Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast
This HUGE Olympics Scandal - The Ryan Lochte story
Sun, 11 May 2025
During the 2016 Rio Olympics, U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte falsely claimed that he and three teammates were robbed by men posing as police officers. In reality, surveillance footage later revealed that the group had vandalized a gas station bathroom and were confronted by security guards, leading to a payment for damages rather than an armed robbery.#truecrime #truestory #riodejaneiro #raywilliamjohnson
Who is Ryan Lochte and what happened during the 2016 Rio Olympics?
Remember when this famous athlete destroyed his career by lying about a robbery? His name is Ryan and Ryan is 32 during this time and he's a very well-known Olympic swimmer. Like the dude has five gold medals. He's like a hero to little kids and shit. But one night in 2016, he screws it all up because the Summer Olympics are happening in Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.
And boom, Ryan wins yet another gold medal because of course he did. And afterwards, he decides to go out with some of his teammates and celebrate. And so they head over to a party where they drink a ton with a bunch of other athletes. And hours go by and it's now 5 in the morning. And these guys are still out partying because I guess it's just that kind of night.
But eventually, Ryan and three of his fellow swim buddies are done. They've had their fun. And so they call a taxi to take them back to the Olympic Village where they're staying. And these four guys, now they're in this taxi heading back and the taxi stops at a gas station on the way. And the four guys get out and they go to the restroom.
Now for some reason, that reason is probably alcohol, Ryan and the other guys, they start acting like dicks. They break the restroom door, they apparently break the soap dispenser off the wall, they damage a mirror, and they tear down a please do not enter sign off the wall. And here's actually some security footage of the guys exiting the restroom afterwards.
And to top it all off, Ryan ends up peeing outside in public. But whatever, when they're done, they get back into their taxi like nothing ever happened. But then I guess the gas station workers discover the damage and they're like, what the fuck? And so they go over to Ryan's taxi and order Ryan and the three bros to get out.
Then these armed security guards show up and they're like, you have to pay for the damage you did now or else we're calling the police. Here's the thing, though. The security guards are speaking Portuguese and Ryan and his friends, they don't speak Portuguese, so they have no idea what's going on. And so a local bystander who just happens to also speak English, he starts translating for them.
And it turns out one of the security guards tells them to sit down until all this is figured out. Now, Ryan and his swim bros, they're still pretty drunk and they're also all scared. And so three of them are like, sure, whatever, here's some money. And they hand over $20 to pay for the damage. And another one of them hands over a hundred rials, which is like the equivalent of 30 US dollars.
And Ryan, he doesn't hand them anything. Like he's not about to be extorted. And so he stands back up and he starts yelling at the guards like he didn't do anything wrong. And all this commotion starts to cause a scene. Now allegedly, and this part is in dispute, but allegedly then the security guard pulls out his pew pew. And he tells Ryan to chill the out. And so Ryan chills out.
And ultimately, the swimmers are allowed to get in the taxi and leave. Then they go back to their Olympic village where they're staying. And they go to bed thinking, well, that sucked. We were just goofing around and we got confronted by gas station security guards. But whatever, not a big deal. It's not like anyone's ever going to know. Until... Until Ryan talks to this woman, his mom.
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