So the takeaway is... they really were robbed at gunpoint. Brazil somehow is still holding on to the moral high ground while extorting another 10k from another of the Americans.

I mean, Lochte is a lying ass, but still pretty much a shady shakedown. I don’t know if robbery is the right word, not sure why having to fork over cash with a gun in your face is something for Brazil to be angry about being somewhat misrepresented.

If you seriously think about the kind of recall you’d expect Ryan Lochte to have about absolutely anything; his initial version of the story isn’t really thaaaat far off. I’m actually kind of awed that he got as much of it correct as he did. #JEAH

Did you guys happen to read the part where this swimmer’s statement confirms just about everything Lochte originally said? Your headline is a sorry piece of journalism.

That’s what is pretty funny to me. “The money was to repair the sign!”

This almost... sort of... kind of... makes it seem like they were actually robbed at gunpoint. Lochte just told his side of the story through a douchebro filter.

Right!? Lochte and crew were dumb drunk douche bags who embodied the ugly American abroad stereotype... But when you start demanding compensation for minor damages at gun point, you’ve kind of lost the moral high ground. I’d be curious to see how the commentariat around here would react if a white Texan gas station…

Ok, so based on this, as insufferable of a dick frat boy move as it is to pee on the side of a small business in a foreign country and commit acts of entitled drunk vandalism, am I out of line to say the security guards way overreacted and essentially shook them down at gunpoint? Basically I don’t really see any good…

Uh. This sounds like a robbery to me. How isn't this a robbery?

Glad the Brazilian police eliminated any misconceptions of them as a corrupt institution by taking an $11,000 bribe and being done with this

If some ‘guards’ have guns drawn on you and demand money on the spot, that's sorta like getting robbed?