Ryan Lochte, America’s majestic platinum-haired merman and 12-time Olympic medalist, has triggered the most confusing story to come out of the Rio Olympics. The tale does not involve doping, or Zika, or human body parts washing up on the sand of Copacabana Beach.
No.
Lochte’s story is about getting mugged, allegedly lying about it, and causing an international commotion, a series of events that might have happened because, like a teen, Lochte didn’t want to tell his mother about what he did on Saturday night.
"And then the guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead, and he said, ‘Get down,’ and I put my hands up. I was like, ‘Whatever,’" Lochte told NBC in one of his early accounts of the incident.
Though Lochte was "whatever" about his mugging, Brazilian authorities were not. On Wednesday, Brazilian police removed two American swimmers from their flight home to the US, because they were allegedly involved in Lochte’s story. A third teammate who was said to be involved is also still in Rio. (Lochte is already back in the States.)
There is now a report that Lochte fabricated the entire episode, to cover up a fight he may have had with a security guard while trying to use a gas station restroom:
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