During the homicide trial of Reeva Steenkamp, Oscar Pistorius was portrayed as a jealous, possessive, and trigger-happy boyfriend
And backing up that declare is Gina Myers, one of the best good friend of murdered mannequin who was shot and killed by the previous Paralympian on Valentine’s Day, 2013.
The make-up artist and actuality TV star shared her views about Pistorius within the third and ultimate instalment of My Name Is Reeva, the gripping M-Net documentary that ended on Thursday evening.
Pistorius is presently serving his 13 years and five-month sentence for the tragic incident which rocked South Africa and the world.
The 35-year-old maintains that he mistook Reeva for a burglar at his Pretoria dwelling. However, witnesses and people near the couple have painted a unique image of their relationship.
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‘OSCAR PISTORIUS WAS AGGRESSIVE, IRRESPONSIBLE’
During the high-profile trial, the state revealed a facet of Oscar Pistorius that many outsiders had been unaware of. And that was his “obsessive” and “intense” persona.
Oscar met Reeva in late 2012, and one in every of their first appearances collectively was on the SA Sports Awards, the place the mannequin accompanied the athlete as his plus-one.
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Speaking within the documentary, the style trade star mirrored on a number of events the place Pistorius unashamedly “stalked” Reeva throughout their relationship.
Gina recalls how on one event she and Reeva attended rapper Da LES’s All White Party at his Bryanston dwelling, when Pistorius randomly drove by.
She mentioned: “At the time him calling her and being obsessive wasn’t really a warning, I never experienced that kind of intensity before. So I just thought he really liked her
“He drove past the party, which was weird. He just decided to take a drive past the house. This is how the word ‘stalker’ came to pass…it was a running joke”.
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Gina additionally recalled one other event when Oscar “carelessly” left his gun mendacity round. This, while a gaggle of associates had been out and about.
She continued: “I know he’s aggressive and I know he’s irresponsible with his gun”. She added: “Was it that gun he used to kill her? Who leaves their gun just lying around?”.
Another good friend of Reeva Steenkamp; her Ice Models reserving agent good friend Charleen Hoffmann shared comparable views.
Hoffmann revealed how at one red-carpet occasion the couple attended, Pistorius blew up at Reeva following an argument. “He had a very explosive temper and that’s not what Reeva was used to”, she mentioned.
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THE TRIAL AND THE ‘TRUTH’
Gina Myers shared a second of how a good friend of Pistorius known as him the day after Reeva’s homicide. And the dialog was unnerving.
She mentioned: “I asked him: ‘Do you think he [Pistorius] did it?’. And he said to me: ‘Gina, I’ve been shooting with him and he knows exactly what he does when he’s shooting. The aim is perfect”.
Of claims of whether or not she believes Oscar Pistorius’s account of what transpired on the evening of Reeva’s demise, Gina added: “I don’t think the truth came out in the trial. I don’t think that will ever happen”.
She continued: “She never once locked the bathroom door. She would only have run into a bathroom and locked herself out of fear.
“If Oscar really thought that someone was trying to break into his house, and he didn’t see Reeva there…obviously you try and find the person you love. None of it makes sense to me!”.
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REEVA’S EX- BOYFRIENDS
In the documentary, Gina Myers additionally talked about Reeva Steenkamp’s earlier boyfriends; businessman Warren Lahoud and rugby participant Francois Hougaard.
Of Reeva’s break-up with Warren, Reeva mentioned: “I was heartbroken for him and her.
“I wished that they had stayed together and that that was the person she ended up with”.