Her book, Chief Whip: Memoirs of a Dominatrix, had been serialised by a national newspaper and put on sale on Amazon. In interviews to publicise the book, Rowe, who was once known professionally as “Miss Whiplash,” had named a serving Conservative minister who had allegedly used her services. She also disclosed the identity of an actor, now in his 60s, who was, she asserted, another one of her clients.