The swimmers gave the money to the manager of the gas station, not the security guards.
The security guards had called the police and were holding the swimmers until they arrived, but the swimmers managed to leave before the police got there. If they thought they were being extorted (for all of about $50), why didn't they wait for the police? The press "got involved" because Lochte went to NBC and told them his robbery story. Then he told the police one story, but changed it later. That's when the police became suspicious and started investigating. It isn't the press's fault that Lochte kept telling different stories. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : I didn't say that he *didn't* lie to the police also. He may have *perceived* that he was *robbed* initially. He was held at gun point by a security guard, who also happened to be an off duty cop, thus the badge, and forced to hand over money for alleged damages to the bathroom. If I broke a sink or mirror in a bathroom in a public space or private business, I'm not sure I would feel comfortable paying a security guard for the damages. Sounds like a shake down to me. He was robbed, figuratively, not literally. Seems the cops were content to let him go until the press got involved with different stories. What a tangled web we weave .... Never the less, Lochte is a liar. From: "authfriend@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Blame it On Rio Um, no. Lochte lied to both his mother and the police, saying he and three other swimmers had been victims of an armed robbery. That wasn't true, and a police investigation proved that he lied. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : Sounds like Lochte told his mom a different story than he told the police. She runs with her version to the media and we have an *incident*. Hillary tells the American public one story about her E-mails and the FBI a different one. Swears she told the truth but to whom? From: vox_9 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 7:32 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Blame it On Rio RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Two American Olympic swimmers were on their way home Friday after being pulled off a plane a day earlier to testify about an alleged robbery at the Rio Olympics that Brazilian police said was made up... News from The Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLY_SWM_LOCHTE_ROBBERY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-08-19-08-07-27 News from The Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLY_SWM_LOCHTE_ROBBERY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-08-19-08-07-27 RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Two American Olympic swimmers were on their way home Friday after being pulled off a plane a day earlier to testify about an alleged robbery at the Rio Olympics that Brazilian police said was made up. View on hosted.ap.org http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLY_SWM_LOCHTE_ROBBERY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-08-19-08-07-27 Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian police official is telling The Associated Press that American swimmer Ryan Lochte fabricated a story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro... News from The Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLY_SWM_LOCHTE_ROBBERY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-08-18-11-21-43 News from The Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLY_SWM_LOCHTE_ROBBERY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-08-18-11-21-43 RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- A Brazilian police official is telling The Associated Press that American swimmer Ryan Lochte fabricated a story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro. View on hosted.ap.org http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLY_SWM_LOCHTE_ROBBERY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-08-18-11-21-43 Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : "This is a complete circus, and shame on Brazilian authorities for trying to flip the script and make it sound like Ryan isn’t telling the truth." - Jeff Ostrow 2 US Swimmers Removed From Plane Amid Robbery Probe http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/sports/Rio-Police-Scant-Evidence-So-Far-in-Lochte-Robbery-Probe-390369792.html?dr http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/sports/Rio-Police-Scant-Evidence-So-Far-in-Lochte-Robbery-Probe-390369792.html?dr 2 US Swimmers Removed From Plane Amid Robbery ... http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/sports/Rio-Police-Scant-Evidence-So-Far-in-Lochte-Robbery-Probe-390369792.html?dr Two Americans swimmers in Rio were removed from their flight to the United States by Brazilian authorities Wednesday and had their passports temporarily confiscated... View on www.nbcsandiego.com http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/sports/Rio-Police-Scant-Evidence-So-Far-in-Lochte-Robbery-Probe-390369792.html?dr Preview by Yahoo