Ryan Lochte and at least one other United States swimmer were reportedly held at gunpoint and robbed in Rio early Sunday morning, the swimmer’s mother said.
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Ileana Lochte said the Brazilian swimmer Thiago Pereira invited her son and several others to a party Saturday night and when the group — including one other U.S. swimmer — was on their way, the driver of their cab stopped to get gas. A group of people with “knives and guns” approached and robbed them, taking Lochte’s wallet.
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“I think they’re all shaken up,” Ileana Lochte told USA Today. “There were a few of them. No, they were just, they just took their wallets and basically that was it.”
“I’ll be OK when I see him.”
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The International Olympic Committee said reports that he was held at gunpoint and robbed were “absolutely not true.”
BREAKING: @USASwimming Gold medallist Ryan Lochte has been held up at gunpoint at a party in Brazil.
Details on @FOXSportsNews 500.— Ben Way (@BenWayFOX) August 14, 2016
Lochte invited by Brazilian swimmer Thiago Pereira, and is now safe at @USASwimming base. @FOXSportsNews told 3 teammates were with him.
— Ben Way (@BenWayFOX) August 14, 2016
Lochte called his mother Ileana immediately afterwards. She told @FOXSportsNews it was “terrifying” and has just left her hotel to meet him.
— Ben Way (@BenWayFOX) August 14, 2016
More details to come