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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?

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.

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.

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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?

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: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?

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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.

Anonymous wrote:Speedo has pulled their sponsorship for Lochte.

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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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.