Ryan Lochte must not have been contentĀ to just be known as one of the world’s greatest swimmers of his era.
Oh, no. He allegedly sought to add something like this to an obituary that will be written about him … eventually:
“Ryan Lochte, a multiple gold-medal-winning Olympic swimmer, who got caught up in a controversy after competing in the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro … “
That’s how it will be written, or in words to that effect.
Lochte and three of his swimming teammates reported to police that they were robbed at gunpoint. It appears to have been a bogus story.
Now the once-glorious American athlete has been indicted by Brazilian authorities for filing a false police report and faces possible extradition back to Brazil to face the consequences of his actions.
The new story that’s developing suggests that the swimmers were returning from an all-night bender in Rio, stopped in a gas station to relieve themselves and started trashing the place.
Now that one of his reputations — his athletic skill — has been all but obliterated, another one is getting traction: he’s an overgrown frat boy. He’s been known to have acted badly in public before.
One Brazilian Olympic official reportedly sought to excuse the swimmers’ behavior by saying “that’s what boys do.”
Boys? Lochte is a 32-year-old allegedly grown man.
This story is beginning to sicken me.