I'm not condoning his actions, but it sounds like they had a little too much to drink (who hasn't been there?) and in the aftermath of an embarrassing scuffle with security guards (and some damage to a gas station), concocted a story. They all tried to leave at the times when they had made plans to do so well before the incident. I'm sure none of them thought the shit would hit the international media fan like it did, and he was already back home before it did. There was no real crime committed (vandalism I guess, but compared to the rest of that town/country, maybe not so much)...nobody was hurt. A public apology, paying to fix whatever was broken at the gas station, and time will make this all go away well before the next Olympic Games.