A British model who claims that he was kidnapped for sale as a sex slave has defended his strange story when the people he accused of claiming that he was in it from the beginning. Chloe Ayling, 20, spoke with 60 Minutes during the trial on her alleged kidnapper to take place in Milan, Italy. Ayling lives in South London with his mother and two-year-old son in 2016 when he enters as a model with agent Phil Gree "He's probably the most popular model in the agency," Green said. Ayling performed many glamor models, including appearing as a Page Three girl in The Daily Star. Soon he started doing international work, which led to him being booked by a photographer named Andre in April last year, who wanted him for filming in Paris. Mr. Green said that he checked Andre's credentials over the phone and via email and he "ticked each box". However, when Ayling appeared for the job, Andre canceled it and renewed it for three months later in Milan.
Ayling went to the Italian city in July 2017, arriving at an unobtrusive and empty building he thought was Andre's studio. He knocks, but claims that as he did, two masked men attack him from behind. "Somebody hugged my neck and the other with a glove on my mouth and nose," he said. "And another masked man rushed up to me and held the syringe in my arm." Obviously, I tried to fight because I did not want it to get into my arm. "I tried to clench my hands but I could not fight two grown men, so they managed to put a syringe into my wrist and then I was unconscious." The two men were Polish-born brothers Lucasz Herba, 30, and Michael Herba, 36.
They allegedly clogged and handcuffed Ayling, put it in a backpack and tossed it into the trunk of their car before going to a remote farmhouse outside Milan. "I opened my eyes and I held myself in my mouth," Ayling said. "And my hands are handcuffed, and my ankles are handcuffed too." Ayling accused him of being held hostage for six days at the farmhouse, where Herba's brother told him that they were working for a Romanian gang who in turn took orders from Black Death - a criminal group operating on the dark web.
She says that they told her that her plan was to sell her as a sex slave. "The auction should be done on Sunday and the initial offer is $ 300,000," he said. However, the brother allegedly missed important details - they were not aware that Chloe had a small child. "It's not that they want me to stay with my child, it's a fact that it's devaluing women if you already have children," Ayling said. Although Ayling has a picture of herself pregnant and with her child in her Instagram, she claims Lucasz Herba says that she did not "scroll down enough" to see the photos when planning the abduction.
Allegedly, the unaffected siblings then contacted his agent Mr. Green. They demanded cash for his release, but also suggested that he could make money selling his story.
To prove their bona fide allegations, Mr. Green said, they gave him an email address and a special phone number for the Black Death group. Mr Green instead summoned the police, sparking a race to find the alleged kidnappers. However, it proved unnecessary. Ayling claims that after a few days of captivity, Lucasz Herba began to grow kindly towards him - even took him shopping for shoes in the local village, where CCTV showed them go hand in hand.
The owner of the farmhouse, Fabrizio Prati, said that he rented his farmhouse to Michael Herba but neighbors did not notice the unusual. Ayling claims that even on his outdoors visit, Lucasz Herba said that his Black Death agent was watching him to prevent the escape. But after six days in captivity, he said, he had enough relationship with Lucasz so he agreed to release him before the ransom was paid.
"But I have to say 'Well, after I'm released, I promise I'll do that, and I'll see you,'" he said. "So I gave him that hope and that's why he really believed me, and I feel free." He took him to the British Consulate, where he was arrested on the spot, and soon joined in police custody by his brother. However, after his arrest, Michael Herba claimed that Ayling had entered the plot early on as an easy way to make money.