Last week, Lochte and three other US Olympic swimmers got drunk at a post-Olympics party in Rio, allegedly trashed a gas station bathroom causing ensuing conflicts with gas station workers and security guards. The following day, Lochte told his mother, and later the press, that he and his fellow swimmers had been held up at gunpoint and robbed.
Rio police investigated the incident and discredited Lochte’s account of the events. After Brazilian officials said they were ready to indict Lochte and fellow US swimmer Jimmy Feigen on charges of making a false report, Lochte apologized for “immature behavior,” but, in an interview with NBC, refused to deny that he and his fellow swimmers were robbed.