He didn’t have just one gay friend, though, Holly. In fact, he had few real friends, but the acquaintances he hung out with were mainly gay. He’s admitted that. Brett Collins said Jeremy had a gay affair with his friend in New Zealand before they themselves got close. And Jeremy was seen kissing men passionately in public & flirting.
Julie said he’d told her that he’d had a gay affair before meeting her, so it’s no wonder she got suspicious when Brett turned up...
I certainly don’t think he was “very much heterosexual” going by everything I’ve read on him, including how he lacks that “manliness” heterosexual men have. Of course there’s nothing wrong in being gay/bisexual, but it’s definitely not a choice. One doesn’t CHOOSE to be attracted to the same sex: they just are.
You’ve missed my point, entirely, Holly.
June and possibly Nevill would have felt huge embarrassment by that, especially June, and that could be why she wanted him to marry Julie — she probably guessed he had homosexual leanings and it must have made her a bag of nerves by wondering what the village would say. You think because he had lots of flings with women meant he was straight, but actually, many men who are gay will sleep with as many women as possible in the hope to “cure” their desires. They become promiscuous because they’re not being fulfilled and not getting what they really want. It’s quite telling that his first proper gay affair happened in NZ away from the family, and it’s also telling how he yearned to get away to London, Australia or NZ.
It’s also telling how Brett and Jeremy sniggered when someone mentioned him and Julie getting engaged. Julie felt so humiliated at how cruel they both were to her when Brett laughed as Jeremy said they certainly weren’t. Brett and Julie appeared to “fight” for Jeremy’s affections, and it seems Brett won...
The homosexuality aspect is insignificant, but what is significant is that if Jeremy wanted to come out, and going by his previous, that’s a possibility, he knew he couldn’t do that as June would disown him and he’d have not one penny. Even Julie asked him why he couldn’t wait, and that he’d eventually have so much money from the farm , businesses and properties, but he said he couldn’t wait — he wanted it now.
So he had TWO reasons to murder, in my opinion.
Is this something you've researched? If not how do you know? And if yes, why? There's no evidence he was 'promiscuous' and/or had loads of flings with women.
JM saying this, that or the other doesn't make it so. She admitted to:
- cheque fraud
- acting as a lookout for JB when he burgled OCP
- selling JB's cannabis on campus
- taking cocaine in a hotel room with a female friend and two males
Hardly reliable.