Former Springbok scrumhalf Francois Hougaard has opened up about the fallout after Reeva Steenkamp's death and the difficulties he had with the attention received during the trial of her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius. Hougaard currently plies his trade in the UK for the Worcester Warriors. It was widely reported after her death on Valentine's Day in 2013 that Hougaard had sent her an SMS shortly before her murder at the Paralympian's hands. "Everyone was saying I sent Reeva a message and that's why he shot her. Netwerk24 reported that he and Steenkamp had apparently seen each other on and off between October 2012 and early in January 2013.

Source: News 24 April 29, 2019 16:07 UTC