Steven van de Velde, a child rapist, will compete at the Olympics. Tell me again that accusations ruin men's lives? Lucy Morgan writes for Glamour UK.
This article references child sexual assault and rape. Steven van de Velde once dreamed of an elite sporting career. This dream was “shattered” in 2016 when he pleaded guilty to raping a then-12-year-old child two years before. He was given a four-year sentence but served only 12 months in a Netherlands prison. During the trial, his defence Linda Strudwick, declared, “He has lost a stellar sports career and has been branded a rapist It’s plainly a career end for him.
While the attack has certainly haunted his career – as he posted on Instagram last year 'If y'all still hate me for a mistake I made as a 17 year old please kiss my whole entire ass' – it's barely dented his popularity; he even won “Favorite Male R&B Artist” at the American Music Awards in 2022. Still think allegations ruin men's lives? Look to Johnny Depp. In 2020, he lost a libel case against The Sun, which referred to him as a “wife-beater”.
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