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2024-08-15 19:56:59 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DC0FE6EE3959BAAABE5A62D2AC6E54FFE99D0C0D0BD6797A71ED9D0631E92C7E
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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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