Schapelle Corby's shocking allegations in explosive interview about time in Bali prison

Schapelle Corby has lifted the lid on what life was really like for nine years behind bars in Bali’s Kerobokan jail, where she fell in love and claims she was abused by Bali Nine member Renae Lawrence.

Speaking with The Sunday Telegraph almost two years after returning to Australia, the 42-year-old made a series of explosive claims, including that Lawrence assaulted her both physically and mentally.

Corby said she lived in fear of Lawrence, describing her a “bully” and claiming she choked her.

“I’ve had comments from other people who saw us in the visit area together and were like, ‘How do you let her speak to you like that?’ but I wasn’t really seeing it,” Corby told the publication.

She added she too had rubbed Lawrence up the wrong way at times and had ultimately decided to stay out of her way.

Through her lawyer, Lawrence ‘vehemently’ denied the claims made by Corby.

Corby was convicted in 2005 of smuggling 4.2 kilograms or marijuana inside her boogie board bag into the country.

She always maintained she was innocent of the crime.

During her time behind bars, she had to be hospitalised twice due to escalating mental health issues, which weren’t helped by the death of her dad in 2008 nor the treatment she says she received from Lawrence.

The Queenslander claimed she was convinced she would die in jail and was “grateful” she lived to see 42 years, and even more so to be living as a free woman.

At the moment she is living at her mum’s house, south of Brisbane, and says she continues to receive professional help with the mental health problems she developed while behind bars.

With she is unlikely to ever be completely out of the spotlight, Corby claims finding a job has been nearly impossible and every time she leaves her home, she has to be hyper conscious of people taking her photo.

The mental scars also impact how she approaches the idea of travel and, despite being allowed to re-enter Bali to visit her boyfriend, she says that is something she is still not ready for.

She met her Balinese boyfriend of 13 years, Ben Panangian, in prison and told the newspaper they go on an overseas holiday together once a year and speak several times each day.

Corby said she would like to have “twins if possible” and floated the idea of marriage.

In a further effort to share details of her incarceration from her point of view, she will release a revised version of her 2006 autobiography, My Story: Schapelle Corby on October 29.

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