It only took a few days before the U.S. swimmers’ house of cards collapsed, with the truth coming out — they weren’t robbed after all. Two days after Ryan Lochte flew home to the U.S., Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were removed from their plane and asked to remain in Brazil for questioning, according to Variety. (At the time of that report, it was unclear whether the fourth swimmer, Jimmy Feigen, was still in the country or not.) It was clear that the jig was up, and on Thursday, August 18, Brazilian police officials revealed that the athletes, drunk out of their minds after hours of partying, were shown on security video footage wreaking havoc in the station’s bathroom.

As cited by The New York Times, the station’s owner told reporters that the swimmers broke a soap dispenser, tore down a sign, damaged one of the bathroom doors, and to top it all off, relieved themselves on the premises. Rio de Janeiro Civil Police chief Fernando Veloso noted that the then-32-year-old Lochte, the group’s “elder ringleader,” was “really worked up” at the time the shenanigans were taking place.

Interestingly, the video footage showed a security guard at the gas station brandishing a gun; the Times suggested the swimmers might have been of the impression that they were “being pressured to hand over their money.” However, Veloso stressed that there was no evidence of an extortion attempt, as it was far more likely that the guard was trying to prevent four large and unruly young men from ramping things up and resorting to violence.