Porn star Sophie Anderson 'was stabbed, abused & sex trafficked by Oliver Spedding before death - po

PORN star Sophie Anderson lived a life of harrowing abuse and sex trafficking at the hands of ex-Crystal Palace footballer Oliver Spedding in the months before her tragic death - and was badly let down by police, friends have said.

PORN star Sophie Anderson lived a life of harrowing abuse and sex trafficking at the hands of ex-Crystal Palace footballer Oliver Spedding in the months before her tragic death - and was badly let down by police, friends have said.

Sophie, 36, died on November 29 from unconfirmed causes – just weeks after her partner and fellow adult entertainer Spedding, 34, was found dead at a hotel at a motorway services.

Now devastated friends have revealed how mum-of-one Sophie was subject to extreme physical and mental abuse by Spedding, who would stab her, hit her head against the wall, steal her phone and money and stop her from getting medical attention she desperately needed.

The friends are angry at police, accusing them of "letting Sophie down".

They have further claimed officers "did not take them seriously" when they made reports about the abuse as Sophie was a sex worker - with many of those making the reports working as sex workers.

Spedding allegedly transported Sophie around the country in a campervan, forcing her to carry on her job as a sex worker, even though she had lost one of her breasts to multiple sepsis infections and was covered in untreated scars from his abuse.

And twisted Spedding would often pretend Sophie had died in bizarre hoaxes – as early as February 2023 and again just before her death in September – then exploit his partner’s “death” to ask for donations from her concerned friends and fans, text messages shown to The Sun prove.

Shocking pictures shown to The Sun, which were too graphic to publish, show Sophie’s blood-soaked leg with a deep 5 inch gaping wound above her left knee.

In a desperate message to a pal in August, she sent the picture and wrote: “That’s what he’s done to me tonight. Another cut, U know what babes I’ve had enough. Cut me with a Stanley blade.”

The duo were supposed to be performing at Brighton Pride that same month but had to pull out after erratic Spedding stabbed Sophie again then stabbed himself, text messages showed.

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On August 6 she sent a message to a friend, which read: “I know I think he will kill me.”

Sending a photo to another friend, showing scars all over her face, she wrote: “I don’t know who I am anymore. Look at these scars on my face.  I’ll never get rid of these. He’s so manipulative.

“All I’ve ever been is good. I’ve spent all my money on him.

"I can’t take anymore”.

One friend said: “There was a whole group of us who were doing everything we could to get Sophie out of this situation and to safety.

I can't take any more."

Sophie Anderson

“But Oliver was extremely manipulative, he would take Sophie’s phones from her so she couldn’t communicate with any one.

“Sometimes he would take her phone and text us and pretend it was her, so we never knew who we were talking to.

CHAOTIC LIFESTYLE

“He made her leave her home and live in a campervan and travel from hotel to hotel all over the country doing appearances and meeting clients, so if any reports were made to police, it was in different jurisdictions and hard to find them as they were of no fixed address.

"He knew fine well what he was doing and this allowed him to carry on his abuse for longer.

“He would make her do bookings even when she wasn’t physically well enough to and he would insert his way into them.

“The campervan was urine-soaked and disgusting. Oliver was a big drinker and would drink bottles of Jack Daniels and take GHB.

"He plied Sophie was drugs even though Sophie had well known issues with drugs in the past.

“He took all her money and bank cards. He tried to ruin her businesses by posting transphobic content when Sophie was a huge supporter of trans rights and had many trans followers. He was jealous of her success because everybody loved her.

“She was scared but she felt she had no escape, that no one would listen to her.

'HE BROKE HER'

“He called her ugly and made her feel bad about herself. He broke her down in every way possible.

“But through it all, she was always her lovely bubbly self and cared for everyone, she was always checking on other people over herself.

“The last time one of us saw her she was skeletal, dishevelled, just emotionally broken. Her death has broken all our hearts, we can't imagine life without her.”

