This is my question also. Didn’t Lochte just get caught cheating on his gf and give a public apology or something? and then he goes out Saturday night and something happens on the way home early Sunday morning in the wee hours?

Maybe because he was afraid of exactly what happened when he reported it.

I dunno. If I just got robbed by Brazilian people in police uniforms, I wouldn’t call the police either.

In Mexico, it’s common for a real police officer to pull you over for “speeding” and force you to bribe him in order to avoid prison. It happened to a friend of mine on vacation. If that happened to you - would you go home and call the same Mexican police force that just robbed you?

That wouldn’t matter at all if they had been instructed not to go anywhere without a security person, or to stay out of certain areas, or not to be out drunk and acting the fool while in Rio as a member of the team. It would only matter if the instructions were “don’t be out late/go out drinking the night before your…

I think the fact that there is a warrant out for him after telling the story explains why he was hesitant to do so.

yes, we know how smart you are for using that phrase

I’m glad that Lochte and Feigen(apparently) are back on US soil. None of us know what really happened obviously but regardless, nothing good comes of two US Olympic athletes being ushered through the cesspool of corruption (and literal cesspool) that is Rio and its criminal justice system.