Good Samaritan Says Olympic Swimmers Begged 'No Police'

— -- A Good Samaritan who tried to intervene in a scuffle between four U.S. Olympic swimmers and security guards in a gas station in Brazil said the athletes begged not to call police, according to a statement given to police.

Fernando Deluz, a DJ, said that he was leaving a party on Aug. 14 when he passed a gas station where the Olympians -- Ryan Lochte, James Feigen, Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger -- had stopped.

According to the statement, translated from Portuguese, Deluz said he was told by a gas station attendant that four men urinated on the floor and broke an advertisement.

At some point, Lochte and Bentz tried to get away, but security guards managed to hold onto the other two athletes, the statement said. Shortly after, Lochte and Bentz returned and the guards drew their weapons, the statement said.

Deluz -- who decided to intervene when he saw the guards having trouble communicating with the athletes -- said in the statement he asked the men to calm down and Bentz asked "how much money" and "no police please."

The gas station employee said that he thought 100 Reals would cover the damage, according to Deluz's statement and Deluz passed that message on to the athletes.

After that, Bentz took $20 from his wallet and two 50 Reals notes and the money was passed on to the gas station manager, the statement said.

"Bye, bye friends that's OK," Deluz said to the men and the athletes left, according to his statement.

Lochte had claimed that he and the other athletes were robbed at gunpoint, which sparked outrage amid questions about the level of security Brazil was able to provide during the games.

Brazilian police questioned the narrative and said the athletes weren't robbed or victims. Rather they said that one or more of them vandalized a bathroom at the gas station.

Conger and Bentz have given public statements appearing to cast Lochte's original narrative into doubt.

Brazilian police had recommended Lochte and Feigen be charged with filing a false report, but Feigen paid approximately $11,000 to a charity to avoid prosecution.

Lochte has apologized for his behavior, but maintains that he and his teammates were frightened when they had a gun pulled on them.

He did admit in an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer, that he "over-exaggerated" the story and appears to have known at the time that they were paying money for the damage they caused -- not being robbed.

"It's how you want to make it look like. Whether you call it a robbery, whether you call it extortion or us paying for the damages like, we don't know," Lochte told Lauer. "All we know is there was a gun pointed in our direction and we were demanded to give money."