Evidence is mounting against Lochte’s claims after a Brazilian police official told the Associated Press on Thursday that Lochte’s teammates Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz admitted Lochte’s story was a lie.

The official said Lochte and his teammates made a stop at a gas station in a suburb of Rio early Sunday morning and the swimmers broke a bathroom door. The gas station owner told a Brazilian newspaper that the swimmers vandalized his property by urinating on a side wall of the building. A security guard, who was armed, showed up shortly after, but the police official told the AP the guard never touched or aimed his weapon at the athletes. The official also said surveillance video showed one of the swimmers fighting with a security guard at the gas station. Police told ABC News the swimmers eventually paid around $50 in cash for the damage.

“Unfortunately, the swimmers told one lie after another,” a Brazilian police official told The New York Times. “We’ve been able to determine that there was no armed assault.”

On Wednesday, a judge ordered to seize Lochte’s passport but the swimmer had already returned to America. The two other swimmers, Conger and Bentz, were prevented from flying back home Wednesday night and instead were detained by Brazilian officials.

Despite the damage the swimmers have done, Mario Andrada, a spokesman for Rio 2016, said they should be absolved of their wrongdoing.

“Let’s give these kids a break. Sometimes you take actions that you later regret. They are magnificent athletes. Lochte is one of the best swimmers of all time. They had fun. They made a mistake. It’s part of life. Life goes on. Let’s go,” Andrada said during a briefing on Thursday.

Twitter users have called out how deeply the fallout of this story reeks of white privilege. Could you imagine any official calling a 32-year-old black man in Lochte’s shoes just a “kid” who was having “fun”?

Some people made pointed, powerful, observations about the way gymnast Gabby Douglas was scrutinized over her actions and appearance compared to how Lochte’s being treated.

Here’s a dose of what some on Twitter had to say about the glaring role white privilege plays in Lochte’s latest puddle of mess:

white privilege is going to a foreign country, peeing on a business's floor & kicking in a door, & then saying YOU were robbed #LochteGate — Gabe Bergado (@gabebergado) August 18, 2016

Insulting how Gabby Douglas(20) was being told she needs to fix her attitude in Rio, but #LochteGate and crew are all "kids" who got rowdy.🙄 — Lea (@_MissLeandra) August 18, 2016

If Black athletes pulled that #LochteGate stunt, the headlines would read "Black Lives Matter Thugs Caused Terror At The Olympics" — Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) August 18, 2016

So y'all wanna defend @RyanLochte, but got mad at @gabrielledoug because she didn't have her hand to her heart during the pledge #LochteGate — Sāvion (@SavionWright) August 18, 2016

Gabby Douglas was destroyed for hand placement. He pisses on a business and blames a country, and people are making excuses. #LochteGate — Anthony Dominic (@tmzanthony) August 18, 2016

Curious how "kids will be kids" applies to willful destruction of property in #LochteGate, but not to Tamir Rice playing alone in a park. 🤔 — ☔️ April ☔️ (@ReignOfApril) August 18, 2016

4 white guys lie about brown people robbing them to cover up their own crimes. This is unheard of! #LochteGate #LochteRobbery — Santos (@KillerCorgi) August 18, 2016

pls file this #LochteGate garbage w/the countless times in history that ppl w/racial privilege accused blk & brown ppl of committing a crime — Wendi Muse (@MuseWendi) August 18, 2016

#LochteGate is prime example of white privilege. Go 2 a developing country, act a fool and blame some1 else. Perfect representative 4 the US — Je Suis Akàtà (@Edges_N_Paris) August 18, 2016