Friends began contacting police about the abuse in September after his latest death hoax – and reports were made with three different police forces the Met, Sussex Police and Thames Valley.

Spedding was finally arrested on September 11, with Thames Valley Police stating: “At around 6.14pm on 11 September we received reports of an assault with injury on the M40 in High Wycombe.

“Officers arrested a 34-year-old man from London on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent, false imprisonment and sending offensive/indecent/obscene/menacing messages on 12 September. The case has now been filed with no further action.”

However Spedding was released that same day and despite the restrictions of his bail went back to Sophie and began posting online – in a now-deleted post – where he ranted about people lying about him and issued a chilling threat: “invade my space then u will be laid to rest.”

Worried friends then contacted police again – and on October 6, around 30 pieces of evidence including text messages and graphic photos of injuries were given to Thames Valley Police.

HOW YOU CAN GET HELP:

Women's Aid has this advice for victims and their families

  • Always keep your phone nearby.
  • Get in touch with charities for help, including the Women’s Aid live chat helpline and services such as SupportLine.
  • If you are in danger, call 999.
  • Familiarise yourself with the Silent Solution, reporting abuse without speaking down the phone, instead dialing “55”.
  • Always keep some money on you, including change for a pay phone or bus fare.
  • If you suspect your partner is about to attack you, try to go to a lower-risk area of the house – for example, where there is a way out and access to a telephone.
  • Avoid the kitchen and garage, where there are likely to be knives or other weapons. Avoid rooms where you might become trapped, such as the bathroom, or where you might be shut into a cupboard or other small space.

If you are a ­victim of domestic abuse, SupportLine is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6pm to 8pm on 01708 765200. The charity’s email support ­service is open weekdays and weekends during the crisis – messageinfo@supportline.org.uk.

Women’s Aid provides a live chat service - available weekdays from 8am-6pm and weekends 10am-6pm.

You can also call the freephone 24-hour ­National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.

No further action appears to have been taken by the police, and Spedding was found dead on November 15 at a Days Inn Hotel in Winchester in a suspected drugs-related death.

Sophie died two weeks later on 28 November in Basingstoke.

Grieving friends believe authorities could have done more to help Sophie and avert the tragedy.

They said: “A lot of the reason we feel we weren’t taken seriously is because the majority of us are sex workers or women and Sophie was a sex worker.

The last time one of us saw her she was skeletal, dishevelled, just emotionally broken

Concerned friend and fellow sex worker

“Police need to look at their treatment of sex workers and how they take reports from sex workers and stop assuming we should be expected to live like this.

“Sophie was clearly vulnerable and police should have looked at all the evidence and accounts of abuse they received and considered some kind of intervention with other agencies and taken steps to safeguard her. Oliver should not have been released on bail.

“But despite all of this, Sophie wouldn’t want to be remembered as a victim, but a positive, fun, happy person, which she was, even in her darkest times.”

POLICE RESPOND

Sussex Police said it had received reports about the abuse but sent them to Thames Valley.

A spokesman said: “Sussex Police takes all reports of domestic violence extremely seriously and will always take urgent, proactive steps to safeguard those at risk of harm.

“On 22 September, Sussex Police received a report from a third party expressing concern for the welfare of a woman.

“The report already formed part of an ongoing Thames Valley Police investigation.

“Sussex Police liaised with Thames Valley Police to share the report and offer local support if required, as well as wider safeguarding to minimise any risk to the woman.

“The matter remained with Thames Valley Police as the lead agency.”

A spokesman for Thames Valley Police confirmed it had arrested Spedding after receiving reports, and added: “Thames Valley Police does not comment about complaints, as it would be inappropriate to do so.

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“The force has a complaints procedure, which allows members of the public to make a complaint about the force or a member of our workforce. Details of our complaints procedure can be found via our website.

The Met said they received a call about the abuse but it "referred to an incident that had happened in Sussex so there was no further action by the Met."

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