The South Carolina sheriff who investigated Michael Phelps after a photo emerged of the swimmer apparently smoking from a marijuana pipe is taking on critics with a dose of humor and sobering words.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says Michael Phelps deserves a second chance after being photographed with a marijuana pipe in South Carolina.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says Michael Phelps deserves a second chance after being photographed with a marijuana pipe in South Carolina.

A South Carolina sheriff is not going to charge swimmer Michael Phelps after a photo of the 14-time gold medalist showed him smoking from a marijuana pipe.

Lawyers representing 6 of the 7 college students arrested for marijuana possession in relation to the picture of Michael Phelps apparently smoking pot say the situation is changing and should be “resolved” soon. But attorneys Joe McCulloch and Dick Harpootlian won’t say what that means. WJBF News Channel 6’s Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps is in hot water for a picture that shows him smoking from a bong…alledgely pot, but now police are arresting some South Carolina students. ABC News’ Diana Alvear reports.

A Greenbrier High School student has been arrested and charged with taking pictures with a cell phone up a teacher’s skirt. Curtis James Pickard, 17, has been charged with that crime.

Indignant marijuana advocates are urging a boycott of Kellogg Co., including all of its popular munchies, for deciding to cut ties with Olympic hero Michael Phelps after he was photographed with a pot pipe.

Indignant marijuana advocates are urging a boycott of Kellogg Co., including all of its popular munchies, for deciding to cut ties with Olympic hero Michael Phelps after he was photographed with a pot pipe.

Michael Phelps says it’s fair for USA Swimming to suspend him for three months, the latest fallout from a photo showing the Olympic great inhaling from a marijuana pipe. Phelps has also lost his endorsement deal with Kellogg’s.

Defense lawyers say a South Carolina sheriff considering a marijuana charge against Michael Phelps may have a better chance of beating the Olympic champion across a swimming pool than of successfully prosecuting him.

Olympic champion Michael Phelps says he is going to have to live with the fallout from a photo of him smoking from a marijuana pipe. Phelps spoke to The Associated Press about the ordeal Wednesday outside the pool where he trains. The public comments were his first since the photo surfaced in a British tabloid over the weekend.