Police in Rio de Janeiro Thursday indicted U.S. Olympic swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen for falsely reporting a crime, the latest twist in a bizarre case that has overshadowed the final week of the Summer Games.
Lochte originally claimed that he, Feigen and teammates Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning. Police began to question the story after being unable to find corroborating witnesses.
Under Brazilian law, a judge still must decide whether to accept the police indictment, which is punishable by a fine or up to six months in prison. If the judge does not accept the indictment, the case will be dropped.
This is probably not a story that Team USA wanted in the last week of the Games.
