taken off their flight from Brazil to the U.S. on Wednesday by local …
… of four U.S. Olympic swimmers in Rio, a Brazilian police source told ABC News that “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” on the night of the incident.
Still, the description of the security guard’s use of a gun dovetailed with Mr. Lochte’s follow-up explanations of the episode, raising the possibility that the men had felt during the confusion of the moment that they were being pressured to hand over …
It’s at least plausible a heavily intoxicated person mistook an armed security guard for police, did not quite understand the nature of the encounter given the language barrier, and was a bit hazy about the details (or embellished them a bit) afterward.
A video has surfaced that shows U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte got into fight with a security guard at a gas station that night Lochte claimed he was robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning during his stay at the Summer Olympics in Brazil, according …
Officials first blamed him for making it up, but then backtracked on some details and acknowledged the Olympians had been confronted by security guards with guns. The robbery that was or wasn’t has become the biggest spectacle outside of the Olympic …
A security guard appeared and confronted them, the official said. The guard was armed with a pistol, the official said, but he never took it out or pointed it at the swimmers. According to the official, the gas station manager then arrived. Using a …
Rio police claim that one of the U.S. swimmers who later reported having been robbed at gunpoint was seen on security footage fighting with a security guard at a gas station that same night. “One of the swimmers was seen on CCTV footage breaking down …
The swimmers handed over money and left. Hours later, the official changed the story and said twosecurity guards pointed guns at the swimmers. The change in the version of events came after police interviewed one of the security guards on Thursday.
Reports emerged Thursday that the US Olympic swimmers claiming to have been mugged in Rio in fact got into a fight with an armed gas station security guard. The reports said an altercation occurred when star swimmer Lochte and three other team …
Several other media outlets have since confirmed that Brazilian authorities are claiming to be in possession of video that shows one of the swimmers attacking a security guard, who reportedly confronted the unnamed American after he was spotted …
One of the four United States swimmers who claimed to have been robbed late on Saturday was seen fighting with a gas station security guard on footage from the same night, according to ABC News. “One of the swimmers was seen on CCTV footage …
Rio de Janeiro – Reports emerged Thursday that Ryan Lochte and three other US Olympic swimmers claiming to have been mugged in Rio in fact got into a fight with an armed gas stationsecurity guard. The unconfirmed reports on ABC News and Brazilian …
US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte fabricated a story about being robbed at gunpoint with his teammates by a person impersonating an officer, police said. Lochte and three teammates, heading back after a party, got into a confrontation with a security…
#BREAKING Brazilian authorities tell @ABC video shows “US swimmer” “breaking down” gas station restroom door “fighting” w/ security guard. — Matt Gutman (@mattgutmanABC) August 18, 2016 · #BREAKING Brazil sources: #RyanLochte + 3 swimmers …
Brazilian police now say that two security guards did, in fact, point guns at Lochte and his teammates. Officers interviewed the security guards, who confirmed that they brandished their weapons when they went to check out the commotion near the bathroom.
A security guard appeared and confronted them, the official said. The police official said the guard was armed with a pistol, but he never took it out or pointed it at the swimmers. According to the official, the manager then arrived. Using a customer …
9:08 AM PT — Security camera footage from the gas station shows the swimmers walking through a hallway back toward the bathroom, and then leave. You can’t see what happens by the bathroom door. Once they get in their taxi though, gas station …
ABC News reported on Thursday that one of the swimmers was seen on surveillance video fighting with a security guard and breaking down a door in a gas station bathroom on the night the robbery allegedly occurred. Lochte told NBC’s Matt Lauer the group …
Ryan Lochte made up the story that he and three other US Olympic swimmers were robbed at gunpoint, so they could cover up an altercation with a gas station security guard after busting down a bathroom door, authorities said Thursday. Brazilian …
At Thursday’s news conference, Rio police said a security guard pointed a gun at the athletes as the swimmers attempted to leave the scene in a taxi cab before police arrived. “Yes, according to thesecurity guards, they said that because one of them …
AMERICAN swimmer Ryan Lochte and his teammates fabricated a story about being robbed in Rio and fought with gas station security guards around the time they were robbed, it has been sensationally claimed. According to ABC News, a Brazilian police …
0818-ryan-lochte-james-feigen-jack-conger-gunnar- An American swimmer was allegedly caught on video breaking down a bathroom door at a gas station and fighting with a security guard in Brazil … a police source tells ABC News. The video is part of the …
The Ryan Lochte robbery scandal has officially reached the Someone Is Bullshitting Phase, in which new alleged details that suggest Lochte’s story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio may be totally bunk. ABC News brings us the latest development, …
A source with the police told ABC News that “one of the swimmers was seen on CCTV footage breaking down the door to the bathroom at the gas station and fighting with a security guard” on the night of the alleged robbery. Other CCTV video obtained by …
… teammates were robbed after a night of partying in Rio de Janeiro deepened Thursday, after officials first blamed him for making it up – then backtracked on some details and acknowledged the Olympians had been confronted by security guards with guns.
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