Ex-Wife of Famous Animal Expert Who Sexually Abused Dogs in ‘Torture Room’ Speaks Out: ‘I Felt Sick’

Mar. 15, 2025

Adam Britton (left); Britton’s ex-wife Erin.Photo:60 Minutes Australia/YouTube (2)

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Content warning: This story contains graphic details of animal abuse.

The former wife and former business partner of a renowned British zoologist now convicted of bestiality is speaking out months after the man was sentenced.

Adam Britton, 53, was sentenced in August in an Australian court to more than a decade behind bars after pleading guilty to 56 charges of bestiality and animal cruelty, theBBCreported at the time. Britton also admitted to four counts of accessing material depicting child abuse, per the outlet.

Now, his ex-wife is speaking out about the horrors of learning about his crimes and the numerous questions that arose for her following his arrest in 2022.

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In one part of the show, Erin is seen returning to her former home in the outskirts of the Australian city of Darwin, where she lived with Britton, and where authorities believe he filmed the torture of the dogs, per60 Minutes Australia.

The home was raided early in the morning of April 22, 2022, per the show, when Erin way away on a work trip, she said.

Erin only learned about her then-husband’s crimes when she spoke with his lawyer, who showed her screenshots of his abuse.

“When she told me bestiality, my brain was like ‘Denial, no,’ and hearing that information is the most awful thing you could ever hear about your partner," she recalled. “It was so shocking, and I felt sick.”

She mentioned on the show that at the time he was arrested, the couple had been living in separate rooms in their home and were not involved romantically for years.

Britton’s abuse spanned several decades while he worked with animals around the world, all the while harboring “sadistic sexual interest” in them, theBBCreported in August, citing unspecified court documents.

An investigator who spoke with the Australian show said they found several kinds of weapons that Britton used in his torture, including knives, tools, wooden objects and saws.

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In a letter he allegedly wrote to Erin while awaiting his sentencing, Britton asked Erin to send books about dog domestication, she says in the show, sharing a glimpse of one of the letters.

“This messes with my head,” she mentioned on the show. “Really, really disturbing.”

Meanwhile, at his sentencing in August, Britton said he “deeply regret[s]” his actions, the BBC reported.

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source: people.com