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.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I think it is important to distinguish the innocent partner here

    Then he can stop bitching that people are booing his partner who raped a fucking 12 year old.

    Pick a lane, “no comment” or acknowledge what he did and ask for forgiveness.

    This is literally the Dutch team complaining that people are booing, and refusing to acknowledge an incredibly valid reason why it’s happening.

    Fuck em both.

    Like you said, it’s a small population of players. Even if this guy was #1 in the Netherlands, if #2 thru 25 said they won’t play with a child rapist, the child rapist wouldn’t be on the team.

    Don’t get me started on the poor kid whose life was never the same again, having all this trauma dredged up and shoved back in her face. There’s nothing about this that doesn’t suck.

    You think she forgot till now?

    You think she doesn’t know his name?

    Why is the issue talking about how he’s a child rapist and not that the child rapist is in the goddamn Olympics?

    Quick edit:

    It’s shitty either way. He abandons his dream because of someone else’s actions; or he chases them and becomes collateral damage.

    We don’t call people heroes for doing the right thing because it’s easy and sacrifice free.

    But we do call people shit bags for doing the wrong thing for personal gain/glory.

    Which is what we’re doing here.

    Except you, you’re out here complaining people booed a guy who raped a 12 year old.

    Why?