Surprisingly, the former Dutch soccer player, Johan Derksen admitted that he committed a sexual offense against a woman 27 years ago, given this, The Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office announced this Thursday that it has launched an investigation in order to do justice.
During a live broadcast of a sports program called Vandaag Inside, the now commentator of 73 years ago he confessed that he had penetrated an unconscious woman with “a candle” ago 50 years, this comment sparked laughter and jokes from the rest of the men on the show, something that was not taken well by public opinion.
Last Tuesday, Derksen reported that he and a Dutch goalkeeper were accompanied by two women when they were in the city of Veendam, in the province of Groningen, and that everyone was in such a state of intoxication that one of the ladies fell unconscious on a sofa.
“I remember and I am not nothing proud of it (…) That kind of thing happens when you’re young. She was sleeping unconscious on the sofa and there was such a big candle. We put it on and then we left”, said the former player, causing laughter among the men present.
Likewise, Johan Derksen continued talking about what happened and stated that “technically, a prosecutor can understand today as rape” what he and his partner did five decades ago. He also jokingly boasted that “now he would receive a prison sentence for that.” and pointed out that it is “completely inappropriate to address this issue, which is so extremely sensitive, in an atmosphere of laughter”. of a “penetration”, but “he had only placed the candle between her legs” when she passed out.
“I did things wrong when I was 24 years old and I’m sorry, and that’s also what I said before making the story public,” he stressed. “It is a sin of youth that I confessed, which made me vulnerable. I’m not proud of it, but I said what I said. It happened in the spirit of the times”, added Derksen.
Meanwhile, the Dutch government commissioner against harassment and sexual violence, Mariëtte Hamer questioned what the former soccer player reported and stated that his comments “ were upsetting and insulting” to other victims. In this sense, she indicated that her attempt to minimize the incident “does not change” the damage.
For her part, the Dutch Minister of Justice, Dilan Yeşilgöz, spoke out this Thursday and indicated that sexual violence “is not something to joke about” and, she added, “this is not normal and we all have to make sure to stop”.