Ryan Lochte has confirmed he was held at gunpoint, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.

"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," he revealed to Billy Bush, hours after the incident occurred.

"They pulled out their guns, they told the other swimmers to get down on the ground," he explained. "They got down on the ground. I refused. I was like, 'we didn't do anything wrong, so I'm not getting on the ground.'"