This Guy Raped A 12-Year-Old Girl -- The Netherlands Got Him Out Of Prison And Are Sending Him To The Olympics
29.06.2024 - 01:53
/ perezhilton.com
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Well, forget any other 2024 Olympics controversies for now. This one takes the effing cake. Brace yourselves… but if you want to watch the events, you may have to bear witness to a known child rapist competing on the world’s stage!
Steven Van de Velde was convicted in 2016 of raping a 12-year-old girl. According to BBC reports at the time, this all took place in August 2014. The Dutch volleyball star was already 19 years old at the time, a grown man with Olympic prospects, when he met the British preteen on social media. Despite being aware of her age, Van de Velde traveled to her home in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, in the UK. He waited until her mother was away and went in and had sex with her, taking her virginity. He returned to the Netherlands, but he was eventually extradited and arrested by British authorities in January 2016.
He pled out, copping to three counts of rape against a child. He even admitted to his crimes in court. For his plea he did apparently get some measure of leniency. He was sentenced to just four years in prison. Here’s the thing, though… He only served ONE. He was released in 2017.
This isn’t a suspected child rapist or an alleged child rapist. This is on the record. Found guilty, even confessed. And yet, we learned this week, he has been chosen by The Netherlands to compete in beach volleyball under their flag this summer. What the actual eff.
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And before you ask, yes The Netherlands effing know. In a statement, Michel Everaert, general director of Nevobo, the Dutch Volleyball Federation, said:
Nevobo added:
Wait, he came back immediately?! Yep. So they say after his sentence,