Gunnar Bentz Releases Statement Detailing Incident at 2016 Rio Olympics

United States swimmer Gunnar Bentz issued an apologetic and detailed statement through the University of Georgia on Friday night that explained what transpired the night he, Ryan Lochte, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen were involved in an encounter at a Rio de Janeiro gas station.

In the statement, which Yahoo Sports' Pat Forde relayed, Bentz clarified that the group of American swimmers left a party and were headed back to the Athletes Village around 6 a.m. BRT when they stopped at a gas station to look for a bathroom:

There was no restroom inside, so we foolishly relieved ourselves on the backside of the building behind some bushes. There was a locked door out back and I did not witness anyone…