Originally Posted by
VidaNaPraia
More likely?
Four big drunk young guys are told the restroom is for customers only. They gotta go bad, and they are....drunk. So they kick down the door of the restroom, make a mess, and start to take off in a taxi. Oh, no, the security guard says. You guys aren't going anywhere until the police and/or my boss get here and see what happened. Four big unruly drunk guys vs. one little night security guard? Better show that pistol you've been issued as part of the job, just to make sure they don't go anywhere. Here, says one guy after quickly consulting his friends and taking up a collection. Take this cash to pay for the damage and we'll be on our merry way. In his pragmatic Brazilian way, the guard realizes that's probably the best outcome, money to repair the damages, without having to drag a case through the courts, and his boss will be satisfied with repairs. So off they go, to be seen next joking around on film as they enter their lodging.
That's pretty much the take by the folk on Omni PR (which surprisingly enough posts have remained civil in the thread).
If Lochte had kept his mouth shut about the incident, first to his mom & then giving an embellished account on national tv (and then changing his story), this wouldn't have come up at all.
He issued an apology today (written by high-powered publicist) to try & save his sponsor contracts (somewhere btwn 6-10million), although it's not a total apology. He still faces sanctions by the swimming federation, although if he was retiring vs. continuing to Tokyo that might not matter. He also stands to lose the $25K he'd receive as a bonus for being part of the gold medley team in swimming.
The sad part about all this is that the 5 days this mess has been covered has taken away from the actual Olympics and the athletes of all nations competing.
Cheers.