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No Shame: A BEACH volleyball player jailed for raping a Brit girl has broken his silence and shamelessly wept after being booed at the Olympics… See more.
NO SHAME Olympic child rapist Steven Van de Velde breaks silence & shamelessly weeps after getting mercilessly booed at games
The disgraced athlete had been previously slammed after clinching his spot at the Par
He was 19 when he met with the girl in 2014.
Van de Velde later received a four-year prison sentence in 2016 after confessing to three counts of rape.
But the beach volleyball player returned to prominence after clinching his spot at the Paris Olympic Games.
The now 30-year-old qualified alongside his partner Matthew Immers, who are now the 11th-ranked team in the world, The Telegraph reports.
But Van de Velde did not get a warm welcome in the French capital as he was booed by the crowds and wept during a press conference.
The disgraced athlete revealed he considered skipping this year’s Olympics after shamelessly attacking the media for reporting on his case.
He said: “I definitely thought about it, yes.
“I did something wrong, ten years ago. I have to accept that.