‘No one else matters to them ... not even me’: Roxy letter begs judge not to jail husband for the sake of their children
The PR queen has written a three-page letter outlining the importance of her insider trading husband in the home because she works “24 hours, 7 days a week”.
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PUBLIC relations business woman Roxy Jacenko has written a heartfelt plea to the Supreme Court Justice who will sentence her husband Oliver Curtis for insider trading saying he is their children’s primary carer and their two-year-old won’t even eat his breakfast without his Dad.
In her three-page letter Ms Jacenko said that because of her “24 hours, 7 days a week job,” it was her husband that gave Pixie, 4, and Hunter, 2, dinner before bathing them and putting them to bed each night.
“Pixie and Hunter adore their Dad. He’s fun, tolerant, uncomplaining and loving. They screech with excitement as soon as they see him and then no one else matters to them — not even me. Hunter in particular is a Daddy’s boy. He generally won’t eat breakfast unless his Dad sits with him in the morning.”
Curtis will be sentenced this Friday by Justice Lucy McCallum for one count of conspiring to commit insider trading with his childhood friend John Hartman between May 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in jail and a $220,000 fine.
His Supreme Court trial heard the pair traded illegally using insider information Hartman had accrued as an equities trader working for investment management fund Orion Asset Management.
Hartman would pass on the insider information to Curtis who would then trade following his friend’s instructions.
The pair used part of the $1.4 million in profit to pay for a $3000-a-week Bondi Beach apartment for 12 months, sports cars and a skiing holiday in Whistler.
Ahead of his sentencing Ms Jacenko provided a character reference for her husband describing Curtis’s role at home.
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“Because of my work hours I would describe Oli as the primary carer of Pixie and Hunter. He attends to large parts of there preschool commitments and after-school care. He generally manages all of the meals for them. He is generally the one who is home to ensure that they have dinner, are bathed and put to bed as I am often unable to be relied upon to be home at a regular time to do these things because of the nature of my work.”
“Additionally it is often the case that Pixie and Hunter are looked after by Oli alone on weekends as my job involves weekend work for various client events and clients who require that I am on site during their appearance or events.”
Ms Jacenko wrote that if her husband was jailed it would affect her children at an impressionable age as well as force her to work less to fulfil the parenting duties alone.
“If Oli were to be sent to jail our children would lose the close relationship they have with their father for a period of time. Given their ages I’m worried about the effect this will have on them. I will need to significantly reduce the amount of hours that I work to maintain my business in order to take up the parental responsibilities that Oli currently has.”
Ms Jacenko wrote that although they have a full time nanny she is leaving the family in August and they have yet to find a replacement.
He will be sentenced at 9.30am on Friday.
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