r/nottheonion • u/DerangedUnicorn27 • 6d ago

Convicted child rapist qualifies for Olympics

https://www.newsweek.com/steven-van-de-velde-dutch-beach-volleyball-olympics-1918442
19.3k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

1.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

1.3k

u/voicebread 6d ago

He groomed her online, TOOK A FLIGHT to meet her, and then raped her while her mother wasn’t home 

fuck this piece of shit, I wish him unimaginable agony 

0

u/bwmat 6d ago

Why does taking a flight make it worse? 

132

u/duchess_of_fire 6d ago

shows it was planned? like the difference between murder vs manslaughter

-1

u/bwmat 6d ago

Doesn't the grooming do that already? 

1

u/teh_fizz 5d ago

Yeah. And not all plans are the same? You can groom someone who lives down the street, or like this guy, groom someone in a other country, fly out when her parents aren’t around, get her drunk, then rape her three times.