Mother-in-law Actress Olive Recounts Abuse at Hands of Ex-Husband in Kenya

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Primary source Kenyan Digest archive

This archive report was first published on 28 July 2019.

Published on July 28, 2019, Olive, a former Mother-in-law actress, shared her harrowing experience of being physically abused by her ex-husband, Roy Upton, in the United States.

Olive and Roy got married in 2013, but their marriage started to crumble a few years later. In an emotional interview, Olive revealed that her ex-husband would often give her a dog's chew toy as a gift, even in front of their friends.

'I remember one time, he slapped me and kicked me while I was sleeping, and I remembered how my father used to beat my mother when we were young,' Olive said.

She added, 'There was a time when my friends came to visit me, and when I returned home, my husband was very aggressive and started giving me a dog's chew toy without any regard.'

Despite her initial hesitation, Olive eventually left the marriage a few years later.

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