Mother of 12-year-old-girl-turned-dominatrix sentenced to 15 years

Authorities say former Blue Springs man Todd Barkau did some sick, sick things to a 12-year-old girl. The 37-year-old allegedly raped the 12-year-old, trained her to be a dominatrix and prostituted her between January 2002 and February 2005.

That would be shocking enough, but then there’s the 12-year-old girl’s mother, who allowed Barkau to teach her daughter to be a dominatrix by participating in bondage, domination, sadism and masochism with the girl and then pimping her out to other men. Mom even watched her daughter perform with the men — and got paid by Barkau. The mother isn’t being named to protect the girl’s identity. 

When the girl turned 14, Barkau advertised her on the Internet as a 19-

to 20-year-old dominatrix. They called her Mistress Alisha, a name the

mother gave the girl — it was the mother’s name when she was a

stripper.

And the work was really dirty.

Prosecutors alleged that over a two year period Barkau sold the girl’s services as “Mistress Alisha” to dominate men over the Internet as well as in person. The gory details: “This included … bondage, beatings, burning and genital mutilation.” Just like eBay, the men paid via PayPal and also with “tributes,” giving a DVD player, a cappuccino machine and other electronics in lieu of cash.

The woman and Barkau pleaded guilty in federal court this week to charges of sex trafficking of the girl.

Barkau cut a deal to serve 25 years in federal prison. Mom gets 15 years.

The mother becomes the first parent ever to be charged with commercial sex trafficking of a blood relative.