Illeana Lochte told Fox Sports that the swimmer and three teammates were invited to an Olympic party by Brazilian swimmer Thiago Pereira in Rio when they were held at gunpoint and robbed early Sunday morning.
The 32-year-old Olympic champion’s mother said that Lochte immediately called her afterward, describing the incident as “terrifying” and saying that his wallet had been taken.
She said she and Lochte’s girlfriend were going to meet Lochte after the incident, and that he was now waiting for them safe at the Olympic village.
Shortly after this report was published, however, a spokesperson for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Mark Adams, said at a press conference that the story was “absolutely not true.