Ryan Lochte Defends Robbery As Reports Say Swimmers Covered Up Gas Station Brawl — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:03two US Olympic swimmers look like deer
3. 0:05in the headlights as questions grow
4. 0:07about those claims by gold medalist Ryan
5. 0:09locky that they were held up at gumpoint
6. 0:12in Rio one word for this strange Jack
7. 0:16Conger and Gunner B were pulled off
8. 0:18their flight back to the US by Brazilian
9. 0:20police the swimmers had their passport
10. 0:22seized and were interrogated for several
11. 0:24hours before being released they
12. 0:27promised to remain in the country a
13. 0:29fourth swimmer James Fegan is believed
14. 0:31to still be in Rio locky meanwhile is
15. 0:34back home in Charlotte North Carolina
16. 0:36with his girlfriend Kayla Reed a former
17. 0:38Playboy Playmate this photo was taken by
18. 0:40a flight attendant on board the plane
19. 0:43you'll remember Loy told a gripping
20. 0:45account of being pulled over in a taxi
21. 0:47and robbed by thugs posing as cops the
22. 0:50guy pulled out his gun he cocked it put
23. 0:53it to my forehead he said get down and I
24. 0:56was like I put my hands up I was like
25. 0:57whatever but a Brazilian judge is
26. 1:00questioning locky story because this
27. 1:02surveillance video obtained by the
28. 1:03dailymail.com shows the swimmers
29. 1:05returning to the Olympic Village after
30. 1:07the supposed robbery the victims arrived
31. 1:10with their physical and psychological
32. 1:12Integrity unshaken even joking with one
33. 1:14another the judge says you can see they
34. 1:17are holding cell phones and even what
35. 1:19looks to be a wallet the video is
36. 1:21timestamped 6:56 a.m. but they said they
37. 1:24were robbed at 4:00 a.m. the Today
38. 1:26Show's Matt low spoke to locky who
39. 1:28continues to insist the robbery was very
40. 1:30real the judge says they were joking and
41. 1:32very casual he says we weren't joking if
42. 1:35anything we were in shock but there are
43. 1:37other inconsistencies in the story locki
44. 1:40originally said their taxi was forced
45. 1:42off the road now he says they had
46. 1:44stopped at a gas station to use the
47. 1:46men's room he also told Matt La the gun
48. 1:50wasn't pointed at his head but was waved
49. 1:52at him and I pointedly said to him you
50. 1:54had said before it was placed on your
51. 1:56forehead and cocked he said no that
52. 1:59that's not exactly what happened and I
53. 2:01think he feels it was more of a
54. 2:03traumatic mischaracterization according
55. 2:05to a new report quoting Brazilian police
56. 2:07there is surveillance video of a drunken
57. 2:09Clash at the gas station in Rio Ryan
58. 2:11locky and his fellow swimmers allegedly
59. 2:14destroyed the bathroom and also fought
60. 2:16with the gas station attendance a
61. 2:18security guard then pulled out a gun and
62. 2:20demanded they pay for the damage the
63. 2:21swimmers agreed and handed over their
64. 2:24cash and that's when locky and the
65. 2:26others allegedly made up the story about
66. 2:29being robbed hot water says the New York
67. 2:31daily news Watergate says the New York
68. 2:33Post they are being blasted on Twitter
69. 2:36you told a huge lie that stain the image
70. 2:39of a country you are liars says one
71. 2:42Brazilian citizen now look how another
72. 2:45Olympic swimmer Superstar Katie leeki
73. 2:47was greeted by cheering fans when she
74. 2:50returned home to the US wearing all five
75. 2:52of her medals around her neck she got a
76. 2:54well-deserved Hero's welcome in Maryland
77. 2:57but back in Rio these us swimmers look
78. 3:00like they don't know what just hit them
79. 3:06[Music]