Lochte back home but Brazil police seek other US swimmer

Investigations about the robbery are ongoing, and officials hope that after further questioning of the individuals involved, answers will swim to the surface.

A judge ruled earlier Wednesday that Lochte and Feigen were to turn over their passports and remain in Brazil.

The win comes less than 24 hours after Walsh Jennings lost on the Olympic beach for the first time in 27 matches over four Summer Games.

Traveling with Lochte and 26-year-old Feigen were 21-year-old Gunnar Bentz and 20-year-old Jack Conger.

Lochte, 32, has won six Olympic gold medals, including his victory with the USA’s 4x200m freestyle relay team in Rio. He is a 12-time Olympic medallist.

Ostrow has said there is no question the robbery occurred.

Lochte described the incident to NBC’s “Today” show.

This order was passed while police investigate their account of how the four United States swimmers were allegedly robbed at gunpoint on Sunday.

Lochte said he had a gun put to his forehead in the robbery, when the swimmers’ taxi was pulled over by bandits who forced them to lie on the ground while they searched their pockets for money and jewelry. “I refused, I was like we didn’t do anything wrong, so – I’m not getting down on the ground”. “I’m still in Brazil, and [an interview] is going to have to wait”.

Now, Brazilian officials are suggesting that the United States swimmers may not have told the whole truth – and need to answer questions. “There were a few of them”, Ileana Lochte said initially of the alleged robbery. In addition to multiple incidents of thefts from Olympic athletes or media, a Portuguese government minister was mugged in the swish Leblon district. According to the police in Brazil, there may not have been a robbery at all.

Authorities are treating the swimmers as victims and continuing to investigate, looking for security footage at the French hospitality house and nearby gas stations to build a timeline of the night.

Police issued a statement saying they’d gone to the Olympic athletes’ Village, but the “athletes concerned were not found”.

Ryan Lochte has already flown home to the United States. They are typically a bigger problem in the poorer cities where police are less present.

The judge, Keyla Blanc De Cnop, viewed footage of the swimmers returning to Olympic village and said in a statement there were discrepancies among their testimonies. “If they need to get in touch with me, we have always been fully cooperating”. “No use being a high-performance athlete is able to lie and make up stories denigrating a city that welcomed you. yes, you are a loser”.