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Team USA swimmer Gunnar Bentz, 20, has issued an apology for the controversial incident involving the claim that he and teammates Ryan Lochte, Jimmy Feigen, and Jack Conger were robbed at gunpoint at a gas station in Rio.

It was later found that the U.S. swimmers had reportedly vandalized the gas station.

Gunnar‘s apology was issued to his team, the U.S. Olympic Committee and his former university in a statement posted on the University of Georgia athletics website.

“While I am anxious to put this matter behind me and rejoin my Georgia teammates in classes, practices and competitions, I feel compelled to stress several key points,” Gunnar wrote.

“1. I was never a suspect in the case from the beginning (Brazilian law enforcement officials saw me only as a witness).
2. I never made a false statement to anyone at any time.”

“I also want to be forthright about the details of what transpired last Sunday. What follows is consistent with the account I gave to the Brazilian authorities when I was interviewed for the first and only time on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro.”

“After attending an event with several swimmers from different nations, I left in a taxicab along with U.S. swimmers Jack Conger, Jimmy Feigen and Ryan Lochte around 6 a.m. On the way back to the Olympic Village, we pulled into a convenience store to use the restroom. There was no restroom inside, so we foolishly relieved ourselves on the backside of the building behind some bushes.”

Click inside to read Gunnar’s full apology and account of what happened that night… More Here! »

The United States Olympic Committee has released a statement to confirm that Team USA’s swimmers did vandalize a gas station in Rio and to apologize for the incident.

“Two U.S. Olympic swimmers (Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger) have given statements to local authorities today regarding the incident first reported on Sunday, August 14, 2016. Their passports have been released and they recently departed Rio,” USOC CEO Scott Blackmun said in a statement. “After providing a statement earlier in the week, a third (James Feigen) provided a revised statement this evening with the hope of securing the release of his passport as soon as possible.”

“Working in collaboration with the U.S. Consulate in Rio, we have coordinated the athletes’ cooperation with local authorities and ensured their safety throughout the process, but we have not seen the full statements provided by Bentz and Conger,” The statement continued. “However, we understand that they describe the events that many have seen on surveillance video made publicly available today. As we understand it, the four athletes (Bentz, Conger, Feigen and Ryan Lochte) left France House early in the morning of August 14 in a taxi headed to the Olympic Village. They stopped at a gas station to use the restroom, where one of the athletes committed an act of vandalism. An argument ensued between the athletes and two armed gas station security staff, who displayed their weapons, ordered the athletes from their vehicle and demanded the athletes provide a monetary payment. Once the security officials received money from the athletes, the athletes were allowed to leave.”

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Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger head into the airport to catch a flight out of town on Thursday night (August 18) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Team USA swimmers were cleared to leave the country after they were pulled off their flight the night before and had their passports taken away from them.

WATCH: Security cam footage of the alleged robbery

The guys were pulled in for questioning to tell their version of events after claiming they were robbed at gunpoint while in town for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. They reportedly said that their teammate Ryan Lochte lied about what happened.

While Ryan is already back in the United States, their other teammate who was involved, Jimmy Feigen, remains in Brazil.

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Ryan Locthe‘s story of being robbed in Rio is under question and security camera footage of him and his teammates at the gas station has been released.

The 32-year-old swimmer and Olympic gold medalist says that he was robbed at gunpoint during a night out with teammates Jimmy Feigen, Jack Conger, and Gunnar Bentz, but authorities are not believing the story and the guys could be charged with filing a false police report if their story isn’t actually true.

Police say that a security guard pointed a gun at the swimmers after they vandalized a bathroom at the gas station.

Ryan is claiming that the video from the security cam that was released was also edited. Watch it below.

While Ryan is safely back in the U.S., Jack and Gunnar were both detained while trying to catch a flight out of town and Jimmy was questioned while still in Rio.

Brazilian police believe that Ryan Lochte fabricated the story about getting robbed at gunpoint last weekend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

According to AP, the 32-year-old swimmer and his teammates – Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz, and Jimmy Feigen – actually stopped by a gas station at around 6 a.m. and broke the bathroom door to get it open.

A security guard then confronted them about it with the store’s manager, and made them pay for the damage.

The guard was allegedly armed with a pistol, but “never took it out or pointed it at the swimmers.”

Jack and Gunnar, who who were pulled off their plane while heading back to the United States, reportedly told police that the robbery story was made up.

This story is still developing…

US swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger are escorted to police headquarters at the Galeo International airport very early Thursday (August 18) in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

The pair were already on their flight, which was set to depart on Wednesday (August 17), but were pulled from the airplane because more information was needed about an armed robbery case they reported.

Gunnar, Jack, and fellow American swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen claimed they were robbed at gunpoint in Rio over the weekend, but police have reportedly found no evidence to back up the story.

A judge ordered that Ryan‘s passport be seized, but he is already back in the United States.

Patrick Sandusky, United States Olympic Committee spokesperson, told People in a statement, “Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were detained Wednesday night shortly before their flight was scheduled to depart from Rio. They were released by local authorities with the understanding that they would continue their discussions about the incident on Thursday.” More Here! »

Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger were pulled from their flight while traveling home from the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics on Wednesday (August 17) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The U.S. Olympic swimmers were detained for police questioning in connection with the robbery that took place over the weekend with teammates James Feigen and Ryan Lochte, the L.A. Times reports.

“They’ve been completely non-responsive today,” a member of Team U.S.A. told People. “I don’t know that they knew how serious this was, and that they were about to start an international incident. The feeling was that this was Ryan‘s issue, because he was the one who had talked to police the most, but this is a big deal for all of them.

The source added, “Right now, we don’t know what’s going on, but this is serious. They’re in Brazilian custody right now, and that’s something that we have no control over.”

Police reportedly suspected the group’s robbery claim to be false. A judge issued their passports be seized.

Ryan is already back in the U.S. and left before the order was issued. This is a developing story.