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Ryan Lochte Cleared of All Charges Related to Rio Olympics Incident

United States swimmer Ryan Lochte has been cleared of all charges stemming from providing false information to police at a gas station after an alleged robbery during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Per David Meeks of USA Today, an appeals court in Brazil dismissed the criminal case against Lochte, who, in an interview with NBC at the time, said that "he and three other members of the U.S. swim team had been stopped and robbed at gunpoint as the cab they were in tried to pull away from the service station.