Ryan Lochte anyone?

I agree 100%. If I were in a foreign country and didn't speak the language and someone dressed like a cop pointed a gun at me and demanded money I would assume I was being robbed by the cops. The photos of the bathroom the swimmers allegedly "trashed" doesn't look torn up so something about the story the authorities are telling doesn't add up. The way this was handled by the Brazilian authorities has just demonstrated to the entire world that their country is a third world shithole and their entire justice system from the cops on the street to the to the judges on the bench is completely corrupt. Who in the hell wants to visit country where you could become a victim of extortion.
I would agree with you were it not that they should have understood the actions of the security men / police were in direct response to their actions. They couldn't be that dumb, although we are talking about Lochte, not the sharpest tool in the shed. If they hadn't vandalized the restroom, if they hadn't done anything, then yes, it could be viewed as a random robbery. I saw video where a restroom stall door was tossed out of the restroom. What did they expect, really?? Even if I didn't speak the language, at 32 I could figured out I was getting busted, literally, and being forced to pay for the damages.
 
Yes, at 32, Lochte really should be acting the role of "elder statesman" for the younger US athletes, setting a good example and helping keep THEM out of trouble, not stirring it up. This was supremely stupid and he should have better judgment at his age.

He may be good looking, but this really lowers his attractiveness, IMO.
 
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Phelps reminds me of porn star Chris Strokes.
Good comparison although Phelps is taller and physically bigger. I would love to see if he has a big one like Strokes.
They are both 6’4” tall, have the same body type, similar proportions and even look a lot alike facelly.
 
WHY IS THERE A THREAD FOR THIS DOUCHE BAG ONE A BE FRAT BOY WHO COMMITED VANDALISM IN RIO.
TRY NO BALL AND NO DICK!
 
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I find this whole thing fascinating, and totally predicatable: 4 american fratboys go to a party, get drunk, call a cab and go home, need to pee, ask the cab driver to pull over - not enough urinals, so someone gets pissed off and punches something, and goes and pisses out the back, and the gas station owners "go ballistic" since they have a damaged sign, and tell the peeps that they can't leave. Before the police show up one of the "vandals" is confrontational. By my reading they all try to leave at some point, and the guards tell them to sit down (would have been shot dead in the US, and doesn't Ryan Lochte live in Florida, home of open carry and shoot at will heaven?), and someone negotiates that they pay for the damage and go home. And they get to go home, and are not shot by anyone (they would all have been dead in Florida as aliens). And this should have been the end of it.

And the US press get hold of it, and Ryan Lochte spins it as a hold up, and as an international star, his accusations need to be taken seriously and the Brazilian police are forced to investigate, come to a conclusion, prosecute, and hopefully execute these terrible people. Ryan Lochte surely knows that this is what should have happened to those thugs for violating an Olympic medal winner. And the Brazilean police leapt into action, and things started to smell foul, and they realized that Ryan Lochte had not anticipated the existence of security cams in third world countries. Silly boy. And it gets embarrassing. And someone needed to explain to him how this looked, and noone did. And he continued to dig himself into this, and discussions about white privilege. all lives matter and all that has followed. As I said at the end of the last paragraph - this should have been the end of it. Ryan Lochte may not have the brains, but his handlers have the media savvy to make this a ha-ha silly boy story, not a gotcha stupid fucking Brazilian police piece.

Noone has tried to spin the donation to the Brazilian police charity that I can see, which I find fascinating given that the vandalism was taken care of - is this to compensate for the extraction from the plane? Or why was this obvious bribe/voluntary compensation taken?

I expect to be found dead in my home in Santa Fe tomorrow morning, even though I don't live there.
 
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I find this whole thing fascinating, and totally predicatable: 4 american fratboys go to a party, get drunk, call a cab and go home, need to pee, ask the cab driver to pull over - not enough urinals, so someone gets pissed off and punches something, and goes and pisses out the back, and the gas station owners "go ballistic" since they have a damaged sign, and tell the peeps that they can't leave. Before the police show up one of the "vandals" is confrontational. By my reading they all try to leave at some point, and the guards tell them to sit down (would have been shot dead in the US, and doesn't Ryan Lochte live in Florida, home of open carry and shoot at will heaven?), and someone negotiates that they pay for the damage and go home. And they get to go home, and are not shot by anyone (they would all have been dead in Florida as aliens). And this should have been the end of it.

And the US press get hold of it, and Ryan Lochte spins it as a hold up, and as an international star, his accusations need to be taken seriously and the Brazilian police are forced to investigate, come to a conclusion, prosecute, and hopefully execute these terrible people. Ryan Lochte surely knows that this is what should have happened to those thugs for violating an Olympic medal winner. And the Brazilean police leapt into action, and things started to smell foul, and they realized that Ryan Lochte had not anticipated the existence of security cams in third world countries. Silly boy. And it gets embarrassing. And someone needed to explain to him how this looked, and noone did. And he continued to dig himself into this, and discussions about white privilege. all lives matter and all that has followed. As I said at the end of the last paragraph - this should have been the end of it. Ryan Lochte may not have the brains, but his handlers have the media savvy to make this a ha-ha silly boy story, not a gotcha stupid fucking Brazilian police piece.

Noone has tried to spin the donation to the Brazilian police charity that I can see, which I find fascinating given that the vandalism was taken care of - is this to compensate for the extraction from the plane? Or why was this obvious bribe/voluntary compensation taken?

I expect to be found dead in my home in Santa Fe tomorrow morning, even though I don't live there.
also - back to penises - please!
 
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Lochte made the US and OC look bad by not being totally truthful from the start so they'll probably come down kinda hard on him. (loss of endorsements, suspensions, fines) Plus, he's waayyy too old for this kinda stuff! They'll make an example out of him and the other guys so future Olympiads will tread more carefully.
 
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