And these Olympic Games in Paris, France get even more pathetic. In addition to the opening ceremonies and women’s boxing controversy, turns out we also have child rapists playing at the Olympics in Paris.. This one, named Steven van de Velde is a volleyball player for the Netherlands in latest Olympics disgrace. His victim was 12 years old at the time of the rape.
Van de Velde, who served time in prison for having sex with a 12-year-old girl, was heckled by the crowd every time he served at the Eiffel Tower Stadium.
It was the second time fans of the sport made their feelings known after the athlete, now 29, was given a cold reception upon his debut on Sunday.
His team, however, have been unapologetic about van de Velde taking part in the Olympics, saying ‘the past is in the past’ and that the matter should not be brought up at the Games.
Van de Velde was sentenced to four years in prison in Britain in 2016 following the rape of a 12-year-old girl two years earlier when he was 19.
Van de Velde spent 13 months in prison – one year in Britain and one month in the Netherlands – before being freed there after what he did was re-classified under Dutch law as a lesser offence of ‘committing indecent acts’ and his sentence was reduced.