American swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen lied in testimony to the police in the version that they and also athletes Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger have been stolen after leaving a party in the south of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday (14), officials said the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro.
The charge of the case delegate said that the narrative of the Americans was "deconstructed". of a security camera image analysis showed that swimmers were drunk and got involved in a fight at a gas station. For researchers, there was no assault.
"Their story is practically deconstructed by analyzing the images we got now," said Alexandre Braga, head of Deat (Police Special Tourist Service), told the news program "RJTV", the "TV Globo".
The head of the civil police, Fernando Veloso, said the attitude of the players was a "blunder" caused by drinking alcohol in excess. During the fight, the swimmers have also vandalized the gas station. Then, they insisted that the cab driver carrying them leave the site before the arrival of the military police. "They did not want the police presence," said Veloso.
On Wednesday, two swimmers, Gunnar Bentz, 20, and Jack Conger, 21, who were at the gas station, were prevented from returning to the United States. They should give evidence later on Thursday. Swimmer Ryan Lochte, who also starred in the confusion, already left Rio. A fourth athlete still be in Brazil, but police located him. It would be James Felgen.
Swimmers who changed the version of the incident at least four times, can be charged with false reporting crime. The penalty for such violations range from 1 to 6 months imprisonment or a fine.
What really would have happened
According to BBC Brazil, around 6 am Sunday morning, Ryan Lochte, James Felgen, Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger stopped at gas station in Barra da Tijuca after participating in a party at Casa France, Lagoon, South Zone Rio. the station is 16 kilometers from the village of Athletes. One would have broken the station bathroom door.
According to the sources of the BBC, there was bickering and the security of the post was called to contain the mess. The office staff would have required the group to pay for the damage. The guards still would have forced the swimmers to leave the taxi where they were.
The military police would have been triggered by the station staff. Before the PM to get to the scene of the incident, a customer would have served as interpreter for athletes and helped broker the payment of damages.
According to reports, when the police arrived at the scene, the confusion was unmade, the swimmers had indemnified the post through the broken door and returned to the village of Athletes. Police confirmed to have been called and the audio of the station employees driving the PM, who also recorded the occurrence. The security station has also testified.
Recall the case step by step
The initial version
The whole controversy began when Lochte, on Monday, revealed that he and the three other athletes (Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen) were robbed at gunpoint when they were back in the previous morning to the Olympic Village after spending the night at a party at the home of hospitality of the Olympic team of France. The taxi had been stopped for just a burglar, posing as police, he would have pointed the gun at his head. The American swimmer said he had money ($ 400) and stolen wallets, leaving only the cell phone and the credentials of the Rio-2016.
But from the start it was surprising the fact Lochte have reported the crime only at the end of Monday afternoon, and the alleged assault occurred in the early hours. His mother, Ileana Lochte, was the first to speak publicly on the subject in an interview the morning to a US broadcaster. Swimmer claims it took to make official what happened because he was afraid of "being in trouble" for going to a party during the night and have consumed alcohol, which would be subject to punishment by the American Committee.
Repercussion and details
The statement that he had been robbed at gunpoint in the Olympic city caused great worldwide repercussions and left Lochte in evidence. The swimmer has granted interviews in which counted more details about what happened. Perhaps the most dramatic of the statements, he said he refused to lie on the floor and had the gun pointed at his head.
"They drew their weapons and told the other swimmers to lie on the floor - and they lay. I refused. I thought 'did not do anything wrong, then I will not lie down on the ground, "he said.
The story shocked to delegations from other countries. Australia, for example, has banned its athletes from going to the beach at night in Rio de Janeiro.
The Organizing Committee of the Rio 2016 apologized for what happened "We regret the violence that came so close to the athletes. We hope everyone is safe in all parts of the city and we apologize to those involved, "said communications director Mario Andrada.
Testimony revealed and First contradictions
On Tuesday, two days after the incident, the UOL Esporte had access to what was said by the athlete in testimony. He said the assailants stole $ 400 (about US $ 1.3 billion).
In the statement to the police, Lochte reaffirmed that the group was stopped at a fake blitz and was approached by more than one assailant, unlike what was said to the police for Feigen, who scored only one at the scene. Lochte could not describe the physical type of men, neither knew indicate the distinctive shape of the false police assault.
Lochte also confirmed that a gun was pointed at his head and that was the last to lie on the ground after the order of the assailants. The American athlete knew not say where the assault occurred or describe information about the taxi driver who drove the group at the time they were addressed.
After hearing the testimony of Lochte and other swimmers, the police went to look for the two taxi drivers who would have led the athletes before and after the assault. To a profile was traced by the police to the assailant, "athletic, dark hair and clean-shaven. Moreno claro, appeared between 30 and 40 years old and was wearing black pants and gray shirt, black jacket underneath. "
Video and police suspicion
On the night of Tuesday, the police gave the first indications that distrusted version of swimmers. A police source told the AP agency Lochte, Bentz, Conger and Feigen were not able to provide "key details" of the case in the statements. Moreover, the researchers found the taxi driver or any other witnesses.
On the same day, a video obtained exclusively by British tabloid Daily Mail showed the return of Ryan Lochte and other swimmers to the Olympic Village on the morning of Sunday. The images, it is clear that Lochte leaves cell and credential on a tray before passing through the metal detector. Swimmers laughed and joked among yes, in a scene that nothing could be associated with those who had just been robbed.
Passport search and retention swimmers in Brazil
On Wednesday, police served a search warrant and seizure of passports of Ryan Lochte and James Feigen. The police, however, failed to meet the mandates, since neither of them was in place. Lochte had left the country the day before, but according to NBC, Feigen continued in the country
In justification, the police said he did not want the Americans to leave the country until the case was resolved, it would like it to be better explained in order to hold any perpetrators. During the investigation, however, there were indications that the swimmers could have lied in his testimony, which already deals with false crime reporting, with penalty provided from one to six months' imprisonment and a fine.
Later, swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger were prevented by the Federal Police (PF) leaving the Brazil The two tried to leave for the United States of Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, but were taken by agents for civil police at the airport.
more inconsistencies
In an interview with "NBC" on Thursday, Lochte revealed a story somewhat different from that reported he and three other swimmers, this time, he said that the assault did not happen when they returned by taxi to the Olympic Village, as they had counted initially, but in a gas station.
"They went to the bathroom at the gas station. They returned to the taxi and asked the driver to follow the trip, but he did not move," said the journalist Matt Lauer, the "NBC", who spoke to Lochte. "It was then that two men approached them with guns and badges of the police," he added.
Initially, the four swimmers said gunmen passed by police and forced the taxi in which returning from a party at about 4 am, to stop.
The other inconsistency revealed by "NBC" about the original story by swimmers would be that Lochte would not have been with a gun to his head, but that would be thieves just pointed the gun.
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