Olympic Swimmer Klete Keller Sentenced to Home Detention for Capitol Riot Role

Judge Cites Potential Influence on Youth in Sentencing Decision

Olympic gold medalist swimmer Klete Keller was sentenced to six months of home detention, three years of probation, and 360 hours of community service for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Keller pleaded guilty in 2021 to a felony charge and was one of the first rioters to publicly agree to cooperate with authorities investigating the Capitol attack.
Federal Judge Richard Leon cited Keller's potential influence on young people as a reason for his sentence, suggesting Keller's time would be better spent speaking to teenagers and college students about his mistakes.
Keller's relatively light sentence was a rarity: Of the more than 200 defendants convicted of felonies stemming from their actions in the Capitol attack, only about a dozen have received sentences of home detention.
Keller won five medals, including two golds, while competing for the U.S. at three summer Olympics.