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Top 5 sports stars who went to prison: Mike Tyson, Oscar Pistorius, OJ Simpson and more | Off the field News - Times of India
Sports stars are often seen as role models, but even some of the biggest names in sports have had brushes with the law, leading to prison time. Here's a look at five renowned athletes who ended ...
The Times of India
3 days ago
Motorsport weekend wrap: Ducati wins constructors’ championship in MotoGP, Larson takes NASCAR playoffs lead
This weekend (September 21-22), Ducati secured its fifth consecutive Constructors’ World Championship after the Emilia-Romagna GP, courtesy of an-all Ducati top five. McLaren’s Lando Norris ...
Sportstar
4 days ago
The trial of Oscar Pistorius for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp and several gun-related charges (The State vs Oscar Pistorius) [1] [2] in the High Court of South Africa in Pretoria opened on 3 March 2014.
Jan 7, 2024 · An appeals court found Pistorius guilty of murder and not a lesser charge of culpable homicide for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp more than a decade ago in a Valentine’s Day, killing that jolted the world and shattered the image of a sports superstar.
- Apology. Oscar Pistorius took the stand on 7 April 2014 and began with an emotional apology: "I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to Mrs and Mr Steenkamp, to Reeva's family, to those of you who knew her who are here today… there hasn't been a moment since this tragedy happened that I haven't thought about your family.
- Vomiting. When a graphic photo of Ms Steenkamp's head wound was displayed on screens in the court without warning on 10 March, Pistorius retched repeatedly into a bucket.
- 'Zombie stopper' footage. Media caption, The court was shown a Sky News report showing Pistorius at a shooting range. The prosecution played a video clip on 9 April showing Pistorius shooting at a watermelon and remarking "it's not as soft as brains… but it's a zombie stopper".
- WhatsApp row. During testimony on 24 March, a police captain read out a text message sent by Ms Steenkamp to Pistorius weeks before she was shot. "I'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me and how you will react to me," she said.
Jan 5, 2024 · Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been freed on parole from a South African jail, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Officials confirmed Pistorius was "at home" on...
Dec 3, 2015 · Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder after a South African appeals court overturned an earlier manslaughter verdict. Pistorius killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp...
Jan 5, 2024 · A list of the major moments in the life of Oscar Pistorius, the South African double-amputee Olympic runner who was released from prison on parole Friday having served nearly nine years of a murder sentence for the 2013 killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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Sep 12, 2014 · In acquitting the world-famous athlete of murder on Friday, Judge Masipa ruled that Pistorius did not identify at the time that someone might die before he shot four times through a door into a small toilet cubicle, killing Reeva Steenkamp.
