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Dutch Child Rapist Wins Olympic Beach Volleyball Match Despite Crowd Booing

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Dutch athlete Steven van de Velde raped a 12-year-old girl and remains on the UK sex offenders list but is now free to compete in the Paris Olympics

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Steve van de Velde gesturing towards the camera on a beach volleyball court
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Ben Sherwood

Ben Sherwood

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