Multiple media outlets reported this evening that University of Georgia junior swimmer Gunnar Bentz was removed from his flight home from the Rio Olympics today after a Brazilian judge ordered several US swimmers to stay in the country. It's part of an investigation of an alleged robbery of Bentz and fellow swimmers Jimmy Feigen, Jack Conger, and Ryan Lochte that occurred as they were returning to the Olympic Village from a night of partying.
The swimmers reported being held at gunpoint in a taxi by armed assailants posing as police officers. However, authorities have announced that Lochte’s and Feigen’s statements regarding the incident are contradictory.