The husband of PR powerhouse Roxy Jacenko, Oliver Curtis, has given a raw account of what life was like for him when he spent a year in jail for insider trading.
Speaking on The Kyle And Jackie O Show with is wife, Oliver went into graphic detail about the father-of-two’s time in behind bars.
‘It was an interesting experience,’ a very revealing Oliver told the hosts.
‘My cellmate walked around naked’: Roxy Jacenko’s husband Oliver Curtis gives a raw account of his time in jail which included being placed in segregation and only being allowed outside for two hours a day
‘My first cellmate when I moved to Cooma Correctional Centre was an interesting chap,’ Oliver told the hosts.
‘He was a little bit older, in his ’50s, and he enjoyed walking around with no clothes on.’
Oliver went on to say the proximity of the room made it impossible for him to ignore his cellmate’s preference for being in the nude.
‘It was basically a two-by-four,’ he said. ‘I didn’t have a TV, but the chap enjoyed watching Star Wars and Antiques Roadshow in his bed.’
‘An experience’: The husband of PR powerhouse Roxy Jacenko, Oliver Curtis, has given a raw account of what life was like for him when he spent a year in jail for insider trading
No prison greens here: Speaking to KIIS FM’s Kyle & Jackie O show with is wife, Oliver went into graphic detail about the father-of-two’s time in behind bars in 2017
The 31-year-old said he was then ‘moved’ to ‘another guy’ who he appeared to get along with much better.
‘I came in the truck with him from Parklea Correctional Centre [in Sydney],’ he said. ‘He was a Lebanese guy and we got on’.
During his time in Parklea, Oliver said he was placed in segregation and was only allowed outside his cell for ‘two hours a day’.
Hard time: During his time in Parklea, Oliver said he was placed in segregation and was only allowed outside his cell for ‘two hours a day’
‘Not enjoyable’: But he said his worst experience in occurred while he was in a holding cell for eight nights at Surry Hills police station in Sydney.
But he said his worst experience in occurred while he was in a holding cell for eight nights at Surry Hills police station in Sydney.
‘That was not an enjoyable experience because you had to share a toilet,’ he said.
A curios Jackie O asked Oliver if he happened to ‘get along’ with his cellmates, to which he replied ‘you’ve got to get on with everybody – you’ve got to adapt’.
Learning experience: Oliver went on the tell the hosts that the experience made him a ‘stronger person’ and that he learned ‘a lot about himself and others’.
Oliver went on the tell the hosts that the experience made him a ‘stronger person’ and that he learned ‘a lot about himself and others’.
His revelations come just a day after Roxy revealed she had finally told her daughter Pixie, six, the truth about her father’s absence after pretending he was away for business in China.