HOME OF RIO OLYMPICS CHIEF SEARCHED BY POLICE

Federal police searched the house of the president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee on Tuesday and issued a warrant forcing him to testify in an investigation into bribery surrounding the awarding of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. Police said detention warrants had been issued for

Carlos Nuzman and his associate,

Arthur Cesar de Menezes Soares

Filho. An AP photographer saw Nuzman leaving his house accompanied by his lawyer. Police were also seen removing suitcases, documents and a computer. Nuzman’s lawyer, Sergio

Mazzillo, told reporters outside Nuzman’s house that his client would cooperate but was innocent of any wrongdoing. A police statement said authorities were investigating an international corruption scheme that involved the buying of International Olympic Committee votes for the awarding of the 2016 Games. In total, 11 detention warrants were issued for people in Brazil and France in what police dubbed “Operation Unfair Play.” Nuzman, 75, was an IOC member for 12 years. He is now an honorary IOC member and part of the 2020 Tokyo Games commission, which advises organizers how to run the event.