Slept at Holiday Inn wrote:
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.
A runner "flies down the back-straight," "flew down the course," "he/she was flying."
Next...
Lochte and his buddies thought it would be a funny thing to say after a night of fun and now they are being called out on the incident. Makes me proud to be an Uhmerikan!
Illegality is viral wrote:
Good point, it's state law that's relevant, so if the credit cards were issued from a bank in Nevada, they'd probably be in a better position.
They were in fact, in a ' better position '
what the heck is going on? wrote:
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-flightAny comment from LRC staff?
These American swimmers are losers and keep messing up their stories of what they said happened:
Lochte backtracked on his initial comments to the network made Sunday, saying the barrel of the gun he had said was placed to his forehead was instead pointed in his direction.
There is no asylum possibility here. The swimmers committed a clear crime and there is video evidence. This is not political. They are fugitives and should be hunted down.
The six-time gold medalist told Ileana (mother) that he was in a cab heading to a party he had been invited to by Brazilian swimmer Thiago Pereira when the cab stopped for gas.
Err, what kind of (short-distance) cab stops for gas WHEN YOU ARE RIDING IN IT?
Shouldn't they cover this before/after the run? It's only maybe 20 miles from point-to-point here.
Lochte changed another part of his story:
https://mobile.twitter.com/jonswaine/status/766096827850588160Lauer: Lochte now says they were ambushed after using gas stn restroom when cab driver refused to drive
So now Lochte is saying they were not in the cab when they were robbed. And now it is the cab driver refusing to drive them instead of the robber impersonating as a cop pointing the gun into the car.
My BS meter say they visited the homosexually glory holes in the bathrooms and got pickpocketted.
ThunderThighs wrote:
Lochte changed another part of his story:
Lauer: Lochte now says they were ambushed after using gas stn restroom when cab driver refused to drivehttps://mobile.twitter.com/jonswaine/status/766096827850588160So now Lochte is saying they were not in the cab when they were robbed. And now it is the cab driver refusing to drive them instead of the robber impersonating as a cop pointing the gun into the car. .
Well, at least the Brasilian police correctly noted that they have given conflicting stories...
All I got to say, is that I hope Lochte isn't the "brains" of the operation, or they are TOTALLY hosed. More likely tho, he's just the "face" of it from his reality TV fame.
Lauer: Lochte now says they were ambushed after using gas stn restroom when cab driver refused to drive
Fact check: does the gasoline station even have a restroom?
My guess is that he called his mom to ask for money. Since he couldn't tell his mom that he just spent $2000 on tranny hookers he told her he got mugged and made up a story. Then his mom went to the media and told everyone that he got mugged. It spiraled out of control from there.
I just saw that he has a girl friend. I am surprised. I just assumed he was gay. Nobody I know has flaming hair colors like that.
No no, it was a HUGE deal inthe UK when he was dumped by his GF on his reality TV show (she was Brit) in 2013. Forget whether it was 2nd or 3rd week, but she just did it by phone call (after 4 years of on-off again). His current GF (as of a week ago) is some playmate bimbo, according to media.
He is part-Cuban, so maybe Fidel can give him asylum.
Outhouse behind the back wrote:
Lauer: Lochte now says they were ambushed after using gas stn restroom when cab driver refused to driveFact check: does the gasoline station even have a restroom?
And does the station attendant have to give you the key?
Lauer: Lochte now says they were ambushed after using gas stn restroom when cab driver refused to drive
According to Mr. Lauer, Mr. Lochte attributed the differences to “traumatic mischaracterization.â€
By all FOUR of them?
Instead, Mr. Lochte told Mr. Lauer that the swimmers were attacked after stopping to use the rest room at a gas station. When the taxi drivers refused to leave, that was when two men with guns came upon them.
In Version A, it was an unspecified number of assailants, but only (specifically) one gun between them.
French connection wrote:
He went to a place called Club France?
Isn't that un-American?
Or am I still living 15 years ago?
Possibly that was the last stop on their party train.
Pitstop hospitality wrote:
Outhouse behind the back wrote:Fact check: does the gasoline station even have a restroom?
And does the station attendant have to give you the key?
Given this is Lochte (of famous peeing-in-pool comments), they should have driven him to a pool rather than a gas station.
Running from the law wrote:
LRC non-staffer wrote:This is not runninng, so whose care?
Lochte ran from the law. Don't be so clueless.
I'll bet he didn't look relaxed.
Splashing w Emma wrote:
French connection wrote:He went to a place called Club France?
Isn't that un-American?
Or am I still living 15 years ago?
Possibly that was the last stop on their party train.
Wrongo, according to Version B (or C?) of the story, they were invited to a(nother) party by some Brazilian swimmer, and were leaving Club France to go to that.