After vd by Dailymail - Justice orders retaining US swimming athletes passports- false statement

After video, Justice orders retaining US athletes passports
Police investigates alleged assault and sees contradiction in the testimony of athletes.
According to the 'New York Times', Ryan Lochte is already in the United States.
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The Court of Rio ordered the seizure of passports of the American swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen. They report having been robbed at gunpoint after leaving a party at Lagoa, in the south in the early hours of Sunday (14). Rio police said that could change the line of investigation to know exactly what the swimmers, who were accompanied by two athletes of the US delegation, made that morning.
The Olympic Committee of State issued a statement saying that, for security reasons, can not confirm the current location of the athletes (read more below). According to "New York Times", the swimmer Ryan Lochte lawyer confirmed to the newspaper that the athlete is already in the United States.

According to people familiar with the investigation, a video released on Tuesday (16) by the British newspaper "Daily Mail" has increased the contradictions on the record - as the number of assailants and the fact that the phone has not been taken. Police say that the line of investigation can pass theft to false reporting of crime. Therefore, the determination of Justice to seize the passports of the quartet.
The case was revealed only because one of the athletes, Ryan Lochte, told his mother that he had been the target of a crime. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) even claimed that the story was not true (read more below). After interviews with US media, the swimmers were asked to testify about the crime.
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Entry into the Olympic Village, according to CCTV footage, occurs about three hours after the party out of time in reporting to the police. The assault was on the way back, according to the statements of Lochte and Feigen.
By analyzing the images, the researchers were surprised the fact that athletes have arrived seemingly calm the site, which is located in Barra da Tijuca, West Zone.
Lochte, 12-time Olympic medalist, comes to play, beating the credential Feigen.
In statements given to the police, swimmers said they were so drunk they could not tell where exactly were stolen, although they said it would have been in the pond. Also they said they would not know how to define the type of taxi that took.
In the video security camera, athletes do not appear to be as drunk as they said.
Researchers from Rio Police believe that if the case had not reached the media, athletes would not have gone to the police station. There, according people who had access to the investigation showed discordant versions.
On Sunday morning, the IOC spokesman said it received a US committee's message saying that the story was not true.

Then the American Committee issued a statement saying the athletes were stopped by armed men, acting as if they were police officers, and said the four swimmers are collaborating with the investigations.
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