By New York Post (World News) | Created at 2024-12-16 08:00:08 | Updated at 2024-12-16 10:39:10
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The mother of the South African model murdered by former Olympic and Paralympic sprint legend Oscar Pistorius has a chilling warning for his new girlfriend.
“He was angry – and he still has a problem with anger,” June Steenkamp, 78, mother of his former girlfriend, told The Sun on Sunday.
The disgraced Olympian, 38, was convicted in 2014 of the shooting death of her daughter, model, and law graduate Reeva Steenkamp, 29, at his South African home on Valentine’s Day 2013.
He was released in January but was placed on strict parole and must abide by certain rules.
Since his release nearly a year ago, Pistorius has reportedly found love again, according to the South African newspaper Netwerk24.
The outlet revealed that he is dating Rita Greyling, 33, a business management consultant from Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga, who is a long-term friend of the family.
Though details on their relationship are being kept private, sources close to the couple confirmed to Netwerk24 last week that they are romantically involved.
Steenkamp’s heartbroken mother has now spoken out since the news of her daughter’s killer’s new romance broke and wants his girlfriend to be wary of his “red flag.”
“I don’t understand how she doesn’t see a red flag about him because he has not lost his temper problem,” June told The Sun.
“He was supposed to be under anger management when he was in jail and at one stage I stopped him coming out because I was annoyed that he wasn’t having treatment.”
The mother said she and her husband, Barry, convinced parole chiefs to block the killer’s release twice over fears he still posed a threat.
June, who founded the “Reeva Steenkamp Foundation Against The Abuse of Women and Children,” said she still believes that Pistorius is “still a danger to women.”
“Reeva only knew him for three months and she was dead and he’s never confessed,” she shared.
“It’s not painful for me that he’s with this young woman — I’m just worried about her,” June added.
The Steenkamp family has always claimed Reeva was killed deliberately in a fit of temper after she fled to the bathroom of his home.
At his trial, Pistorius claimed he shot Steenkamp through the bathroom door of his luxury home because he thought she was a burglar.
Pistorius — once an international celebrity who became a household name in 2012 as the first double amputee to run in the Olympics — was initially sentenced to five years in jail for culpable homicide, but prosecutors appealed the light sentence, and he was re-sentenced to 13 years and five months.
The double amputee served over half of that sentence — only spending nine years behind bars.
Upon his release, he still insists he killed Reeva by mistake.
Since his release, Pistorius has been hidden away at his uncle’s fortified Pretoria compound.
The upscale property in the exclusive Waterkloof suburb has armed guards, electronic defenses, and reportedly several “attack dogs.”
“He is trying to rebuild his life in a low-key way and avoids bars and restaurants and the general public and is flying under the radar,” a source close to Pistorius said, according to Netwerk24.
“He is slowly trying to reintegrate into society, but that is being done through families that his family have been close to for decades.”
Pistorius will remain free on parole till 2029 and is subject to checks from the Department of Corrections at any time of day to check his residence test for alcohol and drugs.
The disgraced Olympian is also not allowed out of the immediate area without informing the local police force.
He is also barred from having any contact with Reeva’s family.
Three months after he was released from prison for killing his Reeva, Pistorius was spotted in public for the first time in April.
Now balding, his hair is completely gray. While he had previously gained weight in prison, Pistorius was noticeably thinner and had shaved off the bushy gray beard he had previously grown out, according to sources.
