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Chloe Ayling was kidnapped in July 2017 and held captive for six days
Her kidnapper, Lukasz Herba, claimed it was an elaborate ruse meant to help Ayling financially and professionally
Ayling's abduction is depicted in the BBC series Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story
When 20-year-old model Chloe Ayling boarded a flight to Milan in July 2017, she thought she was heading to a glamorous photo shoot that could boost her rising career.
Instead, she was drugged, stuffed into a duffel bag and driven to a remote farmhouse in northern Italy, where her captors threatened to auction her off online.
After six harrowing days, she was freed — yet her nightmare didn’t end there. As shocking details of the case emerged, Ayling faced a new battle: convincing a skeptical public that she