“They did not make any untruthful testimony”. “But the worst was that they lied about what happened”.
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The attorney says an agreement was reached with a Brazilian judge that Feigen will donate the money to an “institution” and then leave the country.
“After Jack and I both tugged at him in an attempt to get him to sit back down, Ryan and the security guards had a heated verbal exchange, but no physical contact was made”, Bentz said.
He was prevented from leaving Rio on Wednesday after Lochte’s story about being robbed at gunpoint by men posing as police began to unravel under scrutiny from investigators. “Please, don’t call police!'” said Deluz.
The swimmers eventually talk with station workers and their taxi leaves.
Police have gone back and forth about whether guns were pulled on the swimmers.
Mr Veloso said the guards did not use excessive force and would have been justified in drawing their weapons because the athletes “were conducting themselves in a violent way”.
After that, Bentz says that a customer translated for them and they were told they needed to pay money in order to leave.
For that, Bentz says, he handed the men a $20 and his teammate, Jimmy Feigen, gave them 100 Reals – about $33, according to USA Today.
“That is when they started saying, ‘No police”.
Lauer questioned Lochte’s story in the clip of the interview, asking why if the swimmers were speaking through an impromptu translator that they viewed that as a robbery rather than a settlement.
American swimmers Gunnar Bentz, left, and Jack Conger leave a Rio police station after questioning on Thursday.
In a statement Friday, Lochte apologized for his behavior and for “not being more careful and candid in how I described the events of that early morning”. “If I never had done that, we wouldn’t be in this mess”.
He said investigating officers grew suspicious when security video showed the swimmers returning to the athletes’ village wearing watches, which would have likely been taken in a robbery.
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The scandal has angered Brazilians who jeered Bentz and Conger, calling them “liars” and “fakes” as they made their way out of the country on Thursday.
