Oscar’s ex: ‘It could have been me’

Written By Unknown on Senin, 15 September 2014 | 20.01

The ex-girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius has told how the Olympian made her fear for her safety with his possessive and threatening behaviour. Courtesy: ACA

Scared ... Samantha Taylor, the former girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius, says his erratic and violent behaviour made her fear for her safety. Source: Supplied

THE ex-girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius has told how the Olympian made her fear for her safety with his possessive and threatening behaviour.

In an interview aired tonight on Nine's A Current Affair, Samantha Taylor, 20, told of her 18-month relationship with the convicted killer and says "it could have been me".

Ms Taylor revealed details of her volatile relationship with the Blade Runner, describing his expression during one rage-fuelled incident as "pretty evil".

"It was like, 'I really hate you right now'," she said.

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She said the heavy-drinking athlete — who had "a short fuse" — bit her and locked her up in his house while he went out.

Shocking ... a police image shows Oscar Pistorius standing in his house in Pretoria after shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

The star athlete was initially charming and caring, bombarding her with loving text messages, Ms Taylor said.

She was just a Johannesburg schoolgirl and he was aged 23 when they met at a rugby match in 2010 and their relationship quickly became serious.

The photogenic couple were South Africa's answer to Posh and Becks — before, Ms Taylor said, the Olympian showed his dark side.

He's got issues ... Oscar Pistorius's temper was out of of control, says ex-girlfriend Samantha Taylor. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images

"He's got so many deep-rooted issues ... all those issues, they catch up with you," she said.

Ms Taylor said their relationship never recovered after a terrifying incident at a traffic intersection while Pistorius was driving.

The star athlete, she said, grabbed his gun from the glove compartment and fired it near her head, laughing at her reaction.

The couple's volatile union lasted for 18 months before he broke up with her — she believes he left her for Ms Steenkamp.

Before the verdict, Ms Taylor told talk show Good Morning Britain how Pistorius kept a gun "by his bedside or on the floor next to his legs".

She claims she hid his gun from him on one occasion as he had too much to drink.

Pretty evil ... Samantha Taylor says Oscar Pistorius subjected her to physical and mental abuse. Source: Supplied

"I didn't fear for my life in the sense that I thought he was going to hurt me, but I knew that there was a possibility having a gun around that it might go off," she said. "That's why I hid it."

Tragic beauty ... Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead on Valentine's Day 2013. Pistorius maintains he did not know she was in the bathroom. Source: Supplied

The disgraced Paralympian was found guilty in Pretoria last week of the culpable homicide — the South African equivalent to manslaughter — of Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013.

He is currently out on bail until his sentencing hearing begins on October 13.

Scared ... Samantha Taylor says she hid Oscar Pistourius's gun. Source: Supplied

In handing down the verdict last Friday, Judge Thokozile Masipa said the Blade Runner could not be convicted of Ms Steenkamp's murder, partly because "the accused did not entertain a genuine belief that it was not an intruder in the toilet."

Pistorius has always maintained he believed there was an intruder and he fired the shots in fear of his life — and did not believe Steenkamp was in the bathroom.


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