RIO DE JANEIRO – Ryan Lochte is more victim than villain and he did not lie about being robbed at gunpoint, the American swimmer’s attorney told USA TODAY Sports.
Jeffrey M. Ostrow, a Fort Lauderdale-based lawyer representing Lochte, said Lochte's apology on Friday should not be viewed as a full mea culpa. Authorities in Rio should be investigating the two security guards who pulled weapons on the U.S. swimmers and demanded payment for damage to a bathroom door handle, he said.
“I don’t consider things done. I know that investigation is still going. I hope that there is more that comes out of it, find out a little bit more about the security guard or the military police or whoever it was specifically that extorted the money from (the swimmers)," Ostrow said.