Friday, August 19, 2016

US swimmer pays $11,000 to charity over fake robbery story

A US Olympic swimmer has agreed to pay 11-thousand dollars to a Brazilian charity after it emerged he and three others were involved in vandalising a petrol station in Rio...

Jimmy Fiegen was with three other gold medalists - including Ryan Lochte, who claimed the group were robbed at gunpoint last weekend.

But police say CCTV footage showed their story was fabricated - as our correspondent in Rio Dan Whitehead reports...

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