Convicted child r*pist Steven Van de Velde has sobbed in his first interview since the Paris 2024 Olympics where he was booed and jeered for his crimes when competing for the Netherlands at beach volleyball. The 30-year-old, who served just one year of a four-year sentence for r*ping a 12-year-old girl, has spoken for the first time since his controversial participation at this summer’s Games. He was found guilty of three counts of r*ping the child in Milton Keynes in 2014 but was selected because he was granted early release from prison and judged by national selectors to have paid his dues. But the beach volleyball player did not get a warm reception whilst competing in the French capital and was eliminated at the round of 16 stage with partner Matthew Immers on August 4. Nine days after his exit from the tournament, Van de Velde told a Dutch newspaper that he considered skipping the Olympics entirely and shockingly criticized the media for their reporting of the case. He told t...