But Lochte, one of swimming’s biggest stars, has already returned to the United States, his attorney Jeff Ostrow told CNN.
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Feigen said he did not want to comment further until the matter is resolved.
Pictures and CCTV have emerged of the swimmer returning to the Olympic complex and passing security on the night of the alleged robbery – with the wallets and watches the men claim were stolen.
Ryan Lochte’s alleged Rio robbery story just took another weird turn.
News of the robbery broke Sunday, and confusion soon followed. Maddie Musselman and Kiley Neushul had two goals apiece for the USA, which is trying to become the first country to repeat as Olympic champions. “I refused, I was like we didn’t do anything wrong, so – I’m not getting down on the ground”. Pereira and his wife left the party before the Americans, who told police they caught a taxi at a nearby gas station.
Teammate James Feigen was also stopped from flying home to the US, a police source said.
“He took our money, he took my wallet – he left my cellphone, he left my credentials”. I was like, ‘Whatever, ‘ ” he said.
Their passports were also seized, O Globo reported in a Portuguese story translated with computer assistance by The Washington Times.
They didn’t look like they had just been through a harrowing experience. At one moment Lochte playfully hits a team mate with his Olympic accreditation.
“They arrived with their psychological and physical integrity unperturbed”, she said.
He added: “Ryan is safely back in the United States”. Feigen is still in Brazil.
Lochte has already left Brazil and arrived in the US, according to American officials.
Associated Press reporters waiting outside Lochte’s home in North Carolina did not see the 12-time medalist.
The US Olympic Committee confirmed that both Bentz and Conger had been removed from their flight by the Brazilian authorities.
He said he could not confirm the swimmers’ location for security reasons.
“We will continue to cooperate with Brazilian authorities”, Sandusky stated.
Judicial sources said the judge would consider whether to ask Lochte to return to Brazil to give testimony or allow him to do so in the United States. Street crime was a major concern of Olympic organizers, and Brazil deployed 85,000 soldiers and police to secure the games, twice as many as Britain used during the 2012 London Olympics.
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He later backtracked and apologized, saying he was relying on initial information from the US Olympic Committee that was incorrect. He was planning on leaving, and he left. I don’t know what they’re trying to do down there.
