Steven is a Dutch Olympic volleyball player and is in the Dutch Olympic volleyball team.
Steven is also a convicted rapist. When he was 19 he raped a 12 year old girl. 3 times. He then returned to the Netherlands but was extradited back to the UK and pleaded guilty in 2016. He was sentenced to 4 years in prison.
When sentencing Steven, the judge said “Your hopes of representing your country as an Olympic athlete now lie as a shattered dream”. Plainly it is a career end for him.
He was then transferred to the Netherlands to serve out his sentence.
Here’s where things take a strange turn.
The sentence was adjusted in line with Dutch law, and the charge of rape was substituted for one referring of sexual acts that violate social-ethical norms.
Sounds like legalese doesn’t it?
After serving 13 months of his original four year sentence, he was released from prison.
Upon his release in 2017, Van de Velde complained about “the nonsense”
(n0n<ense?)
Reporting on his crime in the media Steven went on to claim that the term pdf file did not apply to him. Thus demonstrating zero remorse or regret for his actions.
Fast forward to 2024 and here he is representing his country in the Olympics.
So much for shattered dreams eh?
Getting away with it?
Nominated by Harold.