Fans booed a Dutch beach volleyball player convicted of raping an underaged girl as he played his first match at the Paris Olympics.
Netherlands’ #01 Steven Van De Velde and Netherlands’ #02 Matthew Immers celebrate a point in the men’s pool B beach volleyball match between Netherlands and Italy during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris on July 28, 2024. Image: Luis TATO / AFP
Ju’Riese Colon, chief executive of the US-based Center for SafeSport, said she was “deeply concerned that anyone convicted of sexually assaulting a minor could participate” in the Olympics. Van der Velde served part of his sentence in Britain and was then transferred to the Netherlands, where he was eventually released and took up volleyball again in 2017.“There is a significant difference between receiving a second chance and being selected to represent your country at the Olympics,” said Sara Alaoui, founder of The Safe Space Club, a Netherlands-based NGO.
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