Dutch rapper Ali B (real name Ali Bouali), convicted in May of two rapes committed during his time as a jury member on the television show The Voice of Holland, appeared as a keynote speaker at a business networking event in Vinkeveen (a town near Amsterdam) on Thursday. Speaking under his full name rather than his stage persona, he addressed entrepreneurs on why talented business people fail to break through; tickets cost €49. His conviction carries a three-year prison sentence, but B has appealed to the Supreme Court and was permitted by the court to remain free while the case is pending — a situation the lawyer for one of his victims described as legal but deeply upsetting to their client.