Lochte Robbery Story: True or False

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking as a publicist, I would NEVER have allowed Ryan to do this interview. At least not yet. He didn't need to "explain himself" to the public or to his sponsors - not like this. There was absolutely no need for him to take more time away from other Olympians and the end of the Olympic games. The proper protocol would have been for him to wait until AFTER the games, as he has already taken so much away from the games and other competitors. So much air time has been devoted to covering his shenanigans, that he just should've laid low for a few more days.

He was also completely unprepared and you can tell he had absolutely no media training prior to this. This is what happens when you use a lawyer for your crisis PR needs instead of pairing the lawyer up with a true publicist who is experienced in this realm. Ryan needed to work with a trainer this weekend on everything from his posture to his language to his enunciation. You can tell that they didn't prepare answers in advance either, as he kept going back to being intoxicated. His sponsors DO NOT want to hear this and they certainly DO NOT want to hear it repeated like an excuse.

It's so unprofessional that he was allowed to do this interview, and that he was allowed to do it without anyone to guide him. He ends up looking like even more of a loser and he did nothing that would make his sponsors think this is a guy they should keep on paying. I feel for him, I really do, and I hope he at least thinks about hiring someone in the PR world - not just for any future interviews he does, but also to control how he re-enters the world of social media and to prevent any future issues like his upcoming birthday party in Vegas that coincides with his gf's paid appearance. He needs to totally avoid any upcoming partying, he honestly needs to send the Playboy playmate packing for now as she's not a good look for him either, and he needs to do some major re-branding and re-imaging before re-emerging in the public eye.

LOL, you feel sorry for him? Get real. Everything this dipshit is going through is directly attributable to his behavior. This isn't someone else's fault. This is dumbass Ryan Lochte's fault.

I'm glad he did this interview. You know why? It just proved that he's a selfish fucking asshole who thinks he can do whatever he wants and not be held accountable. How much of a idiot to you have to be to get yourself in a situation like this? To fuck with someone's business that happens to be in a beautiful but third-world country? What a god damn moron. "I was drunk, I was drunk." Stop acting like a fucking dumbass college student. You're a 32 year old man. Start acting like one.

The best news from all of this is that nobody gives even a slightest flying fuck about swimming or swimmers. This is simply the outrage de jour. Within the next week, no one will even care about Ryan Lochte and once football season starts, we will have totally forgotten about this. And every four years from now, we'll only remember Ryan Lochte for being a selfish fucking asshole and a moron to boot.

And I don't get why he needs to dump his Playmate g/f. How is she even relevant to all this? What is he supposed to do, date a DCUM harpie plumper? Just goes to show, PR "professionals" are the most overpaid people on earth.

You mad? Lol!
Why don't you go drink some more haterade!
You sound super bitter and a little crazy.
Ryan Lochte may very well be an intelligent d bag, but he's got more gold medals than you'll ever have. This will all blow over and he will still be very wealthy and a champion.

... And he torn a sign off the wall. Totally stupid but NOT A BIG DEAL!!!!

[Anonymous]

My guess is that an athlete at that level, and this is not his first medal, knows about public relations, international press, media
He runs his own reality show and has starred as himself in some other useless programs
Surely he of all people know the consequences of his story of being robbed at gunpoint. Why did he even start the story? If all he lost is some cash, why bring in the world media?

[Anonymous]

The hate here is amazing. Ever been robbed at gunpoint? Having some crazy security dude swinging his gun around ? Brazil should be apologizing to Lotche.

[Anonymous]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/21/investigation-ryan-lochte-rio-olympics-authorities/89082232/

RIO DE JANEIRO – Seven days after an incident that will in part define the Rio Olympics, details are becoming clearer about what happened during a gas station encounter between four U.S. swimmers and security guards, and not everyone has concluded Ryan Lochte and his teammates are entirely in the wrong or that the account offered by Rio authorities is entirely accurate.

Lochte has admitted he exaggerated his initial description of how the four men were stopped in their taxi and robbed by men who flashed badges, as well as his sensational allegation of a gun being held to his forehead.


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RIO DE JANEIRO – Seven days after an incident that will in part define the Rio Olympics, details are becoming clearer about what happened during a gas station encounter between four U.S. swimmers and security guards, and not everyone has concluded Ryan Lochte and his teammates are entirely in the wrong or that the account offered by Rio authorities is entirely accurate.

Lochte has admitted he exaggerated his initial description of how the four men were stopped in their taxi and robbed by men who flashed badges, as well as his sensational allegation of a gun being held to his forehead.

But a narrative of the night’s events – constructed by USA TODAY Sports from witness statements, official investigations, surveillance videos and media reports – supports Lochte’s later account in which he said he thought the swimmers were being robbed when they were approached at a gas station by armed men who flashed badges, pointed guns at them and demanded money.

A Brazilian judge says police might have been hasty in determining the security guards, by how they dealt with the swimmers, did not commit a robbery. A lawyer who has practiced in Brazil for 25 years says she does not think the actions of Lochte and teammate Jimmy Feigen constitute the filing of a false police report as defined under Brazilian law.

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Jesus Brazil is a fucking mess.

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Speedo has pulled their sponsorship for Lochte.

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Anonymous wrote:Speedo has pulled their sponsorship for Lochte.

Yea that's such BS. He was drunk and he's apologized enough. It's ridiculous. Get over it.

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Anonymous wrote:Speedo has pulled their sponsorship for Lochte.

Yea that's such BS. He was drunk and he's apologized enough. It's ridiculous. Get over it.

Please. If I were a corporate sponsor I'd do the same thing. Why risk that a bad boy at the end of his career gets into more trouble and tarnishes your name -- when their are dozens of young, up and coming swimmers who will go to the next world championships/Olympics etc. with no history of causing trouble?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speedo has pulled their sponsorship for Lochte.

