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Re: Four U.S. swimmers were not robbed, Brazilian officials said, but instead made up the incident after damaging a gas station door 

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (1)
Thu, 18 Aug 16 11:53 PM | 60 view(s)
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I think this is the best thing that has been said:

"Mario Andrada, a spokesman for the Rio organizers, said he was relieved that the story had turned around.

"Let's give these kids a break. Sometimes you take actions that you later regret," Andrada said. "Lochte is one of the best swimmers of all-time. They had fun, they made a mistake, it's part of life, life goes on, let's go.""

A rap on the knuckles. Public humiliation in the press. That's enough. They won their medals and no one wants a gold when they didn't win the race.


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Four U.S. swimmers were not robbed, Brazilian officials said, but instead made up the incident after damaging a gas station door
By: clo in ALEA
Thu, 18 Aug 16 11:30 PM 		Msg. 19460 of 54959

They should forfeit their medals, at a minimum donate their cash awards to charity!
They are pathetic & show how entitled they think they are. They'll have besmirched our reputation...

Four U.S. swimmers were not robbed, Brazilian officials said, but instead made up the incident after damaging a gas station door
Thursday, August 18, 2016 11:45 AM EDT

The American swimmers who claimed that they were assaulted at gunpoint over the weekend by assailants posing as police officers fabricated their account of the episode, according to Brazilian investigators.

Using video footage and testimony from witnesses, Brazilian police have determined that the incident involved damage to a bathroom door at a gas station where the swimmers stopped in the early hours of Sunday on the way back from a party to the Athletes’ Village.

“Unfortunately, the swimmers told one lie after another,” said a Brazilian police official who had reviewed the video images.
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