Ryan
Lochte
Lied
About
Swimmers
Being
Held
at
Gunpoint

In
2016,
Ryan
Lochte
claimed
he
and
fellow
Team
USA
swimmers

Gunnar Bentz, Jack
Conger and James

Feigen were robbed
at
gunpoint
at
a
gas
station
in
Brazil
during
the
Rio
Games.
He
was
admittedly
intoxicated
at
the
time,
as
he’d
been
celebrating
their
win.

After
returning
to
the
Olympic
Village,
Lochte
told
the
story
to
his
mom,
who
later
told
a
reporter
the
swimmer
was
robbed
at
gunpoint.
Lochte
then
spoke
to
the
media
himself.

“They
pulled
us
over,”
he
told

Billy
Bush
for

Today. “They
pulled
out
their
guns.
They
told
the
other
swimmers
to
get
down
on
the
ground—they
got
down
on
the
ground.
I
refused.
I
was
like, ‘We
didn’t
do
anything
wrong,
so
I’m
not
getting
down
on
the
ground.'”

“Then
the
guy
pulled
out
his
gun,
he
cocked
it,
put
it
to
my
forehead
and
he
said, ‘Go
down,'”
Lochte
continued. “I
put
my
hands
up.
I
was
like, ‘Whatever.’
He
took
our
money.
He
took
my
wallet.”

The
12-time
medalist
doubled-down
on
his
story.
However,
things
didn’t
add
up.
According
to

NBC
News,
police
refuted
Lochte’s
story
and
said
he,
Bentz,
Conger
and
Feigen
had
been
approached
by
gas
station
security
guards
who
took
out
their
guns
and
told
them
to
pay
for
damages
the
Olympians
allegedly
caused.

Eventually,
Lochte
admitted
he
“overexaggerated”
his
story—saying
that
while
a
gun
was
drawn
it
wasn’t
at
his
head. 

“I
made
a
mistake,
and
I
definitely
learned
from
this,”
he
told
Matt
Lauer
for
NBC
News.
“I’m
just
really
sorry.”

Lochte
received
a
10-month
swimming
competition
suspension.