A Brazilian judge has ordered that swimmer Ryan Lochte and his teammate James Feigen relinquish their passports and stay in the country, pending an investigation into reports that they were robbed at gunpoint in Rio over the weekend.

Lochte's father, Steve Bentz, says the Olympian has already returned to the US. The US Olympic Committee would not release Feigen's location or travel information.

A reporter for Fox Sports Australia originally broke the news over Twitter on Sunday, citing a story from Lochte's mother that the 12-time medalist and three teammates—Feigen, Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger—were involved in a robbery while taking a taxi back to the Olympic Athletes' Village after a party.

The story is pretty bizarre. Here's Lochte's account from the Today Show:

"We got pulled over, in the taxi, and these guys came out with a badge, a police badge, no lights, no nothing just a police badge and they pulled us over," Lochte said. "They pulled out their guns, they told the other swimmers to get down on the ground — they got down on the ground. I refused, I was like we didn't do anything wrong, so — I'm not getting down on the ground.

"And then the guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said, 'Get down,' and I put my hands up, I was like 'whatever.' He took our money, he took my wallet — he left my cellphone, he left my credentials."

The group didn't call the police afterward, or report to the incident to USOC officials, because, Lochte told US Today, "we were afraid we’d get into trouble." Instead, the 32-year-old texted his mother, Ileana Lochte, who evidently contacted the media and later confirmed the story to USA Today.

But Judge Keyla Blanc de Cnop is suspicious of Lochte's tale:


So the issues are 1) Lochte's story to the police is different than the one he gave to the media. 2) Feigen's story differs from Lochte's story. 3) That video, says the judge, shows the group returning to the Olympic Village "without signs of being physically or psychologically shaken, even joking amongst themselves."

The Wall Street Journal reports that Lochte and Feigen could be in legal trouble if their robbery story was faked:

The judge said discrepancies in the testimony of the two swimmers, combined with footage obtained by the police showing them leisurely returning to the Athletes’ Village with two other teammates following the alleged incident, are sufficient grounds for prosecutors to look into whether the swimmers broke the law by giving a false account of a crime. Under the Brazilian penal code, a conviction could lead to a fine or one to six months in jail.

Lochte's father, of course, denies that his 32-year-old son would have made up the robbery. "Why would anybody fabricate anything?" Steve Lochte said. "It's just ridiculous."

Lochte himself is quiet on the matter, apparently concerning himself with obtaining a new wallet and a fresh hairdo.