Feigen and Lochte were ordered to stay in the country, though that order came after Lochte had already returned to the U.S. It was not immediately clear if the organization planned to act.
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The USOC also said yesterday that Feigen, the only one of the swimmers left in Brazil, had also revised his statement to Brazilian authorities.
Lochte had said earlier this week they were held up at gunpoint after a night of partying.
David Marsh, who has served as Lochte’s personal coach for the past three years, said he had not talked to Lochte, but that he imagines the swimmer “feels terrible” for drawing attention “away from the incredible Olympic athletes competing in Rio”. Lochte had already returned to the USA but the others stayed, and Conger and Bentz were pulled off a plane at the Rio airport.
It confirmed police accusations, including that one of the swimmers had vandalised the gas station after the group stopped there to use the bathroom during a taxi ride back to the Athletes’ Village from a late-night party in the city. However, the gas station’s manager told DailyMail.com that surveillance footage didn’t show any signs of the two.
Staff at the gas station said on Thursday that the US swimmers ripped an advertising plaque off a wall while they urinated on a wall.
A few of the swimmers then pushed on the door and broke it.
The swimmers eventually talk with station workers as their cab leaves.
He says his client, who won his sixth Olympic gold medal in the pool in Rio, has been cooperative with authorities and has not been asked again for assistance.
A police official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing said two guards pointed guns at the swimmers.
“Veloso said the athletes refused to wait for police to arrive”.
Then he changed his story and said it was an incident at a gas station that got out of hand.
The owner of the gas station is not pressing charges for damage to property after the athletes paid 100 Brazilian reals and a $20 bill for the damages, Velso said.
Brazilian police recently said the four U.S Olympic swimmers made up their story about being robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning by men posing as police officers.
Bentz and Conger “were heard only as witnesses”. He made no mention of stopping at a gas station. As they walked from the building, a waiting crowd shouted “liars” and “fakes”.
He said an assailant put a gun to his forehead after the swimmers’ taxi was pulled over by criminals who forced them to lie on the ground and stole money and other items. A security guard appeared and confronted them, the official said.
“We wouldn’t make this story up”, he told “Today” show host Matt Lauer earlier Thursday in a telephone interview.
Its advise Lochte’s mama should also give him – say sorry to the people of Rio.
Brazilian swimmer Thiago Pereria said the allegations had “worldwide repercussions”, telling Globo that they ‘denigrated the image of our country, of the Olympics in our house’.
A lawyer for Lochte, who is now in the USA, said he wasn’t aware “of the federal police recommending charges for filing a false police report”.
The debacle prompted both wild speculation and social media mockery, which quickly turned to scorn after the official account went public.
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“They competed under enormous pressure”.
