Things are about to get really ugly for 12-time Olympic medalist, Ryan Lochte, who ranks second in swimming behind Michael Phelps. Did Ryan Lochte apparently make fake claims of robbery at the end of a drunken night of debauchery???

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Ryan Lochte headed down to the 2016 Rio Olympics to win gold metals and prove he’s the best at competitive swimming. Instead Ryan Lochte Facing Federal Indictment for faking a story!!!

Come’on Ryan this is not high school and you are NOT a minor. Just because you’re in Rio doesn’t make fabricating stories OK. They have laws too, and you’re an Olympic contender, so all eyes are on you at all time! Hello?

First Yahoo News reports:

While the masses are attending the 2016 Rio Olympics. A massive throng of international media crowded the so-called Rio Tourist Police station near Ipanema Beach for a perp walk on Thursday, waiting for three detained American swimmers to appear and speak with investigators.

According to reports, Ryan Lochte allegedly has made fake claim of robbery at the end of a drunken night of debauchery turned into global story courtesy of a publicity-mad swimmer-turned-reality-TV-star who, unlike his three buddies – teammates Jimmy Feigen, Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz – is home safe in the United States.

This is likely bad news for Ryan Lochte, whose compatriots could throw him under the bus to authorities. Police said at least one of the swimmers told investigators that the group wasn’t robbed or extorted.

Down here, authorities not only don’t believe his story of being mugged at gunpoint Sunday, but also see his whole story as nothing but an attempt to further denigrate and humiliate the nation and its law enforcement.

The truth is Ryan Lochte was safe and secure in Rio. The Brazilians have thus far done an admirable job guarding Olympic venues, housing and transportation, especially for the athletes. Perfect, no, but it’s never perfect.

If some of them want to run the streets of Rio at night on their own, as Lochte’s quickly unraveling story is based on, well, that’s on them and against all of the recommendations provided them or common sense of living in a major city – here or at home.

As angry as the Brazilians are with Lochte, his fellow swimmers should be even more heated. None of this becomes an international incident without Lochte trying to turn it into a Kardashian-esque marketing opportunity.

Meanwhile, TMZ has just announced that ABC News appears to have backed off the indictment story and now says federal cops are “recommending” indictment.

What does this mean for Ryan Lochte?

Ryan Lochte and James Feigen have been indicted in Rio for filing a false police report!

Sources connected to the 2 swimmers tell TMZ, they’re “not surprised” at the turn of events, but they add Ryan and Jimmy told the truth. They reiterated, as Ryan initially said, the swimmers were in a cab, they were confronted by men who appeared to be police and at that point there is a lapse of 3 minutes on the video.

When the video restarts the swimmers come out with their hands up, Ryan is standing and then goes down. And the sources add armed security took their money.

Jimmy Feigen is still in Rio and could be arrested. Ryan is back in the U.S.

The crime of filing a false police report is punishable by 6 months in jail. We’ve done some checking and the crime is not listed as an extraditable offense, which means the U.S. cannot force Lochte to go back to Rio for prosecution.

None of us will know the truth or if Rio is covering up the incident. But now that ABC News is backing the story as falsified, Lochte is NOT looking great in the eyes of South Americans.

Thanks Ryan for adding a little tarnish on the US after the Olympics. Way to go man. Even if this incident happened, at least you are here to speak on it. We are reporting you were shot dead at a gas station. So what. you walked away from it. You should have let it go, but now you might be going to jail.