US apologises for swimmers ‘unacceptable behaviour’

19 August 2016 From the section Latin America & Caribbean Share

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37127499 Read more about sharing. Close share panel × Media captionFour US swimmers were accused of lying by telling officials they were robbed by gunmen on Sunday

The United States Olympic Committee has apologised for what it called the unacceptable behaviour of four US swimmers who falsely said they had been robbed at gunpoint in Rio.

Police questioned three of the gold medal winners and say “they were not victims of the crimes they claimed”.

Two of the four – Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger – were allowed to fly out of Rio on Thursday evening.

Ryan Lochte had already left, and James Feigen remains in Brazil.

Mr Bentz and Mr Conger had been taken off a plane at Rio airport on Wednesday and taken for questioning.

Mr Lochte had initially said the four were robbed at gunpoint when they returning by taxi from a club.

But Rio’s civil police head Fernando Veloso said the four Olympic gold medallists had not been robbed.

“No robbery was committed against these athletes. They were not victims of the crimes they claimed,” he said.

He told reporters that one or more of the athletes had instead vandalised a toilet in a …

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