Was he just scared of Mommy? The story started with his mother telling reporters that Lochte had told her he had been robbed. What motivated him to make up such a story is beyond my - and probably your - imagination. He fabricated a story to cover his own butt, and in doing so played on all the fears and stereotypes his Brazilian hosts have been battling for years. Ryan Lochte is seen during the Swimming Press Conference of team USA at the Main Press Center at Olympic Park Barra prior to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She only insulted her competition and former coach, moments after a heartbreaking loss. Turns out that Hope Solo didn’t clinch the title of “Worst Person at the Olympics” after all. Reports said that the swimmers were aggressive and that a security guard pulled his weapon in order to detain them until police arrived. The swimmers were not victims, they were vandals.Ĭontrary to the swimmers’ claim that they were robbed at gunpoint in a cab, Brazilian authorities uncovered security footage from a gas station that showed the athletes - Lochte and teammates James Feigen, Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz - causing damage. On Thursday morning, news broke that Brazilian authorities have determined that Lochte’s story about being robbed at gunpoint was fabricated. But Lochte and three swimming teammates managed not only to embarrass our country, but also they humiliated the host country in the process.

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