Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte held at gun point and robbed in Rio

in #steemit8 years ago


Lochte and other teammates were invited out by a Brazilian swimmer Thiago Pereira to a party in Rio where they were held at gun point and his wallet was stolen.

I'll say this, he is very lucky he wasn't kidnapped for ransom.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3740063/Olympic-gold-medalist-Ryan-Lochte-held-GUNPOINT-party-Rio.html

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It's sad, nowadays athletes need to walk with bodyguards.

I blame the Olympics. Rio has some of the most Iconic slums in the world they are even in some video games. You put a big event like the Olympics next to a slum and there's going to be criminals taking advantage of that.