US Olympic swimmer Jimmy Feigen will pay $11,000 to a Brazilian charity to settle a dispute over what police called a fabricated story about him and his teammates being robbed at gunpoint during the Rio games, ABC News reported on Friday.
The announcement was made by Feigen's attorney, Breno Melaragno Costa, after meeting a judge and officials from the prosecuting ministry in Rio for hours, ABC News reported.
Feigen was among four US swimmers shown to have lied about being stopped by gunmen posing as police in the early hours of Sunday. The US Olympic Committee issued an apology over the incident.
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On Thursday, Brazilian police questioned US Olympic swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger for four hours before they boarded a flight back home.
The pair, along with two other team mates - including gold medallist Ryan Lochte, were accused of fabricating a story about being robbed at gunpoint.
The truth, police say, is very different, while on their way home from a late night party in the city, they say the group vandalised a gas station.
Bentz and Conger's lawyer Sergio Riera says they were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"They were simply heard as witnesses. That needs to be perfectly clear. They are just witnesses. They didn't do anything and they didn't say anything to anyone. They didn't speak with any journalists or lie to any journalists.
They were just quiet and didn't know what was happening. They went to the police station when they were called and they gave their testimony and helped the investigation and now they've been rewarded with being able to go home."
The two swimmers tried to leave the country on Wednesday, but were pulled off their flight.
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