Jailed rapist Simon Monteiro lists demands such as soft-bristled toothbrush and orthopaedic mattress

EXCLUSIVE: Simon Monteiro has launched an extraordinary legal bid to win a soft ride in jail - demanding authorities shift him to a prison by the coast and give him a softer toothbrush.

Former socialite, actor and model Simon Monteiro refused to complete a sex offending and violence program.

LIFE behind bars for rapist Simon Monteiro is not as cushy as he would like so he has issued a list of demands to prison authorities, including a request to be moved to a jail by the coast.

Monteiro, 49, who was imprisoned for 12 years in 2008 after being convicted of bashing, raping and twice impregnating his girlfriend in their eastern suburbs home, would also like an “orthopaedic mattress’’ and a “soft-bristled toothbrush’’.

Also known as Simon Lowe, Monteiro was nicknamed the “playboy rapist” because he bragged about being a model and actor who once dated Hollywood star Barbara Hershey.

Simon Monteiro doesn’t want to be transported in a truck for fear of drowning.

After his conviction for the attacks on his girlfriend, other women came forward to complain that they had also been sexually assaulted by Monteiro.

He has a reputation for being a whingeing prisoner and previously demanded Corrective Services provide him with a raw vegetable and salad-only diet because he is a Buddhist.

In a summons before the NSW ­Supreme Court, Monteiro, lists a whopping 26 demands to prison bosses, including being placed “at a coastal or near to the coast minimum security correctional centre” and getting a “soft-bristled toothbrush’’.

Among his other requests are an orthopaedic mattress and that his two pairs of ­orthopaedic shoes and his ­orthopaedic pillow be ­replaced with new ones.

HE SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON CHANGING HIS WAYS RATHER THAN WORRYING ABOUT HIS TOOTHBRUSH - Minister for the prevention of Domestic Violence Pru Goward

Among the most bizarre requests is he not be transported to his new coastal jail in a prison truck because if the truck crashes into a body of water he will die.

Monteiro states in his summons he should only be transported in sedan, station wagon or 4WD.

The summons also reveals that while in jail he has been convicted of assaulting a prison guard and threatening to rape a prison guard’s wife and kill his children.

Two of Monteiro’s victims yesterday said they were appalled but not surprised by the outrageous demands saying it was, “typical of someone who has never shown remorse for his ­actions and feels entitled”.

Monteiro bragged to women about being a model and actor.

He is currently serving 12 years behind bars.

“This is the way he has ­always acted. His demands also show his contempt for his punishment and for the judiciary and the legal system,” one victim said.

Monteiro suffered a further setback recently when he failed in his bid to have Justice Monika Schmidt disqualify herself from the case because she was on a panel of judges which rejected his 2014 appeal on his sentence.

Monteiro has twice failed to be granted parole, in part because of his refusal to complete a sex offending and violence program and because of his poor prison record.

His sentence will expire on April 7, 2020.

Monteiro’s bid to make his prison term more comfortable will return to the NSW Supreme Court on ­November 7 for directions.

Minister for the prevention of Domestic Violence Pru Goward said: “This man is in prison for violent domestic violence offences — he should concentrate on changing his ways rather than worrying about his toothbrush.”

LIST OF DEMANDS

1. Be put in a coastal prison facility and be allowed daily or weekend release for work, study and to visit his family

2. Not be required to share a cell

3. That he be allowed to buy a laptop or iPad for his legal cases and for education purposes

4. That he not be charged for photocopying for legal or educational purposes

5. That his Brooks Beast and New Balance orthopaedic shows be replaced along with his orthopaedic pillow

6. That charges, convictions and sentences for assaulting a prison guard, disobeying directions, intimidating or threatening a prison guard and threatening to rape a prison guard’s wife and children and kill them be set aside.

7. That the decision to institute new phone arrangements that prevent inmates having their calls transferred to their lawyers via Prisoner’s Legal Service and NSW Legal Aid be set aside.

8. A raw vegetable and salad-only diet, particularly kiwi fruit, oranges and mandarins to maintain his health and observe his Buddhist dietary requirements.

9. Be transported only in a sedan, station wagon or four-wheel-drive and never in a prison truck

10. Be allowed to see a psychiatrist, psychologist or counsellor paid for by the State

11. That he be compensated for property damaged at Junee prison between February 2012 and February 2013

12. That he be given permission to buy CDs, DVDs, MP3s and education material

13. That none of the above requests be denied on the grounds of, “in the interests of security and good order of the prison system.”

14. That he be invoiced for goods he has purchased at “Woolworths/Coles” prices and that he be allowed to buy electrical goods from The Good Guys

15. That he be compensated for full-time study

16. That he be allowed his request for extra tubs for his property and be granted permission to store them in his cell

17. That all his interactions with prison guards be recorded

18. Be given a full sized soft bristle toothbrush

19. Be placed in holding cells alone

20. Ban all media publications, including books, which feature him from all NSW prisons

21. That he be excluded from all forms of collective punishment

22. Be given an orthopaedic mattress

23. That the State observes and actions all medical recommendations concerning him

24. Be given a fan heater

25. That he not be made to travel over bodies of water in a locked prison truck which if it crashed would lead to his death

26. Be given immediate root canal therapy and pain relief

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