RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio police said four U.S. swimmers lied about being held up at gunpoint Sunday morning.
“No robbery was committed against these athletes. They were not victims of the crimes they claimed,” Fernando Veloso, chief of civil police, said during a news conference Thursday afternoon.
Police said they had evidence swimmers Ryan Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen vandalized a gas station after a late night out partying. And the events could not be interpreted as a robbery, Veloso said.
“There is nothing that justifies the confusion of the men thinking they were victims of a robbery," he said.