Brazil court tells US swimmers Lochte, Feigen to stay put

The father of American swimmer Ryan Lochte said on Wednesday his gold medal-winning son had arrived back in the United States before the judge had ordered him and Feigen stay in Brazil.

But images contradict the version of the swimmers and because of this Judge Keyla Blank, the Special Court of the Fan and Major Events banned the athletes from leaving the country. USA Today Sports reported that Lochte had returned home to the United States, according to his attorney. However, no witnesses have emerged to corroborate the claims, not has the taxi driver, and the swimmers were allegedly unable to provide details that were considered key during their interviews with police.

As for where the swimmers are now, the U.S. Olympic Committee says Lochte and Feigen left the Olympic Village along with the rest of the swim team, following the end of their competitions in Rio.

A police official told The Associated Press authorities have not been able to verify that the robbery took place.

O Globo said Brazilian authorities are troubled by the contradictory statements given to them by swimmers Lochte, Feigen, Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger, who claim they were on their way back to the Olympic Village from the French Olympic team’s hospitality house in a taxi when they were robbed at gunpoint.

Rio police commonly struggle to obtain information while investigating street crimes in Brazil as they encounter dozens of robberies a day in the violence-ridden city and lack the resources to get to the bottom of every case.

Feigen told the San Antonio-Express News that he was still in Brazil but declined further comment. They ordered the swimmers to the ground, and when Lochte refused – he said he told them they’d done nothing wrong – one of the assailants held a pistol to his head. Security cameras show them returning to their hotel after the supposed robbery, the judge said.

“This happened the way he described it, ” Ostrow told the NY Post.

However, it seems Lochte won’t be speaking with Brazilian police about the incident anytime soon. “They arrived with their psychological and physical integrity unshaken”, she wrote, also noting that the swimmers appeared to be joking with each other and did not appear to be upset. If they need to get in touch with me, we have always been fully cooperating. But the story took a really confusing turn when International Olympic Committee officials released a statement claiming that the armed robbery never happened, even as Lochte’s mother insisted it did. “The guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said, “Get down, ‘” Lochte said afterward”.

Lochte told NBC their vehicle was pulled over by men purporting to be police, when a man pointed a gun at his head and demanded the men hand over their valuables. A string of armed robberies have occurred during the games, with one athlete claiming that he was actually briefly kidnapped and robbed by the police just days before the Olympics began.