Lion Heart 15,041 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 *The most recent news is at the top, read from bottom to top* Rio de Janeiro (CNN)[Breaking news update, posted at 3:39 p.m. ET] Civil Police chief Fernando Veloso said at a press conference about four American swimmers: "In theory, one or all of them might be charged for false communication of a crime and for damaging private assets, the gas station. I'm not saying that they are charged right now because of that. We have to finalize the investigation and in theory that could be the case. This is not really a -- this kind of crime will not lead to their arrest." [Breaking news update, posted at 3:33 p.m. ET] Four American swimmers who claimed that they were robbed in Rio de Janeiro should apologize to residents, Brazilian police said. [Breaking news update, posted at 3:30 p.m. ET] U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte was confrontational with security guards after they stopped him and three other American swimmers from vandalizing a gas station because he was "very angry because he was intoxicated," said Fernando Veloso, chief of civil police in Rio de Janeiro. [Breaking news update, posted at 3:28 p.m. ET] A firearm was pointed at the American swimmers by one of the security guards at a vandalized gas station in order to control one of them, Brazilian police said. It is not being deemed an excessive use of force. [Breaking news update, posted at 3:22 p.m. ET] One of the American Olympic swimmers confirmed the account that the surveillance video showed that the swimmers -- Ryan Lochte, Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz and James Feigen -- were committing acts of vandalism at a gas station when confronted by security guards, Brazilian police said. [Breaking news update, posted at 3:20 p.m. ET] Civil police in Rio de Janeiro say that American Olympic swimmer James Feigen has not been interviewed. Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger are giving their statements to police now. [Breaking news update, posted at 3:15 p.m. ET] Surveillance videos show that there was no violence or robbery committed against the four American Olympic swimmers who Brazilian police say vandalized a Rio gas station. [Breaking news update, posted at 3:10 p.m. ET] Civil Police chief Fernando Veloso says "there was no robbery" in Rio de Janeiro the way the US swimmers have described. One or more of the four vandalized a gas station, said Veloso. [Previous version, posted at 2:33 p.m. ET] Four US Olympic swimmers facing scrutiny after they reported being robbed in Rio de Janeiro allegedly vandalized a gas station on the morning in question, according to Brazilian media and a police source. Brazil's Globo media group has released footage that shows US swimmers Ryan Lochte, James Feigen, Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz at the gas station in Rio's Barra da Tijuca neighborhood early Sunday when the athletes said they were robbed at gunpoint by men in police uniforms. The footage shows a man in the act of urinating in a side alley at the gas station and being confronted by gas station staff. Daily newspaper O Globo cited the station's owner as saying the athletes had thrown stones at the business and torn one of its signs before urinating in the street. http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/18/sport/us-swimmers-olympics-robbery-questions/ ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuchulainn 3,040 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I didn't get too good of an impression of Lochte from that reality show he was on. This isn't that surprising Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop 4,541 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Lochte seems like the typical american douchebag "bro". That said, I still want him to sit on my face. The Taylor Brigade: KNOCKOUT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 2 minutes ago, Creativek said: I didn't get too good of an impression of Lochte from that reality show he was on. This isn't that surprising He was in a reality show? I didn't know that. Gonna look that mess up later. ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdAstra 2,649 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 What a lovely way to represent the people of the United States while abroad you ignorant twats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pity Party 743 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Lmao what a mess. It's funny cause they did a special interview with Lochte saying how he left his partying days behind and he's sitting on the couch with his dog. What a mess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle 2,056 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Absolutely a mess and embarrassing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 2 minutes ago, Pity Party said: What a mess. LochMess FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Ah. Here he is retweeting some diehard Trumpet: Definitely getting 'douchebag bro' vibes from him. ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 #LochteGate trending on Twitter ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanripley 86,575 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 #RyanLochteIsOverParty https://goo.gl/xMgMvJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre 10,480 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 He's an as..hole, not only for this, just in his daylife. ❝Is not blue, not turquoise, not lapis. It's actually cerulean❞. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlayGagaloo 16,152 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 is this him? 😂 Over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Die 1,864 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Lol he should rot in jail and have his passport "misplaced". Nod if you wanna make love with the enemy. ❤ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teo 609 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Meh. Drunk people acting like pigs in a foreign country. What's new? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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