Lochte's robbery story doesn't hold water. Update: Brazilian police say they destroyed gas sation bathroom and lied to cover it

Personally I think he made up the whole story to increase his value as a Z-list reality TV celeb in the years to come. Not sure why he dragged his mom into it, though it does add a new angle to the mix.

$$$ is Related to everything wrote:

everything related to the prostitution occurs in Brazil?

Except if the funds for the prostitution were in US dollars, or intersected the US banking system (credit card).

Really ? I used my credit card in a brothel in Nevada with no problem. Why didn't my bank "intersect" the transaction and turn me in to the authorities ?

Liarsthievesandscoundrels wrote:

Try reading again. I did not say only his cash was taken. I said he specifically mentioned his CASH. If this story was concocted to cover up his usage of a CREDIT CARD at a brothel as you are ridiculously asserting, why didn't he specifically mention that his CREDIT CARD was stolen?

Are you also going to make him list his health care card, social security card, gym membership card, and subway card in his wallet? He said his WALLET was stolen, implying everything in it. Are you expecting him to be walking around with $2000 cash to pay for gay Brazilian hookers?

This is getting really serious fast. If you're a swimmer, do you seek asylum at the embassy and safe haven passage back? Wow. Swim org should have their back.

http://www.espn.com/olympics/swimming/story/_/id/17332952/2016-rio-olympics-brazil-officials-pull-us-swimmers-jack-conger-gunnar-bentz-flight

Any comment from LRC staff?

ThunderThighs wrote:

Liarsthievesandscoundrels wrote:

Try reading again. I did not say only his cash was taken. I said he specifically mentioned his CASH. If this story was concocted to cover up his usage of a CREDIT CARD at a brothel as you are ridiculously asserting, why didn't he specifically mention that his CREDIT CARD was stolen?

Are you also going to make him list his health care card, social security card, gym membership card, and subway card in his wallet? He said his WALLET was stolen, implying everything in it. Are you expecting him to be walking around with $2000 cash to pay for gay Brazilian hookers?

Do you use credit when trying to pay for hookers?

Why didn't my bank "intersect" the transaction and turn me in to the authorities ?

Because states have to recognize each other's laws. But Brazil is not one of the 50 states.

Similarly, if FIFA corruption were legal in Nevada and that was their seat of operations, then they wouldn't have been found liable, even if they banked in New York.

Weed wrote:

$$$ is Related to everything wrote:

Except if the funds for the prostitution were in US dollars, or intersected the US banking system (credit card).

Really ? I used my credit card in a brothel in Nevada with no problem. Why didn't my bank "intersect" the transaction and turn me in to the authorities ?

Because prostitution is legal in some areas of Nevada so the local state law supercede that of your home state. However, if you are in a foreign country, your home state laws would apply.

what the heck is going on? wrote:

Any comment from LRC staff?

This is not runninng, so whose care?

ThunderThighs wrote:

Do you use credit when trying to pay for hookers?

I don't try to pay for hookers, I pay for hookers. And yes, I use my credit card. Why forego the points or the cash back ?

$$$ is Related to everything wrote:

everything related to the prostitution occurs in Brazil?

Except if the funds for the prostitution were in US dollars, or intersected the US banking system (credit card).

The federal government has the power to regulate interstate commerce and has used a broad interpretation of this to go after mobsters who discussed crimes via telephone calls.

However, Brazil isn't a state, so I really don't see how the U.S. can prevent its citizens from hiring prostitute when they are in Brazil. Also, I would think that Lochte paid with Dollars instead of using a credit card.

Weed wrote:

ThunderThighs wrote:

Do you use credit when trying to pay for hookers?

I don't try to pay for hookers, I pay for hookers. And yes, I use my credit card. Why forego the points or the cash back ?

There are dumb john's and hookers born every minute.

Do you use credit when trying to pay for hookers?

I'm not sure they would accept this from onetime customers either.

LRC non-staffer wrote:

what the heck is going on? wrote:

Any comment from LRC staff?

This is not runninng, so whose care?

Lochte ran from the law. Don't be so clueless.

Thinking from the other end wrote:

Do you use credit when trying to pay for hookers?

I'm not sure they would accept this from onetime customers either.

If they did, I think the value of a stolen credit card would go up.

Untraceable wrote:

Do you use credit when trying to pay for hookers?

Of course, do you really think it is wise to be carrying around $2000 in cash on yourself looking for a hooker to bang? That's just putting a big target on your back asking to be robbed.

I would think that Lochte paid with Dollars instead of using a credit card.

If he used Federal Reserve Notes (aka "Dollars") as legal tender, then he should fall under the "long arm" of the US law.

Of course, do you really think it is wise to be carrying around $2000 in cash on yourself looking for a hooker to bang? That's just putting a big target on your back asking to be robbed.

At those kind of rates, you'd usually be pre-paying by alternative means (precisely due to the cash reason). Probably more like $200 (maybe even $20 in Rio) for a pickup.

Running from the law wrote:

Lochte ran from the law. Don't be so clueless.

The technical word is "flight" (derived from "flee"), so he "fled" from the law.

Moreover, "unlawful flight" (in this sense) requires an official accusation prior to said action.

Market insider wrote:

Of course, do you really think it is wise to be carrying around $2000 in cash on yourself looking for a hooker to bang? That's just putting a big target on your back asking to be robbed.

At those kind of rates, you'd usually be pre-paying by alternative means (precisely due to the cash reason). Probably more like $200 (maybe even $20 in Rio) for a pickup.

Only $20/$200 for grandpa's that can only get it up once. For stallions like me, I could go all night.