US Olympic swimmer Jimmy Feigen will pay $11,000 (€9,720) to a Brazilian charity to settle a dispute over what police called a fabricated story about him and his team-mates being robbed at gunpoint during the Rio games, ABC News reported.
The announcement was made by Feigen's lawyer, 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.
ABC said the dispute would be settled, his passport returned, and Feigen would be allowed to leave the country once payment was made to the Reaction Institute charity.
The US Olympic Committee issued an apology over the incident.
It confirmed police accusations, including that one of the swimmers had vandalised a petrol station after the group stopped there to use the bathroom during a taxi ride back to the Athletes' Village from a late-night party in the city.
The USOC said it would further review the incident and assess any potential consequences for the athletes.
USA Swimming said it could also take possible action.
Meanwhile, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has set up a disciplinary commission for the four swimmers, an IOC official said this evening.
The commission will investigate the affair and could sanction the athletes if they considered their behaviour violated the Olympic charter in some way.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has set up a disciplinary commission for United States swimmer Ryan Lochte and his three team mates after they were found to have lied about an armed robbery during the Rio Olympics, an IOC official told Reuters on Friday.
The commission will investigate the affair and could sanction the athletes if they considered their behaviour violated the Olympic charter in some way.
