Lochte originally claimed that a robber posing as a police officer held a gun to his forehead and demanded money

Witness in Ryan Lochte Incident Recalls Moment When Rio Guards 'Drew Their Weapon' on U.S. Swimmers

Ryan Lochte has apologized in attempts to move forward from the incident that will arguably define the Rio Olympics.

But new details are emerging about the night Lochte and his three U.S. swimming teammates Jack Conger, James Feigen and Gunnar Bentz were allegedly robbed at gunpoint.

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In an investigation conducted by USA Today Sports, it is evident there was a Portuguese-English language barrier. Fernando Deluz, a bilingual Brazilian witness, explained to the publication that he intervened after one of the Rio guards pulled a gun on the Americans.

“As soon as they drew their weapon, that’s when I got worried,” Deluz explained to USA TODAY Sports. “It was also so fast, and what I wanted was to resolve the situation.”

Deluz, who talked to police days following the incident, added: “If it hadn’t been for wanting to resolve that, if I hadn’t involved myself, I thought – the police chief told me, ‘Man, if you hadn’t gone there in that moment, a tragedy could have occurred.'”

Lochte confirmed his side of the story to NBC recalling that a robber posing as a police officer held a gun to his forehead and demanded money.

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Lochte later told PEOPLE he was confused during the incident, and truly thought he was being robbed. “I was going off their body language,” he said. “If we were both speaking the exact same language, we wouldn’t have argued, and things wouldn’t have gotten heated.”

Also in the investigation, Deluz described the U.S. swimmers as being “very altered. I can’t tell you if it was drinking or drugs,” specifically Lochte who “was the one who was most altered.”

Rio police accused Lochte and Feigen of filing a false police report, for which the pair could face up to six months in prison. Feigen paid $11,000 to be donated to a charity in order to not face charges. Bentz and Conger do not face charges but were pulled off a plane headed back to the U.S. for questioning.