Ryan Lochte protesters defend TV show ambush after arrest
LOS ANGELES — The protesters who ambushed Ryan Lochte on “Dancing with the Stars” are defending their actions after being released from jail.
Sam Satoodeh and Barzeen Soroudi were arrested on suspicion of misdemeanour trespassing and each held on $1,000 bail after the pair rushed the stage Monday to protest the Olympic swimmer on the ABC ballroom dancing competition.
“Our purpose is to get the message out that Lochte is a coward, a liar and under Brazilian law, a criminal,” Satoodeh told ABC News outside of jail Tuesday.
Soroudi added that he believed Lochte “embarrassed Americans on the world’s stage, and this was our form of protesting against that.”