Lochte’s Lawyer Says He Will Not Respond to Brazilian Police Requests

USA swimmer Ryan Lochte’s little “over-exaggeration” has led to criminal charges being brought against him from the Brazilian government. A statement detailing all of this also said a copy of the evidence could be sent to the International Olympic Committee’s ethics commission.

His lawyers insist they have yet to gain receipt of the charges, but state they “intend to fully co-operate” with Rio lawmakers.

Police and Lochte’s teammates subsequently said that he had committed an act of vandalism at a petrol station and became embroiled in a dispute with employees, who had demanded compensation.

An investigation by Rio police found that the four athletes were drunk, vandalized a gas station and were detained by armed security until they paid for the damage they’d caused. Lochte fled Brazil, still holding on to his lie, but his teammates fessed up.

Lochte is accused of falsely reporting a crime after the swimmer told authorities he was robbed at gunpoint.

Feigen was allowed to leave the country after making an $11,000 donation to a Brazilian charity. While there have been conflicting versions over whether the guards pulled their weapons on the swimmers, Lochte has since acknowledged he was highly intoxicated and that his behavior led to the confrontation.

“Once he is summoned, whether he turns up or not, the penalty is the same: one to six months’ prison”, Rio police official Clemente Braune was quoted as saying by news website G1. After speaking to the TODAY show last week, Lochte apologized for fabricating the story.

Sources told TMZ that Lochte does not intend to return to Brazil “because police could detain him, prosecute him, jail him, do whatever they want”, TMZ wrote.

The US and Brazil have an extradition treaty dating back to the 1960s, but the latter nation has flouted this in the past.

Lochte later lost lucrative sponsor deals- after being dropped by Speedo USA, Ralp Lauren, mattress company Airweave USA and hair removal company Syneron Candela.

The four-time Olympian also faces potential discipline from the US Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee. The company’s ad says its product is “forgiving on your throat”.