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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the only damage by the swimmers' "vandalism" was the poster, then the security guards' demand for money was pure extortion, a shakedown, as many knew the moment they heard about it.  Whatever story Lochte told, overdramatizing the actual events, the swimmers were robbed at gunpoint and then charged with crimes by the Brazilian government.[/quote]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/jimmy-feigen-last-of-four-lochte-robbery-swimmers-releases-statement-124037496.html

A "robbery-that-wasn’t-really-a-robbery-but-still-was-a-Brazilian-shakedown," followed by a further shakedown by officials when they forced Feigen to cough up a $10,800 "fine" for his passport so he could leave the country (that was the negotiated rate, down from $31k, then $47k). Lochte got out just in time, otherwise they'd be holding him hostage for cash too.

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This part of the story has been [b]largely ignored[/b]. They wanted him ( Feigen) to cough up more, but he got out in time. He was right to pay the first ridiculous fee and get that hell out. [/quote]

Yes, there's no way to spin that to make Rio look in the right and to make Feigen look in the wrong.  So the media hasn't really focused on it.

Imagnie if Lochte had stayed in Rio, how much they would have charged him for the privilege of leaving the country.  6 figures, 7 figures?  [/quote]

Totally agree. It's amazing to me how many people (in the media and otherwise) seem to be getting their jollies from publicly shaming and ridiculing this relatively harmless douchebag for committing minor offenses. It makes me wonder how many fully grown adults out there continue to nurture some sort of weird, longstanding resentment against the good looking jock at their high school.[/quote]

This! Wow I think you really hit the nail on the head. Wonder if Matt Lauer got a lot of wedgies as a kid?[/quote]

I have a feeling if Lauer's kid had a gun pointed at him and a demand for money was made, Matt wouldn't be calling it a "negotiation."[/quote]

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