美國游泳選手吉米費根解決了搶劫爭端

BBC News – US Olympic swimmer Jimmy Feigen has agreed to pay nearly $11,000 to a Brazilian charity over his involvement in a dispute about an armed robbery. He was one of four gold medallists, along with star Ryan Lochte, who hit the headlines after Mr Lochte said the group had been robbed in Rio.

BBC新聞 – 美國奧運游泳選手吉米.費根同意爲他捲入一起武裝搶劫糾紛案中向某巴西慈善組織支付近1.1萬美元。他是和泳壇明星瑞安.羅切特一道因爲羅切特說他們一行人在里約遭劫而登上頭條的4名金牌得主之一。

CCTV footage later contradicted their story, showing the swimmers had vandalised a petrol station.

後來的閉路電視監控錄像與他們的敘述大相徑庭，錄像顯示，這幾人故意破壞一家加油站。

Mr Lochte left Brazil on Tuesday but Mr Feigen stayed behind and was two other members of the group, Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger, were pulled off a flight in Rio on Thursday night and questioned by police. They deny any involvement in the false robbery claim and were allowed to leave for the US on a later flight.

羅切特週二離開了巴西，但費根留了下來並被拘留。小組的其他兩名成員貢納.本茨和傑克.康格週四晚上被從里約的航班上帶走，遭到警方審問。他們否認與虛假宣稱搶劫有任何關聯，獲准搭乘晚一點的航班離開返美。

Feigen's lawyer said: "After a long deliberation, this agreement was reached… he will donate 35,000 reais ($10,800) to an institute, and with that the case is resolved. "

費根的律師說：“經過長時間的商酌，協議達成……費根將向某學社捐獻3.5萬雷亞爾（合10800萬美元），以此解決了這樁案子。”

The bizarre story began when Mr Lochte told a reporter that the four men were robbed at gunpoint by thieves disguised as police officers. In a colourful description of the 14 August robbery, the swimming star said he refused to get on the ground despite having a gun pressed to his forehead.

這個離奇故事開始於羅切特對記者說，他們4人在僞裝成警官的盜賊的槍口下遭到搶劫。這位泳壇明星對8月14日的搶劫案作了繪聲繪色的描述，說盡管槍抵着他的額頭，他也拒絕趴下。

But when police began to investigate, the evidence appeared to tell a different story. Rio's civilian police chief Fernando Veloso has now ruled out any possibility that the crime occurred. He told reporters that one or more of the athletes had instead vandalised a toilet in a petrol station and then offered to pay for the damage. The Americans paid and left after armed security guards intervened, he said. One guard had justifiably drawn his gun after one of the swimmers began behaving erratically, Mr Veloso added.

但當警方開始調查後，證據表明的卻似乎是另一回事。里約民事警察局長維羅索現在排除了搶劫案發生的任何可能性。他對記者說，反而是這幾個運動員中一人或更多人故意破壞加油站中的廁所，然後被要求賠償損失。他說，武裝保安介入後，這幾個美國人付了錢離開。維羅索還說，一名保安正當拔槍，因爲其中一名運動員開始表現怪異。

The US Olympic Committee (USOC) statement confirmed Mr Veloso's version of events, and added that "the behaviour of these athletes is not acceptable, nor does it represent the values of Team USA".

美國奧委會（USOC）發表聲明，證實維羅索警長版本的事件真相，並表示，“這些運動員的行爲不可接受，也不代表美國隊的價值觀念。”