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In 2014, a then-19-year-old Van de Velde traveled to Britain to meet a 12-year-old girl he’d met on Facebook, fully aware of her age. In 2016, he pleaded guilty to raping the schoolgirl and was sentenced to four years in prison. Van de Velde served 12 months behind bars in Britain before being transferred to the Netherlands where he was released a month later.

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 119 points 3 months ago

I saw dozens of articles on right-wing media about that woman boxer but none about this child rapist.

I wonder why.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 92 points 3 months ago

Now imagine how the 22 year old that he raped feels about seeing him in the news. No sympathy for the pedophile.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 72 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Booing is a step.

Shunning would be really nice.

Having him banned from traveling outside of the Netherlands, the country that gave him a one-year prison sentence for raping a 12yo old Is what I want.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 94 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

He served his year in England where he committed the crime and was sentenced to eight. The Netherlands got him extradited and then released him in less than a month. Everyone involved in their Olympic committee that allowed him to represent their country should be fired.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

The judge should be fired, and the whole olympic team that allowed this shoe-sole shitstain to come along with them.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 62 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Through tears, he mentioned a British tabloid article which included a picture of his wife. β€œThat’s when I broke down,” Van de Velde said. β€œI did something wrong, ten years ago. I have to accept that. But hurting people around meβ€”whether it’s [teammate Matthew Immers], my wife, my child... that just goes too far for me.

He didn't care about the kid he raped, or her family and friends and how he ruined her life. He only cared when a newspaper showed a picture of his wife. :/

Michel Everaert, the general director of the Dutch Volleyball Association (Nevobo), also claimed Tuesday that the booing Van de Velde faced had been instigated by British newspapers. β€œIt’s just organized,” Everaert said when asked about how the booing increased during the Games, according to the Brabants Dagblad newspaper. β€œThey stirred up the whole story, those English tabloids.

.... Is the Dutch government unfamiliar with Olympics coverage? Every Olympics, the athletes' histories get examined and shared with the public. Did they somehow expect that this would not be covered by the press?

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Maybe Austin Powers' dad was right about the Dutch

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

Jbfc, what a deluded and selfish POS. I hope more bad things happen to him. Hopefully, someone gives him a hard privilege check and he realizes this isn’t about him. Then maybe he can truly be sorry without people shitting on him.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 55 points 3 months ago

All of this could have been avoided if he chose not to be a child rapist.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 39 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Steven if you don't want to get booed for it just become a politician and run for president

[–] detinu@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago

Or you know, not have sex with 12 year old girls. That usually does the trick.

Fuck this asshole. I don't think his life should be over, but he shouldn't be representing his country anywhere. Shame on the Netherlands too for sending this rapist to the Olympics.

[–] Linktank 26 points 3 months ago

The daily beast is smoking crack if they think I'm going to turn off my adblocker for them.

[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Worst is that our national Olympics committee somehow still thought it'd be good to have him on the team.

[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago
[–] akincisor@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ! Even a child rapist gets someone to marry them? I think it's fair game for them to be tarred and feathered with him.

What is this lady's plan for when they have a girl?

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

No sympathy for the child rapist here, but his wife is innocent for all we know, no need to drag her into this.

Also, technically being a pedophile does not mean you are turned on by your own child, in the same way that being turned on by 20 year old women does not mean you are turned on by your own 20 year old daughter. Not defending the choice of having a child with a child rapist, just pointing out that incest and pedophilia are different crimes, and that there's nothing gained by conflating them.

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Child rape is bad enough on its own, but this dude is an athlete, he looks pretty good. He definitely had options among girls his own age. He still chose to rape a 12 year old. That means he wasn't just willing to do it out of desperation, he actively WANTED to do it.

[–] And009@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago

The scale goes even deeper