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© Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Lochte apologizes for not being more candid about incident
By PETER PRENGAMAN, MAURICIO SAVARESE and LUIS ANDRES HENAO RIO DE JANEIRO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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SenseNotSoCommon
Where I come from, we call it "lying."
CrazyJoe
The swimmers will likely have to pay a fine if found guilty of filing a false police report but would not face prison time, police said Thursday.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/ryan-lochte-teammates-lied-robbery-cover-brawl-article-1.2756265
goldorak
What apology?! The bloke is looking for excuses! 'Sorry for not being more candid' is a bit like people saying that their main weakness is 'being too perfectionist' or 'too generous'. Pllllleaaaaaase!
On the other hand kudos to American fans (on JT and elsewhere), journos and team usa who not only apologized but also acknowledged Lochte was an embarrassment to the country and a tool. Well done usa!
gokai_wo_maneku
They were drunk. Maybe in their drunken state they thought they were being robbed.
Himajin
Translation 'I shouldn't have lied my ass off, because I got caught'.
nath
I read somewhere that they didn't file a police report.
I haven't been able to verify that though.
CrazyJoe
It wasn't just bad behavior, being drunk and disrespectful. Lochte committed a crime by filing a false police report. His allegation implied that the police themselves could be involved because he said guys dressed as cops, with badges, pulled the cab over on the road. He wasted their time and resources on a wild goose chase. It's a lot more than just being disrespectful to a host country.
HonestDictator
Only thing that makes me happy about this is that the truth came out and they had to face the music.
bass4funk
The guy is a complete idiot! Good luck with getting future sponsors. Feigen paying 10k is a little price to pay for the insult and damage he brought to the athletes, the US and trying to put Rio in a bad, bad light. The guy is a complete embarrassment as well as selfish. How old is Lochte??! Maybe when he's 40 he'll grow up, some!
Pukey2
The great leader of the pack leaves his young fellow Americans to face the music. How noble and brave. Hope he dyes his hair back. That shade of green is horrible.
Black Sabbath
This just in
U.S. Swimmers To Face Disciplinary Commission Over False Rio Robbery Claims
-- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/us-swimmers-disciplinary-committee_us_57b78064e4b00d9c3a17c2ad?section=&
Good.
chubbychub
Liar caught red handed, now making excuses.
nostromo
Translation as to what he really thinks: "I dont really understand what all the fuss is about because I didn't do anything wrong. I am just an all American boy having his fun and if others dont understand that is their problem"
Black Sabbath
Here's the full text:
“I want to apologize for my behavior last weekend — for not being more careful and candid in how I described the events of that early morning and for my role in taking the focus away from the many athletes fulfilling their dreams of participating in the Olympics,”
"It's traumatic to be out late with your friends in a foreign country — with a language barrier, and have a stranger point a gun at you and demand money to let you leave, but regardless of the behavior of anyone else that night, I should have been much more responsible in how I handled myself and for that I am sorry to my teammates, my fans, my fellow competitors, my sponsors, and the hosts of this great event"
I tell ya, if my teen age boy got drunk and led some younger boys who looked up to him in vandalizing a bathroom, and then pulled some stunt like that, and gave me that, well, let's just say it wouldn't be acceptable.
People who are sorry for what they do do not talk like that.