Ryan Lochte first rose to prominence in the 2012 Olympic for being a wingman to Michael Phelps and for saying a lot of really stupid shit, including his catchphrase "Jeah!" He had a reality TV show that was canceled after a season and achieved success again at this year's Olympics. He claimed that he and his friends were robbed at gunpoint by people posing as Rio police officers. The IOC initially denied this, which seems pretty fucked up.
It got more bizarre when Lochte fled the country as a judge demanded that four US swimmers hand over their passports. Two were pulled out of an airplane and detained. Lochte double downed on his claim that he was robbed. Today, security camera footage revealed that Lochte and his friends were extremely intoxicated and urinated on the side of a gas station and destroyed a door. They were apprehended by an armed security guard and forced to pay restitution to the owner. It's believed that they lied to cover up the fact that they were accompanied by women who were not their wives or girlfriends.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/19/ryan-lochte-rio-2016-robbery-story-usoc-statement
It got more bizarre when Lochte fled the country as a judge demanded that four US swimmers hand over their passports. Two were pulled out of an airplane and detained. Lochte double downed on his claim that he was robbed. Today, security camera footage revealed that Lochte and his friends were extremely intoxicated and urinated on the side of a gas station and destroyed a door. They were apprehended by an armed security guard and forced to pay restitution to the owner. It's believed that they lied to cover up the fact that they were accompanied by women who were not their wives or girlfriends.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/19/ryan-lochte-rio-2016-robbery-story-usoc-statement