The Dutch beach volleyball player who served time in prison after he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl in England has won his second match at the Paris Olympics.

Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who served time in prison after he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl, won his second match at the Paris Olympics and received an even harsher reaction from the crowd on Wednesday than for his first match.

  • Humanius@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    So they can bitch that people booed, but he won’t acknowledge the reason is he raped a literal child?

    Mathew Immers is not the guy who raped the child. That is Steven van de Velde.
    Immers is van de Velde’s beach volleyball partner.

    • killingspark@feddit.orgEnglish
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      3 months ago

      He is complaining that the crowd booed his partner. The partner he chose to play with. But he won’t recognize that the reason the pair is being booed is that one of the partners is a child rapist. I think it’s fair to think that that is bad.