Volleyball player convicted of rape set for Olympics - A beach volleyball player who was jailed for raping a 12-year-old British girl is set to represent the Netherlands at the Paris Olympics.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c511yz5ze18o

A beach volleyball player who was jailed for raping a 12-year-old British girl is set to represent the Netherlands at the Paris Olympics.

Steven van de Velde, now 29, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after admitting three counts of rape against a child, which took place in August 2014.

Van de Velde, who met his victim on Facebook, travelled from Amsterdam to the UK and raped the girl at an address in Milton Keynes.

He was allowed to serve his sentence in the Netherlands but was released after just 12 months.

Van de Velde subsequently resumed his volleyball career and has competed in international tournaments since 2018 "following an intensive, professionally supervised trajectory" the Dutch Olympic Committee (NOC) said.

He has qualified for the Olympics in his national pair with partner Matthew Immers.

The Dutch Olympic Committee (NOC) told BBC Sport: "After his release, Van de Velde sought and received professional counselling. He demonstrated to those around him - privately and professionally - self-insight and reflection."

The NOC says Van de Velde's return to the sport met guidelines set by the Dutch Volleyball Federation (NeVoBo) in the organisation's "Guidelines Integrity Record", which sets out conditions for athletes to resume competing after conviction.

It says he has met "all qualification criteria for the Olympic Games".

In interviews with Dutch media previously Van de Velde said: "I can't reverse it, so will have to bear the consequences. It has been the biggest mistake of my life."

In a statement provided by the NOC, Van de Velde said: "In 2016 and afterwards, several Dutch media also paid attention to the story. I understand that in the run-up to the biggest sporting event in the world, this can attract the attention of international media."

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Dutch Volleyball Federation and the International Volleyball Federation have been contacted for comment.

He confessed to drugging and raping a 12-year-old girl. He was convicted in England for four years and then extradited back to the Netherlands, where they released him pretty much straight away and put him on the volleyball team.

He feels absolutely no remorse whatsoever and claims that he has been unfairly victimized.

Oh, and the Netherlands also has a law that makes it illegal to be mean to pedophiles after they've served their sentence. Yes, really.

 

[deerbeer]

What's wrong with Europe?

 

[Ghost of Biden]

Steven van de Velde

I don’t trust the Dutch.

 

[William Murderface]

There's male beach volleyball at the Olympics? Like the scene from Top Gun?

I wouldn't be his teammate, even if it meant I would miss the Olympics. I don't associate with sexual predators if I can help it.

 

[Brenda Holiday]

I wasn't aware there was male volleyball at the olympics
The only thing I remember about volleyball at the olympics is the cameramen liked to zoom in directly on the girls butts
Dunno if they do it still

 

[LaxerBRO]

Steven van de Velde, now 29, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after admitting three counts of rape against a child, which took place in August 2014.

Van de Velde, who met his victim on Facebook, travelled from Amsterdam to the UK and raped the girl at an address in Milton Keynes.

He was allowed to serve his sentence in the Netherlands but was released after just 12 months.

Europe had gone to fucking soft on criminals.

 

[TheySeeMeRowlin]

Europe had gone to fucking soft on criminals.

If you post something bigoted on social media, however, you will get a MUCH longer sentence under Dutch law. People in Europe are regularly sentenced to 10+ years in prison for bigoted online posts, while rapists and child molesters are given slaps on the wrists.

 

[World Famous Quasi Payer]

This is how they've been treating the mohammds and abduls. Why wouldn't they start treating the stevens this way?

 

[round robin]

Honestly the only surprising thing about this article is that the pedophile olympian isn't a troon.

 

[dick brain]

What's wrong with Europe?

A fucking lot.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

I was sure this would be a Muslim.

I wasn't aware there was male volleyball at the olympics
The only thing I remember about volleyball at the olympics is the cameramen liked to zoom in directly on the girls butts
Dunno if they do it still

No since they have hijabis playing.



This pic is famous for a reason.

 

[Battlefield2142EU]

To be fair. It’s a fitting representation of Europeans.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

Nobody convicted of raping children should be in the Olympics to begin with since they shouldn't be released from prison period.

 

[JosephStalin]

Anita, please warm up the helicopter. You're flying left seat. Diane, please fly right seat. Kira and Ana, please assist Jerry, the crew chief, after the rest of us have completed the special processing.

 

[Dagoth AMOGUS]

Isn’t rape legal in most of Europe anyway?

 

[Ghost of Biden]

Isn’t rape legal in most of Europe anyway?

Only if you weren’t born there.

 

[Toji Suzuhara]

Only if you weren’t born there.

Steven van de Velde doesn't strike me as foreign, to be honest.

Isn’t rape legal in most of Europe anyway?

One could say that it depends on the perspective, but it is easier for it to happen, that's undeniable

 

[Thiletonomics]

I wasn't aware there was male volleyball at the olympics
The only thing I remember about volleyball at the olympics is the cameramen liked to zoom in directly on the girls butts
Dunno if they do it still

No since they have hijabis playing.

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This pic is famous for a reason.

Indoor Women's Volleyball also used to feature women wearing bloomer shorts, and some National Teams (Cuba and Greece) even worse one-piece swimsuit like uniforms:



And it's definitely not a coincidence that engagement went down (?) when those uniforms were replaced with boring shorts instead.

 

[Overly Serious]

If you post something bigoted on social media, however, you will get a MUCH longer sentence under Dutch law. People in Europe are regularly sentenced to 10+ years in prison for bigoted online posts, while rapists and child molesters are given slaps on the wrists.

Case in point, the poor woman in Germany who criticised gang rapists and was sent to prison for it. They 'let her off' with just a few days in prison because they pushed her into pleading guilty. But those few days in prison - as well as being wrong in themself - were also more than the rapists got:

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/germany-woman-convicted-of-offending-migrant-gang-rapists-receives-longer-prison-sentence-than-the-rapists.194333/

Also, got to echo @William Murderface 's sentiments: If you were another athlete, how could you bring yourself to play on the same team as this guy. I would refuse.

 

[The Gene Genie]

Genuine question: why is Europe soft on any crime except invented hate crimes and bad opinions? I get that the regime must exert control over narrative and thought so I understand the coming-down-hard on thought crimes, but this Hollander isn’t even a token negroid, so what gives?