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Child Rapist Cries After Being Booed at Paris Olympics

‘TOO FAR’

Steven van de Velde said he’d asked himself if taking part in the tournament was “worth it.”

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

Breaking News Editor

Netherlands volleyball player and convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde cries while speaking to the media about being booed during the Paris Olympics.
Ramon van Flymen/ANP via Getty Images
Dan Ladden-Hall

Dan Ladden-Hall

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