Swimmer Ryan Lochte says sorry to Brazilians and said he didn't lie, but rather over-exaggerated - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Mr Lochte had claimed that he and a group of three other US swimmers had been robbed at a petrol station.But CCTV footage contradicted that story, showing the men had vandalised the petrol station. Mr Lochte told Globo TV, Brazil's largest broadcaster, that he had not lied over what happened. "I wasn't lying to a certain extent," he said. "I over-exaggerated what was happening to me." He added that he was sorry, saying: "Brazil doesn't deserve that." The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has set up a disciplinary commission to investigate the incident and the four athletes' behaviour. [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37129448"]US cringes at Ryan Lochte 'bro' antics[/URL] [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37121554"]Five times Lochte made a splash[/URL] News of the alleged robbery emerged through Mr Lochte's mother last Sunday. Mr Lochte then gave an [URL="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-rio-summer-olympics/u-s-swimmer-ryan-lochte-robbed-gunpoint-brazil-n630396"]account of the events[/URL], saying he and the other swimmers were returning by taxi from a club in the early hours of the morning when they were robbed at gunpoint by men who forced the vehicle to pull over. However, police said a day later that there were inconsistencies in the men's accounts. On Wednesday, two of the men, Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger, were taken off a US-bound plane at Rio de Janeiro airport and questioned by police. Both were eventually allowed to leave the country. Another swimmer, Jimmy Feigen[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37130024"]agreed to pay $11,000 to a Brazilian charity[/URL] after the incident. On Friday, Mr Conger [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37140611"]said in a statement[/URL] that Mr Lochte had pulled a metal advertisement in a frame to the ground, but Mr Conger said he was "unsure why". He also said Mr Lochte began yelling at guards for an unknown reason. The men then agreed to pay the guards for the damage. Rio de Janeiro's mayor Eduardo Paes had told media he felt nothing but "shame and contempt" towards the men for their portrayal of what happened. In a separate interview with the US network NBC, part of which also aired on Saturday night, Mr Lochte said he felt "hurt" watching footage of his team-mates being taken off their plane. Mr Lochte had already returned to the United States from Brazil. "I mean, I let my team down and you know, I don't want them to think I left them out to dry," he said. However, he maintained the men were threatened and made to pay. "Whether you call it a robbery or whether you call it extortion or us just paying for the damages, we don't know. All we know is that there was a gun pointed in our direction and we were demanded to give money."[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37147031?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook[/url]

tbh, he probably exaggerated cause he thought that was something that was actually happening It's not like you go to Brazil or any country in South America and expect not to be robbed lmao

[QUOTE=kikomia;50924194]tbh, he probably exaggerated cause he thought that was something that was actually happening It's not like you go to Brazil or any country in South America and expect not to be robbed lmao[/QUOTE] nah you kinda do [editline]21st August 2016[/editline] I've actually worked with tourism over in Argentina, and we offer accommodations to exchange students in our house in Brazil. Guess what? Most of them don't get robbed. Yes it's true, most of South America isn't up to first world country standards. Which doesn't equate to everyone getting mugged as soon as they step in. Protip: don't base your worldview on liveleak videos

This is exactly what I expected. It's not like he was lying when he first talked about it. I'm paraphrasing but he said he had a gun held to his forehead and he was demanded money. Extremely exaggerated, but not entirely false. Plus he wasn't sober at the time which probably contributed to the skewed details.

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;50924210]nah you kinda do [editline]21st August 2016[/editline] I've actually worked with tourism over in Argentina, and we offer accommodations to exchange students in our house in Brazil. Guess what? Most of them don't get robbed. Yes it's true, most of South America isn't up to first world country standards. Which doesn't equate to everyone getting mugged as soon as they step in. Protip: don't base your worldview on liveleak videos[/QUOTE] I'm sure there are tons of Brazilian places without crime problem but the big cities like Sao Paulo and Rio are definitely crime-ridden.

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;50924376]I'm sure there are tons of Brazilian settlements without crime problem but the big cities like Sao Paulo and Rio are definitely crime-ridden.[/QUOTE] That's not my point, nowhere in South America is 'without crime'. Still doesn't mean you should paint an entire continent where millions of tourists come and go without issue as a place where you should expect to get robbed

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;50924210]nah you kinda do [editline]21st August 2016[/editline] I've actually worked with tourism over in Argentina, and we offer accommodations to exchange students in our house in Brazil. Guess what? Most of them don't get robbed. Yes it's true, most of South America isn't up to first world country standards. Which doesn't equate to everyone getting mugged as soon as they step in. Protip: don't base your worldview on liveleak videos[/QUOTE] Lochte is a known, rich, American celebrity athlete who sticks out like a sore thumb with his stupid green-stained bleach blonde hair. I think he's much more likely to be a target than some foreign exchange student. Especially when drunk.

[QUOTE=OvB;50924439]Lochte is a known, rich, American celebrity athlete who sticks out like a sore thumb with his stupid green-stained bleach blonde hair. I think he's much more likely to be a target than some foreign exchange student. Especially when drunk.[/QUOTE] sure, i can agree with that, but that's not what i'm arguing about? i'm talking about the "you shouldn't expect to go to south america and not be robbed" bit, which i don't feel is referring to lochte alone