After a night of celebrating his gold medal win in Rio, Ryan Lochte reported that he and swimming teammates, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen were robbed at gunpoint by individuals posing as police officers on the morning of August 14th.
In a series of bizarre plot twists, Lochte returned to the U.S. leaving his teammates behind in Rio.
Lochte: Oh y’all still in Rio? pic.twitter.com/DbyfaIQMzk
— Sunni (@SunniAndTheCity) August 18, 2016
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) denied his robbery claims and Rio police found no evidence to corroborate the report. Conger and Bentz were detained for questioning by Brazilian authorities and Lochte altered his story.
As inconsistencies in Lochte’s timeline of events began to surface, new evidence showed that the swimmer was engaged in a fight with a security guard on the night of the alleged robbery.
Twitter came onboard to aid in the investigation.
Some questioned Lochte’s accounting of events
knew #RyanLochte‘s story was off when he said dude put the heat to his head, told em get down & he says “Whatever.” Bruh shut😂😂#lochtegate
— Black Jewelz (@theblackjewelz) August 18, 2016
Others dissected his motives
So Ryan Lochte made up the whole thing just to hide the fact he fought a gas station security guard….. #LochteGate pic.twitter.com/7UCiYVPTHc
— ♕ Nathan ♕ (@MrInternationl) August 18, 2016
Others just spoke this truth.
Ppl trashed Gabby for no reason while Lochte was wondering Rio piss drunk breaking things & lying abt it. Ok. #LochteGate #LOVE4GABBYUSA
— Sam White (@samwhiteout) August 18, 2016
The epic levels of #WhitePrivilege, in a statement issued by International Olympic Committee spokesman, Mario Andrada, did not go unnoticed.
Statement from the IOC spokesman on Ryan Lochte’s incident
Can guarantee a black Olympian doesn’t let off like this pic.twitter.com/4taV9VRRxX
— Tyler R. Tynes (@TylerRickyTynes) August 18, 2016
This story gets stranger by the minute but as the investigation unfolds, you can believe that we’ll be waiting to see how this foolery (or scam) pans out.
