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She Thought She Was Flying To A Photoshoot. She Was Then Kidnapped And Almost Sold

"I woke up with wrists and ankles handcuffed, tape on my mouth"

20-year-old British model Chloe Ayling thought she was flying to Milan for a photoshoot. Instead, she was drugged, stuffed into a bag and kept for six days, while her kidnappers tried to auction her as a sex slave. 

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โ€œA person wearing black gloves came from behind and put one hand on my neck and one on my mouth to stop me from screaming,โ€ Chloe said in a police statement, as reported by The Daily Mail.

โ€œA second person wearing a black balaclava gave me an injection in my right forearm. I think I lost consciousness. When I woke up I was wearing a pink bodysuit and the socks I am wearing now,โ€ she continued. 

โ€œI realised I was in the boot of a car with my wrists and ankles handcuffed, adhesive tape on my mouth. I was inside a bag and was only able to breathe through a small hole.โ€

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Chloe was driven for three-hours to a house, where she was taken inside and handcuffed to a set of drawers.

It was then that she was told she would be auctioned off on the dark web on โ€˜Black Deathโ€™ โ€“ a site associated with people trafficking and kidnapping.

However, Chloe says that, thankfully, once her kidnappers found out she was a mother to a two-year-old boy, they started to get cold feet. 

โ€œThe boss had seen my Instagram profile which clearly showed that I was a mum with a young boy and this went against the rules of the organisation,โ€ she told police.

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Eventually, one of the men dropped her at the British Consulate in Milan. He was quickly arrested, and, after a four-week-long nightmare, Chloe is finally back in the U.K. and reunited with her family.

โ€œIโ€™ve been through a terrifying experience. Iโ€™ve feared for my life, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour,โ€ she told The Sun. โ€œIโ€™m incredibly grateful to the Italian and UK authorities for all they have done to secure my safe release.โ€

Police are now working to find the other men involved with Chloeโ€™s kidnapping.

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