COP’S ‘PORN STAR’ HELL
»She tells domestic abuse trial obsessed ex accused her of having online fetish accounts »Court is told he claimed she had filmed herself having sex on sofa while he was at work
A POLICE officer has told a court how her ex-boyfriend accused her of being a porn star during a campaign of abuse against her.
Stephanie Torrance claims her ex, Jonathan Barclay, accused her of being an adult film actress – which she denied in court.
The long-serving officer was giving evidence at the trial of Barclay, 37, who denies a campaign of domestic abuse against her.
Stephanie, 38, told Hamilton Sheriff Court that Barclay accused her of having fetish accounts on Instagram and X-rated site Only Fans.
She said he accused her of cheating on him while he was at work – by having sex with other men in their home in videos which were uploaded to porn websites. And she said he threatened to expose her to Police Scotland and the media if she did not give him back a vacuum cleaner after they split.
Stephanie, who has been a police officer for 14 years, said she had to take time off her work due to the impact of the abuse on her mental health.
She told the court the pair split up and got back together several times in 2020, while living in East Kilbride.
He regularly sent her poems and love songs in a bid to win her back, including a link to the YouTube video for Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You.
She said that once the relationship was finally over, Barclay made the porn threats, initially over WhatsApp, in early December 2020. Stephanie added: “He was saying that I was selling parts of my body. It started getting quite strange.
“He was saying I had separate Instagram accounts and that I had been selling my feet.
“He said, ‘If you were struggling for money, you should’ve asked me for help because I love you’. I felt stressed and anxious about it. He said he would contact police about the activities I was engaged in.
“I was really upset. I said I was going to block him and that’s what I did.” She said it happened again on Christmas Day 2020, via email, after she’d blocked him on WhatsApp.
Stephanie said he sent her what he claimed was proof of her appearing on porn websites and wrote: “I’m embarrassed for you and I hope your mum doesn’t find out about it”. She added: “He said, ‘Good luck on Only Fans’. I was appalled and confused.
“It was quite distressing. It was just all very strange. These were allegations of things that are absolutely not true at all.
“I just wanted left alone to get on with my life.
“It got to the stage I was off work sick because I just got so stressed with it all.
“I was off work for about seven weeks.” The emails, which were read in court, accused her of sleeping with other men in their home and said pornographic videos of her were available online.
The messages also claimed she had sex toys, handcuffs and a cushion bearing the PornHub website logo. In one, he gave her a deadline to reply to his claims, saying he would be “selling the f ****** story”.
Barclay also described her as “the woman of my dreams” and said: “I had love for you at the first sight.”
He also wrote: “I was in a relationship for two years with a porn star who works in the police.”
Stephanie said she made her bosses aware of his claims and he was arrested, adding: “It was like it was never going to end.”
The trial was adjourned.
It was quite distressing. It was all very strange STEPHANIE TORRANCE GIVING EVIDENCE IN COURT