Swimmer held in Brazil will donate US $ 35,000 to institutions to avoid process

Jimmy Feigen during the heats of the 100m freestyle

Swimmer Jimmy Feigen, held in Brazil because of the controversy in a gas station during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, agreed to donate US $ 35,000 (about $ 11,000) to Brazilian charities to avoid prosecution for false reporting of crime.

The lawyer representing the athlete, Breno Melaragno Costa, and the civil police confirmed the agreement after Feigen of testimony given during the morning in the City Police in Rio de Janeiro. After paying the fine, which has until Tuesday, Feigen have your passport released and can return to the United States.

Feigen, Ryan Lochte, Gunnar Bentz and John Conger were involved in a mess on Sunday morning at a gas station in Barra da Tijuca, west of Rio Zone. Lochte, who owns 12 Olympic medals (one earned in Rio-2016) in testimony to the US press and then the police told a version that the group had been the victim of a robbery.

Having confirmed Lochte version in previous testimony, Feigen ran the risk of being charged with false reporting crime. On the night of Wednesday he came to check in online, but gave no flight to the United States. After 24 hours without the whereabouts known in Rio de Janeiro, Feigen performed on Thursday night to provide his testimony

Swimmer followed the line of Bentz and Conger and told police he was surprised when Lochte gave an interview saying he had been robbed. He also confirmed the details of the confusion that occurred at the gas station, saying that Lochte was primarily responsible for the vandalism.

On the evening of Thursday, Bentz and Conger testified in Deat (Police Special Tourist Service) denying the earlier version that would have happened a robbery, had their passports released and are free while the investigation. They've landed in Miami, in the United States, early on Friday and did not give esntrevista. Lochte left Rio on Tuesday.