‘Slave Adam’ stalked dominatrix after paying her thousands, court told

A young man who paid a financial dominatrix thousands of pounds before stalking her to a Wetherspoon pub and sending vile threats of sexual violence has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Adam Atherton, 24, from Whiston, Merseyside, admitted stalking causing fear of violence at Liverpool Crown Court. The case has raised troubling questions about the dark underbelly of online relationships and the vulnerability of women in an age of digital anonymity.

How did the stalking begin?

Atherton, who called himself ‘Slave Adam’, first contacted the victim in November 2024 with a cash donation. He met her two days later. But the relationship quickly soured. He sent a message threatening to rape her,