The parents of Reeva Steenkamp have hit out against an upcoming film that will dramatize the events of their daughter’s 2013 murder. In a statement released today, Steenkamp’s family rejected claims that the film was made with their approval. ‘Any impression that this is June [Steenkamp, Reeva’s mother]’s view, or that the movie is endorsed by the Steenkamp family, is untrue and incorrect.’
Reeva Steenkamp was 30 years old when she was murdered by her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius on Valentine’s Day, 2013. At his trial a year later, the former Paralympian was sentenced to just five years in prison for culpable homicide, with a three-year suspended sentence for ‘reckless endangerment.