Yea that's such BS. He was drunk and he's apologized enough. It's ridiculous. Get over it.

Please. If I were a corporate sponsor I'd do the same thing. Why risk that a bad boy at the end of his career gets into more trouble and tarnishes your name -- when their are dozens of young, up and coming swimmers who will go to the next world championships/Olympics etc. with no history of causing trouble?

Well hopefully he's been smart with his money and saved most of it. Who even cares about Speedo

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speedo has pulled their sponsorship for Lochte.

Yea that's such BS. He was drunk and he's apologized enough. It's ridiculous. Get over it.

Please. If I were a corporate sponsor I'd do the same thing. Why risk that a bad boy at the end of his career gets into more trouble and tarnishes your name -- when their are dozens of young, up and coming swimmers who will go to the next world championships/Olympics etc. with no history of causing trouble?

Well hopefully he's been smart with his money and saved most of it. Who even cares about Speedo

Speedo is a HUGE sponsor in the swimming world and likely was his main source of income. But yeah -- he's been around forever and has made a lot of money; net worth is supposed to be around $6 million. Plus Speedo isn't his only sponsor -- I think there are 5-6 others. The bigger names in those are Ralph Lauren and Marriott and then there are some unknowns like a Japanese mattress company (which said earlier it'll stick with him). As long as he hangs on to at least 1 of the big names, he's fine.

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Anonymous wrote:http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/21/investigation-ryan-lochte-rio-olympics-authorities/89082232/

RIO DE JANEIRO – Seven days after an incident that will in part define the Rio Olympics, details are becoming clearer about what happened during a gas station encounter between four U.S. swimmers and security guards, and not everyone has concluded Ryan Lochte and his teammates are entirely in the wrong or that the account offered by Rio authorities is entirely accurate.

Lochte has admitted he exaggerated his initial description of how the four men were stopped in their taxi and robbed by men who flashed badges, as well as his sensational allegation of a gun being held to his forehead.


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RIO DE JANEIRO – Seven days after an incident that will in part define the Rio Olympics, details are becoming clearer about what happened during a gas station encounter between four U.S. swimmers and security guards, and not everyone has concluded Ryan Lochte and his teammates are entirely in the wrong or that the account offered by Rio authorities is entirely accurate.

Lochte has admitted he exaggerated his initial description of how the four men were stopped in their taxi and robbed by men who flashed badges, as well as his sensational allegation of a gun being held to his forehead.

But a narrative of the night’s events – constructed by USA TODAY Sports from witness statements, official investigations, surveillance videos and media reports – supports Lochte’s later account in which he said he thought the swimmers were being robbed when they were approached at a gas station by armed men who flashed badges, pointed guns at them and demanded money.

A Brazilian judge says police might have been hasty in determining the security guards, by how they dealt with the swimmers, did not commit a robbery. A lawyer who has practiced in Brazil for 25 years says she does not think the actions of Lochte and teammate Jimmy Feigen constitute the filing of a false police report as defined under Brazilian law.

Yes, I'm surprised that the media turned on him as quickly as they did. I suspect that the tide will turn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speedo has pulled their sponsorship for Lochte.

Yea that's such BS. He was drunk and he's apologized enough. It's ridiculous. Get over it.

Please. If I were a corporate sponsor I'd do the same thing. Why risk that a bad boy at the end of his career gets into more trouble and tarnishes your name -- when their are dozens of young, up and coming swimmers who will go to the next world championships/Olympics etc. with no history of causing trouble?

Well hopefully he's been smart with his money and saved most of it. Who even cares about Speedo

Speedo is a HUGE sponsor in the swimming world and likely was his main source of income. But yeah -- he's been around forever and has made a lot of money; net worth is supposed to be around $6 million. Plus Speedo isn't his only sponsor -- I think there are 5-6 others. The bigger names in those are Ralph Lauren and Marriott and then there are some unknowns like a Japanese mattress company (which said earlier it'll stick with him). As long as he hangs on to at least 1 of the big names, he's fine.

Interesting how quick his team is on it. The Speedo news was announced in the last hr. His website now only lists his sponsors as Ralph Lauren and Airweave (the mattress company) -- Speedo is gone. I'm guessing Marriott was a sponsor for earlier games but not for 2016 -- he had a bunch of others in 2012 that didn't stick with him in 2016 likely bc he's an aging swimming who isn't going to win 5 medals/games now; at the 2012 games he had the likes of Gatorade; Gillette; Mutual of Omaha; in addition to Speedo and Ralph Lauren.

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Turns out Speedo was a 10 yr deal signed in 2006. So I guess it made it really easy for Speedo not to renew it now given the situation.

Even former sponsors Mutual of Omaha and AT&T have put out statements saying they haven't sponsored him in yrs or that their deals ended in 2013 -- in order to distance themselves. Marriott put out a statement saying it's a sponsor of USA Swimming, not Lochte personally. So I guess not it comes down to Ralph Lauren and Airweave.

[Anonymous]

Lol he sure stole the spotlight from Phelps!

[Anonymous]

Honestly his age isn't helping matters. He won ONE medal at the games -- which was a relay gold for a race anchored by Phelps and also swum by 2 other young guys. I think sponsors would be more willing to overlook his "shenanigans" if he was coming home with 5 medals. Instead they're thinking -- we don't need to be that accommodating to a 32 yr old -- who as much as he says wants to go to Tokyo -- may very likely not even qualify for Tokyo or even for worlds. Why bother putting up with his issues, when they can go with a younger, fresh faced guy who is on the upswing -- someone who won a medal or 2 in Rio and is very likely to win even more in Tokyo and become a household name going forward.