'I'm not an evil monster': Gable Tostee opens up about what happened the night of the fatal Tinder date

In a revelation that Gable Tostee admitted his lawyer would likely "crucify" him for, he shared his version of events the night Warriena Wright fell from his Gold Coast apartment balcony.

A jury last Thursday acquitted him of the murder and manslaughter of the New Zealand tourist in the Brisbane Supreme Court, after a nine day trial.

The post came in December 2014 on a bodybuilding forum - four months following the Tinder date tragedy - after Mr Tostee, 30, was attacked for having no remorse given his public silence following the tragedy.

The post would be the first time his version of what happened that fateful night would be shared.

His version of the events that unfolded on August 8, 2014, were only able to be reported after the trial had concluded.

In the post, the carpet layer claimed "many misconceptions and untruths are being circulated in the media and in the public".

In the lengthy and eloquent post on the forum he has been a member of since 2004, Mr Tostee's commentary entitled “Regarding the balcony tragedy” he gave, for the first time, his version of what happened inside the apartment the night Ms Wright, 26, died.

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“This has been extraordinarily difficult, and I have grown to believe my silence may have done more harm than good. So now you can hear it from me," he began.

“First off let me say that the death of Warriena was the most tragic and distressing event I have ever experienced. Knowing I was the last person to be with her, it has left me permanently scarred and not a day passes that I don’t wish I could go back in time and prevent it."

He revealed that in the weeks following Ms Wright's death, he "broke down in tears several times a day", and his emotions were triggered whenever he saw the woman's photograph in the news.

"[The media] did everything they could to establish me as an evil monster, a portrayal which could not be further from the truth,” he went on to say.

WHAT TOSTEE ADDRESSES

• His claims of how aggressive Ms Wright became
• How he tried to calm her down for hours
• What caused the ‘choking’ noises
• Why he put her on the balcony rather than out of the front door
• His reasoning for going out for pizza after the incident
• Why he recorded the evening’s events

“At first we got along great but as the night continued her behaviour became strange and she became increasingly aggressive.

“She kept hitting me, taunting me, throwing my stuff around and trashing my apartment."

He claims he tried for "a couple of hours" to calm Ms Wright down after her behaviour "became too overbearing".

“I tried to make her leave but instead of leaving she grabbed a nearby metal object and tried to swing it at me.

“This is where the alleged ‘choking’ sounds began. I never deliberately choked her or put my hands around her neck, all I did was try to remove the weapon from her.

“If I wanted to choke her out then it probably wouldn’t have been hard, but I did not do that as I did not want to hurt her."

Mr Tostee wrote he wanted her to leave but the balcony door was only two metres away, much closer than the front door which was about 10 metres from where the pair were standing, so he shoved her outside to "de-escelate" the situation.

“Putting her outdoors would have meant I could separate her from me and keep an eye on her through the glass doors until she either calmed down or I called someone like security or police to take her away.

“Never in my wildest imagination did I expect what happened next.

“After shutting the door I turned my back and retreated, and literally about 10 seconds later when I turned around and looked through the glass I only briefly for a fraction of a second saw Warriena on the other side of the railing before she disappeared out of view.

“She never tried to get back in, bang on the door or even cry out to me or anyone else. She climbed over without any warning.

“I was too far away to react. At the time I couldn’t tell if she had fallen or climbed down to another floor. All I knew was that she was no longer there ... I was in disbelief."

“The only sensible thing I could think to do at the time was call my lawyer, who would know what to do."

However, the call went unanswered.

“I did not 'flee' the scene as it has been claimed. I went downstairs to see if I could find out what happened.

“I was terrified, exhausted, intoxicated, and quite disorientated and all I wanted to do was get advice.

“I knew if I walked into police I could have been held under suspicion without legal representation, a situation nobody would want to be in. I resorted to leaving the building and calling my Dad."

He defended his Domino's visit as a way to curb his anxiety while waiting for legal advice.

"I had to eat because I was hungry, anxious, and intoxicated, and a slice of pizza was the easiest meal I could find.

“As soon as I was able to obtain legal advice and representation I presented myself to the police who examined me later that day."

Of recording the events that unfolded in his apartment, Mr Tostee explained he often recorded the audio during dates with women and "drunk nights on the town" for his own protection "in case something happened."

“It’s so easy to do using a smartphone and comes at such a small cost, and sometimes the recordings have been invaluable," he wrote.