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2024-08-14 09:13:07 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C169B3F6DA78A6FEE309BE86465D36CCEFE5CB56825CA4CE3F460D783963CE03
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Steven Van de Velde flew from Netherlands to UK to meet his 12-year-old victim after grooming her on Facebook. He was 19 when he met the girl in 2014, The Sun reports. Van de Velde later received a 4 year prison sentence in 2016 after confessing to three counts of rape. https://www.foxsports.com.au/olympics/olympic-child-rapist-steven-van-de-velde-breaks-silence/news-story/6419472349caca1ec72bd2b219714f3e
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