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2024-08-14 22:43:23 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D2E57B0A0C9FB4B8501F2372F6B3059E3972EE38E4A459B0596F2E9A98E45BF4
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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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