This file photo taken on June 24, 2015 shows President of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) Patrick Hickey of Ireland speaking during an interview at the 2015 European Games in Baku.JACK GUEZ/AFP / Getty Images
OC executive Patrick Hickey was discharged Thursday from a hospital and went straight to a Rio de Janeiro police station to be questioned about an Olympics ticket scalping investigation.
The 71-year-old Irishman was arrested in a dawn raid Wednesday in the IOC hotel, but he immediately was hospitalized with chest pains.
The Olympic Council of Ireland told the Associated Press that a member of its Rio Games delegation was allowed to go to Hickey's bedside to be informed of his decision to step aside temporarily from his IOC duties.
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A member of the IOC's ruling executive board, Hickey was in charge of the influential umbrella group for Europe's Olympic bodies.
Hickey is facing charges of conspiracy, ticket scalping
and ambush marketing after allegations by Brazilian authorities that he was part of
a plot to make $3-million (U.S.) by illegally selling Rio Games tickets at more than face value.
Hickey was filmed Thursday being taken out of the hospital in a wheelchair.
"The Olympic Council of Ireland can confirm that Pat Hickey has been discharged from hospital and has been accompanied to a police station to complete a deposition," the Irish organization said in a statement.
There was no indication from authorities how long Hickey will be held.
The IOC told AP that it has stopped Hickey's $900-a-day per diem.
Some Irish tickets for the Olympics' opening ceremony with a face value of $1,400 were sold for $8,000, police said.