Nobody knows whether Ryan Lochte and the American swimmers were robbed, not even Brazilian police

It’s been four days since Ryan Lochte claimed he was robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro, and no one seems to know what actually happened. Now, local courts are stepping in to clear up the confusion about the much-publicized crime.

Brazilian judge Keyla Blanc banned Lochte from leaving the country on Wednesday after questions about his recounting of the robbery began to arise. That judgment will be hard to enforce, however. Lochte left the country on Tuesday. A pair of Lochte’s teammates had not left the country, however, and were pulled off the plane as they were about to fly out of Brazil, according to NBC Sports.

Lochte told reporters he was robbed at gunpoint on Sunday, August 14 after leaving the French team’s hospitality house to return to the Olympic village. “We got pulled over, in the taxi, and these guys came out with a badge, a police badge, no lights, no nothing just a police badge and they pulled us over,” Lochte told the Today show. “And then the guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said, ‘Get down,’ and I put my hands up, I was like ‘whatever.’ He took our money, he took my wallet — he left my cellphone, he left my credentials.”

However, Rio de Janeiro police claim they have no evidence such a crime took place. Neither Lochte nor the other American swimmers who were robbed filed a police report afterward. Brazilian police have been unable to locate any witnesses from the early morning assault. They also struggled to piece together the swimmers’ account of the robbery, which lacks key details like the location and time it took place. Lochte and his teammates contend they were intoxicated after celebrating the end of the indoor swimming events and unable to remember many of the night’s details.

The Americans’ story has been a subject of debate at the 2016 Summer Olympics. International Olympic Committee (IOC) director of communications Mark Adams denied the report as plainly as he possibly could after news broke on Sunday, simply saying it was “not true” and pointing to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) as his source. The IOC and USOC then reversed course around the same time Lochte’s mother confirmed the story to USA Today, releasing a statement about the robbery

Brazilian state officials have more questions after the much-publicized crime, which led to the warrant barring Lochte’s departure. Despite the court order, USOC Spokesman Patrick Sandusky suggested his team’s athletes aren’t in trouble with local authorities. “There was no effort to detain anyone, but police did have further questions this a.m.,” Sandusky said. “It is a matter for our consulate and U.S. citizen services, and we will continue to cooperate with all involved.”