Ryan Lochte faced controversy for his legal troubles in Brazil and his part in the Rio robbery lie. Apparently two individuals were so angry, they ambushed him during the live premiere of Dancing With The Stars.
Thankfully, no one got hurt when the two protesters stormed the stage. The protesters were screened as normal audience members and didn’t seem at all suspicious until they tore off their normal clothes to reveal shirts reading “No Lochte.”
The scene unfolded off-camera but DWTS quickly cut to commercial. Several audience members managed to capture what happened on social media, and additional footage shows the protesters being tackled to the ground and the audience clapping as they were escorted off set.
Watch the ambush in the Twitter footage below.
WATCH: "They had dressed appropriately and had tore those away to reveal their shirts." – @Tom_Bergeron #DWTS https://t.co/xX6puwPQDF
— Good Morning America (@GMA) September 13, 2016
Producers who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter said, “Two individuals stormed the dance floor tonight and were immediately subdued and escorted out of the building. The matter is now being handled by the authorities.”
The two men, identified as Sam Satoodeh and Barzeen Soroudi, were arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor trespassing. They were detained by security until police took them into custody.
