r/facepalm • u/PrinceOfPunjabi • 5d ago

Why is he even allowed to compete? 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/MadNhater 5d ago edited 4d ago

Broke into her home and raped her 3 times at that. This is fucked up.

Edit: he didn’t break in. She invited him

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u/Soft-Leadership7855 5d ago edited 4d ago

Did not break into it, he was grooming her since she was 10-11 years old. He met her online, went to visit her to "meet his friend" when her mother wasn't home, gave the child alcohol to drink and then committed the crime. All 3 counts were from the same visit.

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u/One_Statement450 4d ago

The same visit but not all in one place, Van de Velde, who met the girl on Facebook, travelled from Amsterdam to the UK in August 2014. He raped the girl near Furzton Lake, and at an address in Milton Keynes.

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u/not-rasta-8913 4d ago

"I have been branded as a sex monster, as a paedophile. That I am not, really not."

Yes you are. Not branded, you are a paedophile. The mental gymnastics going on here. As for the coach letting him on the national team, I have no words. They chose a convicted paedophile to represent their country.

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u/simmonsatl 4d ago

I don’t think it works like that, there’s no coach letting him play. He’s part of a pair and they keep winning so he will qualify.