--- description: Olympian athlete and murder suspect retches during graphic testimony title: Oscar Pistorius Pukes in Court image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb31f004ba961fc12/69868376cd804d0837cc981e/pistorius_0303.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oscar Pistorius Vomits in Court  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Mar 10, 2014 1:14 PM CUT  Oscar Pistorius arrives in court ahead of his trial at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria Mar. 3, 2014 Oscar Pistorius arrives in court ahead of his trial at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria Mar. 3, 2014Reuters  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Mar 10, 2014 1:14 PM CUT Olympian amputee and murder suspect Oscar [Pistorius ](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/pistorius-trial/oscar-pistorius-vomits-courtroom-during-graphic-testimony-n48741 "undefined")may have vomited in court Monday during testimony about the autopsy of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, whom he fatally shot early on Valentines Day 2013. Despite a judge’s ban on broadcasting or tweeting from the courtroom, many journalists tweeted that Pistorius retched and was physically sick after the graphic description of Steenkamp’s postmortem examination. > [](https://twitter.com/RohitKachrooITV/status/442973682135474176) > [](https://twitter.com/CharlduPlessc/status/442971207017975808) > [](https://twitter.com/alextomo/status/442993367929323520) Pistorius shot Steenkamp through a bathroom door, and she died of multiple gunshot wounds. Pistorius says he fired because he thought there was an intruder in the house, and that he was trying to protect Steenkamp. Prosecutors say Pistorius shot Steenkamp during a heated argument, and neighbors have testified that they heard the couple fighting that night. The trial continues. \[[NBC](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/pistorius-trial/oscar-pistorius-vomits-courtroom-during-graphic-testimony-n48741 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/18060/oscar-pistorius-vomits-in-court/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/18060/oscar-pistorius-vomits-in-court/"},"headline":"Oscar Pistorius Vomits in Court","datePublished":"2014-03-10T13:14:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:40:31.937Z","description":"Olympian athlete and murder suspect retches during graphic testimony about Reeva Steenkamp's autopsy","url":"https://time.com/18060/oscar-pistorius-vomits-in-court/","keywords":["Murder","shooting","Valentine's Day","oscar pistorius","Reeva Steenkamp","court"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb31f004ba961fc12/69868376cd804d0837cc981e/pistorius_0303.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb31f004ba961fc12/69868376cd804d0837cc981e/pistorius_0303.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pistorius arrives in court ahead of his trial in Pretoria","caption":"Pistorius arrives in court ahead of his trial in Pretoria","creditText":"Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/18060/oscar-pistorius-vomits-in-court/","name":"Oscar Pistorius Vomits in Court"}}]}] ```