On Thursday morning, ABC News—citing a “Brazilian police source”—reported that security camera footage shows a confrontation at the gas station where Ryan Lochte claimed he and his fellow swimmers were robbed at gunpoint. ABC’s description of that confrontation: “one of the swimmers was seen on CCTV footage breaking down the door to the bathroom at the gas station and fighting with a security guard.”
Though the article published on the ABC News website doesn’t go this far, reporter Matt Gutman, who has a byline on the article, tweeted that the robbery tale had been fabricated, this time citing “Brazil sources.”
Four U.S. Olympic swimmers caused damage at a gasoline station and were involved in a dispute with guards who asked them to pay for the damage, a Brazilian security source said on Thursday, casting doubt on their story that they were robbed at gunpoint.
Read the full story (source): Ryan Lochte and fellow swimmers fabricated robbery story, according to news reports.