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He raped a 12-year-old a decade ago. Now, he’s at the Olympics

Van de Velde, a Dutch volleyball player, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after admitting three counts of rape against a child
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Steven van de Velde will step into a picturesque sand court near the base of the Eiffel Tower on Sunday to meet his long-held ambition of becoming an Olympian.

And to let him represent the Netherlands at the Paris Games, the Dutch Olympic Committee agreed that he should stay outside the athletes’ village and not talk with media, who would certainly ask about his prison sentence for raping a 12-year-old girl when he was 19.

Van de Velde, 29, has been competing on the volleyball tour and in international competitions for several years, yet his selection to the Dutch Olympic team has prompted backlash and new attention to his troubling past.

The Dutch Olympic Committee and Dutch Volleyball Federation declined to make Van de Velde available and to comment to The Athletic beyond a statement that said in part that Van de Velde was included on the team “after careful consideration” and that he had “consistently met” their high standards. Van de Velde, approached as he arrived in Paris this week by a reporter from the Daily Mail, declined comment beyond the statements from the federation and committee.

Van de Velde was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after admitting that he had taken a cheap flight from Amsterdam to a small airport north of London in 2014 and had sex with a 12-year-old girl after they had talked online frequently for several months.

He was caught after he advised his victim to get a morning-after pill. Staff at a family planning clinic alerted the girl’s family and the police because of her age.
 
Do we have any Americans that didn't make teams, go over for other country teams? I think that was a big issue last winter Olympics and maybe summer.

That was so wrong, hope they put an end to it. A few used the "well my father's side was originally from Italy" or something like that. Most were just ringers brought on to other country teams, probably for pay.
 
Snoop Dog is the modern day Ben Franklin. Hanging out in France for the chill party atmosphere. Fo' shizzle.
 


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altmin said:
www.nytimes.com

He raped a 12-year-old a decade ago. Now, he’s at the Olympics

Van de Velde, a Dutch volleyball player, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after admitting three counts of rape against a child
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

Steven van de Velde will step into a picturesque sand court near the base of the Eiffel Tower on Sunday to meet his long-held ambition of becoming an Olympian.

And to let him represent the Netherlands at the Paris Games, the Dutch Olympic Committee agreed that he should stay outside the athletes’ village and not talk with media, who would certainly ask about his prison sentence for raping a 12-year-old girl when he was 19.

Van de Velde, 29, has been competing on the volleyball tour and in international competitions for several years, yet his selection to the Dutch Olympic team has prompted backlash and new attention to his troubling past.

The Dutch Olympic Committee and Dutch Volleyball Federation declined to make Van de Velde available and to comment to The Athletic beyond a statement that said in part that Van de Velde was included on the team “after careful consideration” and that he had “consistently met” their high standards. Van de Velde, approached as he arrived in Paris this week by a reporter from the Daily Mail, declined comment beyond the statements from the federation and committee.

Van de Velde was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after admitting that he had taken a cheap flight from Amsterdam to a small airport north of London in 2014 and had sex with a 12-year-old girl after they had talked online frequently for several months.

He was caught after he advised his victim to get a morning-after pill. Staff at a family planning clinic alerted the girl’s family and the police because of her age.
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Kick his butt out of the Olympics and out of France.
 
Not sure if it was on the American broadcast, but on the BBC one the can can dancers seemed to have no idea what they were doing.
 
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USA Women’s hoops opens against Japan at 3 pm ET (if I am reading the schedule right) on Monday.
 
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Water polo — Team USA is good. Flava Flav is the hype man in the crowd, the other attendees looked baffled.
 
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