Steven van de Velde, the Dutch beach volleyball player who served time in prison for rape, received a mixture of boos and applause when he was introduced before his opening match on Sunday at the Paris Games.

Van de Velde was greeted with only a handful of boos when he first took the sand for warmups, but the hooting was louder for the more formal pre-match introduction. His teammate Matthew Immers – and all the other players appearing at the Eiffel Tower Stadium so far in the Summer Games – received nothing but cheers.

  • Flying SquidM
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    171 month ago

    They apparently forgave him the moment he stepped off the boat back when he got released.

    • @Visstix
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      181 month ago

      Well the people in charge of the olympic team at least… not the whole country. I only heard about this dude recently and he can fuck right off.

      • Flying SquidM
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        71 month ago

        I haven’t heard about any major protests in Amsterdam about them allowing a pedophile rapist on their Olympic team, have you?