RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian police have charged swimmer Ryan Lochte with filing a false robbery report.
Ryan Lochte will be summoned to give testimony in front of Brazil’s Justice Department in Rio de Janeiro over his claim he and other U.S. Olympic swimmers were robbed at gunpoint, a police official told Fox News on Thursday.
Lochte initially said he and three swimming teammates were robbed after their taxi was pulled over by armed men posing as police. He has since apologized for embellishing what officials now say was a dispute over vandalism at a gas station.
U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun says further action is coming in the matter of 12-time swimming medalist Ryan Lochte and his three teammates.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
