Ryan Lochte can be prosecuted in Rio Olympic case, Brazil court rules

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice has ruled that U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte can be prosecuted on a charge of filing a false police report during the Rio Olympics.

Lochte had claimed that he and fellow swimmers were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi in Rio. But prosecutors said he invented the story to cover up the swimmers’ vandalism of a gas station and an ensuing confrontation with security guards.

The 12-time Olympic medalist later acknowledged he was intoxicated and said his behavior led to the confrontation.

A court dismissed the case last year, but the Superior Court of Justice reversed that decision this week. Prosecutor Rodrigo de Almeida Maia said Thursday that the next…