Anonymous wrote:IMO false; or at least very exaggerated. The part about Lochte arguing with the robber when he had a gun to his forehead is absurd. I know Lochte is dumber than a sack of hammers, but that just doesn't seem reasonable.

Anonymous wrote:I think his lawyer hauled his ass back to the US once the Brazilian investigation started heating up.

He couldn't remember what the cab looked like, or any other details. Smells like BS.

Anonymous wrote:His mom likely called him while he was out ... (Maybe she wanted to make sure he was in bed and at the village) rules were I believe not to leave the village or something about not leaving in a cab. She calls, he doesn't answer.. She figures something is up and to get out of it he says oh we were out late because we got robbed! Etc... She worries tells the media and bam! Story gets leaked and Ryan has to cover his ass and act like it really happened.

Anonymous wrote:He didn't report it or leak it. His mom told the media, and then he later confirmed the story. I kind of feel like he made up a lie to get out of trouble with his mom -- like a 15 year old kid. Could it be possible that he bought some drugs? Would they test for anything after his races were over?

Scenario -
RL calls his mom and asks for more money. She asks what happened to the money she gave him yesterday. He makes up a story about being robbed, even though it went up his nose?

He gets the other guys to corroborate since they were all using and don't want to get caught or stripped of medals.

Anonymous wrote:His mom likely called him while he was out ... (Maybe she wanted to make sure he was in bed and at the village) rules were I believe not to leave the village or something about not leaving in a cab. She calls, he doesn't answer.. She figures something is up and to get out of it he says oh we were out late because we got robbed! Etc... She worries tells the media and bam! Story gets leaked and Ryan has to cover his ass and act like it really happened.

Anonymous wrote:His mom likely called him while he was out ... (Maybe she wanted to make sure he was in bed and at the village) rules were I believe not to leave the village or something about not leaving in a cab. She calls, he doesn't answer.. She figures something is up and to get out of it he says oh we were out late because we got robbed! Etc... She worries tells the media and bam! Story gets leaked and Ryan has to cover his ass and act like it really happened.

Anonymous wrote:Recap for those who haven't heard: Ryan Lochte & three other US Olympic swim team members were allegedly robbed at gun point Sunday evening. Now a Brazil judge has issued an order to seize Lochte & Feigen's passports, as Brazil want to hold both for further questioning.

Lochte's attorney says he is already back in the US and has no plans to return for follow up questioning.

Do you think the account was made up? I can't figure out a motive, and think it's odd that FOUR individuals would be in on a false account. At the same time it seems quite coincidental that out of all of the athletes, this happened to Lochte.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/17/sport/olympics-ryan-lochte-robbery-questions/

Anonymous wrote:He didn't report it or leak it. His mom told the media, and then he later confirmed the story. I kind of feel like he made up a lie to get out of trouble with his mom -- like a 15 year old kid. Could it be possible that he bought some drugs? Would they test for anything after his races were over?

Scenario -
RL calls his mom and asks for more money. She asks what happened to the money she gave him yesterday. He makes up a story about being robbed, even though it went up his nose?

He gets the other guys to corroborate since they were all using and don't want to get caught or stripped of medals.

Anonymous wrote:Rio is embarrassed by multiple things regarding the Olympics and since this one is so public they're trying to save face.

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Anonymous wrote:If authorities believe all four swimmers lied about the robbery, why did they only target two of them for seizure of passports and further questioning? If you really think they were all part of a conspiracy to file a false police report (there doesn't appear to be any question of whether the other two were with Lochte and Feigen), why wouldn't you pursue all four of them?

I think the other 2 have already left Brazil.

Anonymous wrote:If authorities believe all four swimmers lied about the robbery, why did they only target two of them for seizure of passports and further questioning? If you really think they were all part of a conspiracy to file a false police report (there doesn't appear to be any question of whether the other two were with Lochte and Feigen), why wouldn't you pursue all four of them?