Philip Jerome, a stalker with an "obsessive" and "sexual interest" in actress Billie Piper, has been jailed for 12 months for breaching a restraining order by posting AI-generated images of her online. Jerome, from Winchester, Hampshire, made 11 posts of Piper on X in December 2025, including "cartoon" AI-generated images, in what the court described as a "delusional" attempt to communicate with her and pursue a relationship following their meeting 20 years ago. The case highlights the ongoing threat faced by public figures from persistent stalkers, even years after initial offences and despite protective court orders.

Jerome, who turned 49 on the day of his court appearance, has targeted Piper, 43, for over a decade, previously posting cards through her letterbox, sending an 18-page love letter and turning up at her home, leaving her feeling "unsafe". He had already been jailed once before for breaching a restraining order after attending a Comicon convention and posing for photographs with Piper twice in one day. Basingstoke Magistrates' Court heard he tagged Piper's account and saved photos of her to his gallery, while his defence argued the images themselves were not "unpleasant" but constituted a breach only due to his history. Jerome, who has autism and a prior 2013 harassment conviction against another victim, first received a restraining order in 2018 after admitting stalking Piper.