Rio police charge American swimmer Ryan Lochte over false robbery statement — Transcript

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1. 0:00brazilian police charged American
2. 0:02swimmer ryan lochte Eiling a false
3. 0:04robbery report over an incident during
4. 0:07the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro a police
5. 0:11statement on Thursday said locked would
6. 0:13be informed in the United States so he
7. 0:16could decide whether to introduce the
8. 0:18defense in Brazil the indictment will
9. 0:21also be sent to the International
10. 0:23Olympic Committee's Ethics Commission
11. 0:25the statement said dot the swimmers
12. 0:28publicists and his lawyer Jeff Austro
13. 0:31did not immediately respond to calls and
14. 0:34emails from The Associated Press seeking
15. 0:37comment locked initially said that he
16. 0:39and fellow swimmers jack conger gunner
17. 0:42bents and Jimmy Feigen were robbed at
18. 0:44gunpoint in a taxi by men with a police
19. 0:47badge as they returned to the Olympic
20. 0:49Village from a party August fifteenth
21. 0:52however security video suggested the
22. 0:56four actually faced security guards
23. 0:58after vandalizing a gas station restroom
24. 1:01locked left Brazil shortly after the
25. 1:04incident three days later local
26. 1:07authorities took conquer and Bentz off
27. 1:10an airliner heading to the United States
28. 1:12so they could be questioned about the
29. 1:14robbery claim they were later allowed to
30. 1:17leave Brazil as was vegan after he gave
31. 1:21testimony Fagan who initially stood by
32. 1:24locks testimony was not charged locked
33. 1:28has since acknowledged that he was
34. 1:30highly intoxicated and that his behavior
35. 1:33led to the confrontation it is not clear
36. 1:36from the video whether a gun was ever
37. 1:38pointed to the athletes under Brazilian
38. 1:41law the penalty for falsely filing a
39. 1:44crime report carries a maximum penalty
40. 1:46of 18 months in prison locked could be
41. 1:50tried in absentia if he didn't return to
42. 1:53face the charge the United States and
43. 1:56Brazil have an extradition treaty dating
44. 1:58back to the 1960s but Brazil has a long
45. 2:02history of not extraditing its own
46. 2:05citizens to other nations and US
47. 2:07authorities could take the same stance
48. 2:10if walked his found guilty
49. 2:12that is currently the case of the head
50. 2:14of Brazil's Football Confederation Marco
51. 2:17Polo del Nero who faces charges in the
52. 2:20wide-ranging scandal entangling
53. 2:23international soccer's ruling body FIFA
54. 2:26he has not traveled outside Brazil for
55. 2:29more than a year to avoid being arrested
56. 2:31by us authorities somewhere else the
57. 2:35charges in Brazil raised questions about
58. 2:37the future for LA