‘The world is watching’: Lauren Book launches petition to ban convicted pedophiles from Olympics
In a move that should make everyone wonder why it’s not the policy already, Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book of Davie has launched a petition demanding that the International Olympic Committee (OIC) ban convicted pedophiles from participating in the Olympic Games.
The reason: Convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde, a 29-year-old Dutch beach volleyball player who served prison time for having sex with a 12-year-old when he was 19, has been allowed to compete in the Paris Olympics.
More on that later.
Book, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who founded the nonprofit Lauren’s Kids to combat the crime, said that regardless of national borders, “we must send a clear and unequivocal mes...
