Ryan Lochte’s Dancing With The Stars debut disrupted

Lochte joined “Dancing with the Stars” after becoming embroiled in an global controversy during the recent Summer Olympics, in which he and other Olympic swimmers fabricated being robbed at gunpoint in Rio, Brazil, during a night out.

ABC has released additional footage showing what went down when two protesters came onstage after Ryan Lochte’s “Dancing With the Stars” performance Monday night.

“Two individuals stormed the dance floor tonight and were immediately subdued and escorted out of the building”, BBC Worldwide Productions, which produces Dancing with the Stars, said in a statement to CNN.

Dance pro Derek Hough, who’d danced with partner Marilu Henner before Lochte and Burke did their foxtrot, jumped into the action as well, approaching a handful of women seated in the audience who’d also revealed “no Lochte” shirts.

Both Sododeh and Soroudi were taken down by security as they entered the stage and were later booked on trespassing charges, according to KABC-7. When the show returned to the broadcast, Lochte appeared unharmed but still affected by the incident. “Yes, he did receive gold medals, but what he did in Rio did not represent Americans well”, Soroudi said. Other protesters in the audience also made a disturbance, and were wearing shirts with Lochte’s name in a circle and crossed out. An image taken outside the studio after the disruption showed two men wearing T-shirts with the word Lochte written across them and crossed out.

The event was not captured on camera but it occurred while Judge Carrie Ann Inaba was criticizing Lochte and Cheryl Burke, his dance partner. “I was really hurt when I saw that, and I was in shock”. “Ryan is a great guy and I have his back 100 percent, so let’s all keep moving forward and our heads up.’ And we are definitely moving forward”.

Outside of the jail, the protesters told ABC News that their intention was never to hurt Lochte.

United States team officials banned Lochte for 10 months, requiring him to forfeit $100,000 in bonuses and miss the 2017 world championships.