Ryan Lochte is the world's second most decorated swimmer, and living in a world where Michael Phelps also resides, this is a pretty big accomplishment. His 12 Olympic medals place him on a exclusive list of very elite athletes. But in the past week, Lochte has found himself in the spotlight (and not the good kind) for much more than his swimming career. The saga has continued to unfold and seems to be a unending story of strange twists.

Last week, Lochte began claiming that he and his teammates, Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger, had been pulled over by men posing as Brazilian police and robbed at gunpoint. When the allegations were first raised, Lochte's mother publicly agreed with her son's account, while the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) denied the incident. In the following days, Lochte continued to insist that his story was true -- as seen in his interview with NBC and Matt Lauer.

The IOC and USOC then acknowledged that they believed Lochte's testimony, with the IOC blaming a miscommunication with the USOC for their initial stance on the incident.

Lochte's story then began to change slightly every time he told it. He first said that the robbery occurred out of fear of being punished. He then began to change the description of how the weapon had been pointed at him, having first claimed it was held to his forehead but later changing it to the gun was held away from him -- as seen in another interview with NBC's Matt Lauer.

A surveillance video of the entrance of the athlete village was then released, showing the swimmers reentering with their phones, wallets, and watches on their persons. Lochte had specifically stated to Lauer that his wallet had been given to the men posing as police.

A judge ordered that the swimmers be brought in for questioning on Wednesday. When the order was released and a hold placed on passports, it was discovered that Lochte had already travelled back the to the U.S. Conger and Bentz were pulled off their planes while trying to return to the U.S. They were questioned by police, but were allowed to return home after giving statements.

At a news conference, Fernando Veloso, the Rio chief of police, began to tell us what actually happened in Rio that night. A very intoxicated group of swimmers entered a gas station and vandalized the men's bathroom. Due to a language and sobriety barrier, a disagreement took place that ended with the swimmers giving money to the owner of the gas station. The IOC and USOC then released apologetic statements in press conferences and on their websites.

Judges in Rio have yet to rule on whether or not the swimmers will be charged with making false claims or not. But Sunday night, Lochte said on his Instagram, @ryanlochte, "I wanted to apologize for my behavior last weekend -- for not bring more careful and candid in how I described the events of that early morning and for my role in taking the focus away from the many athletes fulfilling their dreams of participating in the Olympics."

Lochte has yet to take back the claim that he was robbed. Will there be more saga to unfold? Only time, and the Rio police/justice department will tell.