Top athlete Lolo Jones recently discussed fellow Olympian Oscar Pistorius' prison sentence, and revealed that her father was also went to prison for homicide.
Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison in the death of Reeva Steenkamp, and Jones said she is remaining nonjudgmental and prayerful in regards to his case.
"I didn't really stay up with much of the trial," she admitted to TMZ's cameras. "It's hard for me because I actually have a dad who was in prison for murder. He served a life sentence; he got out early on good parole."
Jones previously revealed that her father taught her how to shoplift so she could help feed herself and her four siblings, and claimed that he was physically abusive toward her mother. While her father was in the Air Force and then incarcerated, she said her mother worked two jobs at a time, that the family moved often, and they even spent time in a homeless shelter.
Her troubled childhood encourages the gold medalist to avoid judging other people.
"I'm one of the most nonjudgmental people on people who are struggling or [committing] crime," she said. "There's two sides to a story, and it's really tough. On one end, there's a family who's suffering, and then you have Oscar as well. It's in God's hands, and for me as a Christian, God's my ultimate judge."
The 32-year-old also stated that she is praying for both Steenkamp's family and Pistorius.
"You just have to keep the family in your prayers for sure because they lost their daughter, and you have to keep Oscar in your prayers to make sure that in prison he rehabs and has great counseling," Jones said.
Jones also turned to God after feeling "broken, unlovable, and embarrassed" last month after being the first celebrity eliminated on this season's "Dancing with the Stars."
"I wanted to do so good performing in public that the haters would stop teasing me," she wrote in an Facebook post. "But that is my way of thinking. Not Gods [sic]. Instead I need to trust God that he would heal my heart. That I would not work so hard for the world to validate and redeem me but know that God already conquered that for me on the cross."
