Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte filed a police report for a robbery committed on him and three other U.S. swimmers in Rio for the Olympics. According to various accounts of the swimmers which differ, he and the three other swimmers were robbed at gun point of their money and wallet. But their credentials and cell phones were not taken. As a former prosecutor, when I first heard the details of Ryan Lochte’s account of being robbed, it did not ring true to me. In other words, I didn’t think it passed the smell test of being quite true. The one thing that stuck out was his cavalier attitude about having a gun cocked to his head in a foreign country known for its crime and violence. Lochte mentioned that he refused to lay down on the ground as allegedly instructed by the gun man or gunmen. And then after the gun was cocked to his head, he did so and was like “whatever”. Trust me the last thing someone with any bit of intelligence would do is treat an armed … [Read more...] about Ryan Lochte and Three U.S. Swimmers in Hot Water