What began as a casual interview on Copacabana beach has spiraled into an international incident involving police in two continents. Rio police say no robbery ever took place.

US swimmer Ryan Lochte apologized in an Instagram post in which he said he was sorry for 'not being more careful and candid' about what happened at a Brazil gas station on Sunday.

One of the US swimmers caught up in a web of lies with Ryan Lochte has turned against him revealing that Lochte pulled a sign off the wall and started yelling at security guards.

Brazilians Laura Gazzinelli - who has studied in Worthing, England - and Maria Belisario posed with Lochte inside Club France. Police say the girls may have been the reason for the swimmers to lie.

Bentz and Conger had drunk so much alcohol on the night of their gas station fracas they couldn't remember much about the now-infamous incident, police documents reveal.

Billy Bush landed an exclusive interview with Ryan Lochte after he claimed he was robbed in Rio, but Matt Lauer interviewed the disgraced swimmer days later.

Brazillian police have released footage of Ryan Lochte and three US swimmers at the Rio de Janeiro gas station where they claimed to have been robbed as swimmers say claims were fabricated.

The moment two U.S. swimmers embroiled in the Ryan Lochte robbery row were embarrassingly removed from a flight departing Rio de Janeiro was caught on camera.

Friends of Ryan Lochte are mounting a defense of the 'robbed' swimmer, saying that although he has changed his story, it contains a core truth that he handed over money to a man at gunpoint.

Al Roker slammed disgraced Ryan Lochte in a debate with his 'Today' co-anchor Billy Bush. Bush defended Lochte, saying he embellished his robbery story but Roker called him a liar.

The latest controversy to rock the Rio Games came after NBC aired the first part of Matt Lauer's interview with Ryan Lochte, and social media users began to express their fashion outrage.

Ryan Lochte appeared glassy-eyed during an interview with Matt Lauer on Saturday night - when he admitted that he 'over-exaggerated' the supposed robbery in Rio.

Ryan Lochte apologized to the people of Brazil and his fellow teammates, explained why he made 'over-exaggerated claims' about an armed robbery and shared his hope that he can still compete.

Ryan Lochte issued an emotional apology to the people of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro during  the second part of his sit-down interview with Today host Matt Lauer on Monday.

That story was first reported early last Sunday morning, and came not from an interview with Ryan and an American news outlet but instead from a chance encounter on a bus.

Ryan Lochte landed in Los Angeles on Monday with girlfriend Kayla Rae Reid. The swimmer was all smiles as he posed for photographs with fans and signed autographs while waiting for his baggage.

Mattress firm Airweave, Ryan Lochte's fourth and final sponsor, has now dropped its endorsement.

The Late Show host posted video of a faux interview with Lochte on Tuesday that included the answers the Olympian gave Lauer but this time with questions being asked by Colbert.

The 32-year-old is a front-runner to join the cast of upcoming 23rd season, according to People magazine.

Page Six claims that Roker's on-air rant about Ryan Lochte and the false story he told on the show about being robbed at gunpoint left some people involved with the show 'embarassed.'

Ryan Lochte may check in to rehab he said on |Monday, shortly after he was dropped by three of his four major sponsors. He said that he first needs to see his family and talk with them.

Police in Brazil have asked prosecutors there to give disgraced swimmer Lochte a choice of coming back to Rio to make a full truthful statement or be put on trial in absentia for making false statements.

The SNL alum - who turns 42 next month - donned an icy-blue wig, gold medal, and tracksuit to better impersonate the disgraced 32-year-old swimmer

Ryan lochte said that if he was hit with criminal charges for filing a police report and put on trial, he would not turn himself over to Brazilian authorities while preparing to depart LA on Monday.

The upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars is featuring some fierce competition as two Olympic gold medalist athletes and reality TV stars will take compete on the show.

The 32-year-old shamed Olympic swimmer was spotted arriving at LAX Airport in Los Angeles with dancing pro Cheryl Burke.

He's promised to treat Dancing With The Stars just like The Olympics.

He recently made headlines after he claimed he 'exaggerated' an altercation he and his Olympic teammates had with a gas station security guard in Rio last month.

The 32-year-old Olympian gold medalist and professional dancer and choreographer skipped out on the U.S. holiday weekend celebrations and took to the DWTS studios for dance practice.

The 32-year-old agreed to a ban that will also render him ineligible for world championships in Budapest in July, 2017, as he won't able to qualify for them at nationals the previous month.

Sam Sododeh, 59, and Barzeen Soroudi, 25, were arrested and charged with trespassing after they stormed the stage in protest against Lochte during the show's season premiere on Monday.

Shamed swimmer Ryan Lochte has publicly thanked friends and family for supporting him after his Dancing With The Stars debut was ruined by the  fracas on Monday night's show

Two men rushed the Dancing with the Stars stage in protest against disgraced Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte after he made his debut on the show with partner Cheryl Burke.

The protesters who stormed the stage of Dancing with the Stars while Olympian Ryan Lochte was performing say the swimmer is to blame for the arrest of relative, Justin McNeil, in Brazil.

Shamed Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte welled up on Monday as he recalled getting bum-rushed by protesters on his first night on Dancing With The Stars.

The 32-year-old revealed after Monday night's episode of the show that he's been lucky to have good people around him, in particular his 25-year-old girlfriend.

No doubt the pair are anxious to up their game after scoring just 24 points out of a possible 40 for their quickstep to The Muppet Show theme on Monday's episode of the ABC reality competition.

Ryan Lochte and Cheryl Burke emerged from this week's Dancing With The Stars with only 24 points out of 40. The 32-year-olds were open about their travails on Extra this Friday.

The medalist wore a red and blue flannel shirt that he paired with denim jeans and beige boots as he left the dinner party from the West Hollywood hot spot.

The Olympics ended more than 6 weeks ago. But it seems there are people not quite ready to forget what Ryan Lochte did there. The disgraced swimmer once again faced heckles from the crowd

The pair, who started dating in January, announced the happy news as they shared separate Instagram posts on Sunday evening.

Everybody was crying on Monday night's DWTS, on the always emotional Most Memorable Year week, with dances dedicated to loves and loves lost, births and almost deaths, and personal triumphs.

US swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist, Ryan Lochte, forgot how old his Doberman pinscher was when he tweeted for the third time since 2014 that he was eight years old.

Other celebrity guests went for very elaborate costumes at Trick Or Treats Magazine's annual Halloween party. But the 24-year-old kept things brilliantly simple for the LA party on Saturday night.

Kayla Rae Reid, the Playboy Playmate Ryan Lochte plans to tie the knot with, has revealed that when she posed for the legendary magazine, she was the victim of a botched breast augmentation.

The smitten couple were in attendance at the increasingly popular Los Angeles restaurant Catch, and they sported matching smiles and very similar sweaters as they made their way inside.

His fall from grace was one of the biggest celebrity scandals of 2016. And now, Olympian Ryan Lochte revealed how he got through the aftermath of his highly publicized false robbery report in Rio.

The medalist made the announcement while sharing a photo of himself kissing the bikini-clad woman's baby bump while under water in a swimming pool.

The 25-year-old model posted shared a glimpse of the pair's North Carolina home Saturday. In the videos, he cuddles up to Kayla's belly, welcoming the little Lochte with a classic dad joke.

The Olympic swimmer told CBS News on Wednesday he and pregnant fiancee Kayla Rae Reid are expecting a son. 'We're expecting a boy,' the athlete said