Lochte-gate
During the 2016 Rio Olympics, four members of the U.S. swim team – Ryan Lochte, Jimmy Feigen, Jack Conger, and Gunnar Bentz – claimed they had been robbed at gunpoint by men who said they were the police. The story dominated the news media. It later emerged, however, that the swimmers had vandalized a gas station, and the men with guns were actually security guards trying to intervene. There was video footage confirming this version of events. Because of his lying, Lochte lost all of his commercial sponsors. All four swimmers were suspended from competition.