NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. swimmer James Feigen apologized for the "serious distraction" he and three teammates caused at a gas station during the Rio Olympics, saying he omitted facts in his statement to police.
Feigen says in a statement posted Tuesday on the website of his lawyer in Austin, Texas, that "I omitted the facts that we urinated behind the building and that Ryan Lochte pulled a poster off the wall."
He maintains the group didn't force their way into a bathroom and a gun was pointed at them.
Feigen says he paid the driver the cab fare and "As I walked away, the man with the gun pointed it at me and my teammate and ordered us, in Portuguese, to sit.