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US Swimmer Lochte Mum on Returning to Brazil to Face Charges

by Associated Press

   NEW YORK --

   U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte isn't saying whether he'll return to Brazil to
   face a charge of filing a false police report over a gas station
   encounter during the Olympics.
   Lochte tells ABC's "Good Morning America" his legal team is dealing
   with the situation, adding "we're just trying to get this over with."
   Despite his current woes, Lochte was named Tuesday as one of the
   contestants on the upcoming edition of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."
   Lochte admits he lied about having a gun held to his head at a Rio de
   Janeiro gas station, where he and three other American swimmers had
   stopped to use a restroom. Lochte says he has offered to reimburse
   fellow swimmer James Feigen for a nearly $11,000 fine Feigen paid to
   resolve legal issues and leave the country.