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Okay Lyra, this is the best I could come up with:
Sept 2008
At Beijing Paralympics he didnt like the running vest and shorts supplied to him and wanted to go on the air and complain.
His roommate moved because OP was always shouting at people on the phone.
21 February 2009
Boating accident
10 March 2009
An accident happened on the N4 highway when a female friend of his knocked over and killed a pedestrian. OP prohibited press photographers from taking pictures of the scene. When they asked why he was quoted as saying Because I am Oscar Pistorius.
12 September 2009
Arrested for assault after slamming a door so hard that the top of it shattered and flying pieces injured a womans leg after he chased her from his house where he was having a party. The matter settled out of court.
28 October 2011
Incident at a concert where he was physically and verbally abusive to two women. He was very drunk.
May 2012
During workouts at the gym prior to the Olympics his swearing astonished mothers and children also using the gym.
2 September 2012
Suffered a shock loss in the final of the Paralympic 200m and lashed out at Alan Oliveira who beat him to the gold. He apologized the day after, not for what he said, but for the timing of it at the track right after the race in front of hordes of media.
September 2012
He was enraged upon returning home from London 2012 Olympics to discover that his girlfriend, Sam Taylor, had allegedly cheated on him. He approached Van der Burgh and swore at him about his relationship with Sam. At the time, Van der Burgh was sitting with numerous businessmen and was embarrassed by what happened. He then laid a charge of intimidation against OP.
The animosity escalated and Van der Burgh received numerous SMSes threatening him. Mark Batchelor heard about what had happened and began defending Van der Burgh. OP and Batchelor exchanged threats via SMS during which OP is alleged to have told Batchelor that he would break his legs.
September 2012
Fired his pistol out of a cars open sunroof after a heated argument with a police officer.
January 2013
Fired a gun under a table in Tashas Restaurant.
April 2013
On his first public outing since bail he attended the Kitchen Bar Restaurant, flirted with several women and inappropriately patted a friends girlfriend on the bottom.
Several years prior to 2013
Drove over a dog that darted in front of his car, breaking its back. He got out of his car and shot it in the head without speaking to the owner who was shouting and screaming, got in his car and drove off.
Feel free to delete any you're not interested in.
JMO
It seems to me that he had issues that were escalating over time.
Even before the boating accident he would shout out at people on the phone often enough to make his roomate move.
So I think he already had issues and they seemed to get worse over time.
And one other thing that seems very important is that alcohol does seem to make him worse and lose his temper much more easily.
Ive known people to be a "mean drunk" and OP falls into this category to me. He is very dangerous when drunk and I have no doubt alcohol was a contributing thing the night he killed her.
This is not an excuse for him at all since he surely was aware of his own conditions and he knew alcolhol fuels his bad behaviors.
Another post someone brought up mentioned that someone close to him was a witness to him promising to see a physichiatrist and never getting help. It seems that person could be a witness for OP admitting he needed help and refusing to get treatment. Not sure if that could be used to support the prosecution during this trial. It maybe something the PA may want to consider pursuing.
There are many tragedies about this case.
-The main one I see is poor Reeva's life being so easily snuffed out by an arrogant narcistic mean drunk with some disorders that he knew he had and he refused to get treatment for. And voluntarily fueling his issues with alcohol that he knows causes him to be much meaner.
-The other tragedies involve the terrible ending and dissolving of what would have been a "feel good hero type" story to give the nation something to cheer for and feel good about for years to come. OP single handidly destroyed that not only for himself, but more importantly destroyed it for his country.
Very few individuals in the entire world find themselves in the wonderful position and opportunity that OP found himself in as he began to rise and acquire fame. All that is now down the same toilet where he ended Reeva's life.
Peace
