晚上10点，在接受NBC的马特 劳尔访谈的时候，罗切特又变了他先前的一套说辞。当他第一次描述这起事件的时候，他说劫匪拿枪抵住了他的头，但他现在又说，对方是用枪指向他。罗切特表示，“他不会编造这样的故事，其他几个人也不会”。而与此同时，康格和本茨在提供有效证词之前将被禁止离开巴西。

　　18 August 2016

　　2016年8月18日

　　Brazilian authorities tell ABC that a “US swimmer” broke down a gas station restroom door and fought with a security guard on the night in question. Later in the morning, the Associated Press receive information from a security official directly involved in the investigation that Lochte fabricated the story. According to the officer, Lochte, Conger, Bentz and Feigen got into an altercation at the gas station in Barra da Tijuca, a suburb of Rio where many Olympic venues are located. The swimmers were looking for a bathroom but once they realized the door was locked, they broke in. After a slight confrontation with the guard and the gas station owner regarding the broken door, they decided to pay for the damages.

　　巴西当局告诉ABC新闻，案发当晚，一名“美国游泳运动员”砸坏了某加油站洗手间的一扇门，还和保安打了一架。第二天早上，美联社从调查本案的安全官员处得到消息：罗切特捏造了整场事件。该官员表示，在奥运场馆所在地的郊区巴拉-达蒂茹卡的一家加油站，神仙道SF，罗切特、康格、本茨以及费根陷入了一场争执。这群游泳运动员在找洗手间的时候，发现门被锁了，于是便破门而入。他们和保安以及加油站老板因为这扇破损的门发生了一点小冲突，后来他们决定赔钱补偿损失。

　　O Globo release footage of the video shortly after.

　　巴西《环球报》随后很快发布了这段监控视频。

　　The Rio 2016 spokesman, Mário Andrada, says: “Let’s give these kids a break. Sometimes you take actions that you later regret. They had fun, they made a mistake, life goes on.”

　　2016里约奥组委发言人马里奥 安德拉达就此事发表评论说：“放人一马吧，他们只是孩子，有时难免会做出令自己后悔的事，他们在找乐子的过程中犯下了一个错误，可生活还是要继续。”

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　　Vocabulary

　　altercation: 争执