Ryan Lochte, USA swimmers shown entering Olympic village after robbery

Exclusive footage obtained by Mail Online shows Ryan Lochte and the other American swimmers entering the Olympic village hours after getting robbed.

If you haven’t heard by now, the story of Ryan Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jimmy Fiegen, and Jack Conger getting robbed was, for all intents and purposes, made up. According to Good Morning America, video footage shows Lochte fighting with a security guard at a gas station, while Lochte’s account of the story has changed numerous times.

Even before that was revealed, more security footage, obtained by the Daily Mail, should’ve been a dead giveaway. It shows the four swimmers re-entering the Olympic village hours after their alleged robbery, clearly hungover, with Lochte engaging in horseplay such as hitting Feigen over the head with his Olympic pass.

If they were in such a traumatic incident just a few hours ago, they wouldn’t be behaving this loosely. Moreover, why would they re-enter the Olympic village so soon after getting robbed? As for the robbery itself, the taxi driver was thought to be in on it this whole time, perhaps by tipping off the gang. But with this new detail emerging, it’s more likely that the cab driver helped stage the incident, or the swimmers are trying to frame him.

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You have to think that Lochte needs to get help for making up a story like this. The man is a six-time Gold medalist. How much more attention does he need? Is it possible Lochte was so jealous over Michael Phelps getting all the headlines, that he fabricated the whole incident to shift the media spotlight toward him? Did he even feel guilty for leaving his friends behind to deal with the fallout?

Details are still emerging, and it’ll likely be a while before the full scope of the story comes into focus. The way things look right now, however, Lochte’s reputation might be taking a truly insurmountable hit.

If what Lochte wanted was attention, then mission accomplished. As for being remembered as a true Olympian, in all that word entails, well, that plane left the runway a long time ago.