It must have been downhill from where he is standing. The Olympic and paralympic athlete is said to be selling his upmarket Silver Woods home to fund his growing legal costs, said Brian Webber, a lawyer who is handling the property sale. Webber said that it is most likely that the murder trial where his client is indicted will continue long after the expected three-week term indicated by the South African state.
Pistorius is currently facing a murder charge for fatally shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his home on Valentine's Day last year, Times of India said. The athlete has since entered a not guilty plea, and is expected to testify soon.
"It has become necessary to sell Mr Pistorius' home in the Silver Woods Country Estate in Pretoria in order for him to raise the necessary funds to cover his increasing legal costs. Mr Pistorius has been funding his own defense from the outset. Due to the delay in finalizing the trial, the decision to urgently dispose of his single biggest asset, has had to be made."
Webber said that the house has long been turned over by the authorities to Pistorius after the investigation in the shooting incident, where the athlete claimed he shot Steenkamp thinking that she was an intruder in the early hours of the morning. Although there was a decision to keep the house sealed until after the trial, Webber said Pistorius had to reconsider. The decision to sell the house was easy for Pistorius as Webber said that his client no longer wishes to live there again.
The Times of India said that the trial, which started on March 3rd, was adjourned on Thursday and Friday for the national holiday in South Africa. The trial has destroyed the track star's chances of an ongoing sports career considering his many feats as the "fastest man on no legs." Pistorius, said the Indian paper, won gold medals at the Beijing and London Paralympics and reached the semi-finals at the London 2012 Olympics on his carbon-fibre prosthetic limbs.
