#BREAKING Brazilian authorities tell @ABC video shows "US swimmer" "breaking down" gas station restroom door "fighting" w/ security guard
— Matt Gutman (@mattgutmanABC) August 18, 2016
Well, this seems sort of bad. The initial reason Lochte's and Feigen's passports were going to be seized was because authorities suspected them of false communication of a crime. In Brazil filing a false police report can earn you anywhere from six months to three years in jail, and/or a fine. But this is much worse now, if this ABC report is true. We're talking assault, battery, and property damage and then they made up story about a robbery and tried—some more successfully than others—to bolt town.#BREAKING Brazil sources: #RyanLochte + 3 swimmers fabricated robbery story. Video shows swimmer "fighting" w/security at gas station @GMA
— Matt Gutman (@mattgutmanABC) August 18, 2016
Security tried to keep them on site, but two of the swimmers took off and ran away. Security apparently pulled a gun on the other two to keep them there while police arrived. The police also said that the swimmers offered the gas station manager $20 and 100 reais to cover the damage they caused.This is the Google translate of the https://t.co/4hwt28hmHt article with more details of Lochte's bro frat night pic.twitter.com/5Isw7N98xM
— Stefan Bondy (@SBondyNYDN) August 18, 2016
Update 3: Brazilian media reports that Lochte and Feigen have been indicted for falsely reporting a crime. Lochte, according to both his attorney and father, is home in the United States, so unless he's extradited, there doesn't seem to be much they can do about that. Feigen, on the other hand, was still in Rio today.UPDATE: Ryan Lochte's teammates told police that robbery story had been fabricated by Lochte.
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 18, 2016
Polícia do Rio acaba de indiciar os nadadores Ryan Lochte e James Feigen por falsa comunicação de crime. #GloboNews
— GloboNews (@GloboNews) August 18, 2016
Update 4, August 19th: Another day, another steady stream of updates from this mess.Despite reports of an indictment yesterday evening, ESPN says that police are merely recommending Lochte and Feigen be indicted. Any indictment still needs to be approved by prosecutors.Meanwhile, Feigen appears to have reached some sort of agreement with authorities, which according to his lawyer involves a $11,000 donation to an as-yet-unnamed charity.And Ryan Lochte wants everyone to know that he's real sorry.[USA Today]JUST IN: US swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen indicted for false reporting of crime, Brazilian police tell @ABC. https://t.co/SuwGNhJvOb
— ABC News (@ABC) August 18, 2016