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HE SPEAKS IN ITALIAN

TRANSLATION: On Tuesday, 11th July,

a British model was kidnapped and held hostage

in the Piedmont region.

After six days, she was released in Milan.

Following an extensive investigation,

we have formally charged Polish national Lukasz Herba.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

PHONE VIBRATES

You don't need to do this.

They won't leave if I don't say anything.

OK.

CHLOE INHALES

PRESS CLAMOUR

"I have been through a terrifying experience.

"I feared for my life second by second, minute by minute,

"hour by hour.

"I'm incredibly grateful to the Italian and UK authorities

"for all they have done to secure my safe release.

"I have just arrived home after four weeks of being in Italy,

"and I haven't had the time to gather my thoughts.

"I'm not at liberty to say anything further until I have been

"debriefed by the British police."

This way, Chloe!

EXCITED CHATTER CAMERAS SNAP

How did they even get my name?

I don't know. I've not said a word.

I thought if I gave them the statement,

they'd leave me alone.

You're a major story.

People want to know what happened.

Why? What happened was horrible.

I'm still in shock.

He was so convincing.

But...things are looking up now.

You could make a lot of money out of this.

I'm not kidding, Chloe. There must be...

..probably £100,000-worth of interview fees here.

ALERT CHIMES Nonstop phone calls. How much?

Look, I've told every major news outlet that you've

instructed me not to comment but sooner rather than later...

..one of us needs to speak.

YOU need to speak and...

..you'll be rewarded handsomely for it.

I need to, erm...

I need to think about it.

And...yeah, I'll give you a call in the morning

to talk about the press offers. ALERTS CONTINUES TO CHIME

MUFFLED CHATTER

We received this from the Italian police.

Yeah, that's the guy from the boot of the car.

It's his brother.

Yeah, the man is Michal Herba,

Lukasz's older brother.

He was questioned in the UK when you were released,

but we didn't arrest him.

He's here? Like, for me, or...?

Lukasz and Michal have lived in England for a number of years.

Don't worry.

The international arrest warrant will be issued imminently.

Then he'll be detained.

OK, what happens until then?

If you see anyone suspicious, just call me, any time.

OK. Thanks.

Everything OK?

Thank you.

Just help yourselves.

I've been in touch with a new agency.

They don't rep models, but they have offered to help me

manage all the press and stuff.

AMBER: Oh, that's really exciting.

I know you wanted to keep it quiet, but...

..like, you could make a life-changing amount of cash.

I don't really want my life to change.

Obviously, I want to be able to afford my own place, and... Uh-huh?

..I've always wanted to buy Mum a house.

Yeah, and a Range.

You've just gotta make lemonade out of lemons, babe.

When he said that I could pay for myself...

..and I knew I couldn't...

..I never want to be dependent on anyone again.

NEWSREADER: Three weeks ago, Chloe Ayling finally fled her captors,

but stayed in Italy to help investigators.

She's back in the UK,

and the details are only now coming to light.

"I've been through a terrifying experience. I feared for my life

"second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour."

Today, there was no sign of her at her mother's home in south London,

and no answers to the growing questions.

She went shopping for shoes, for groceries,

and there have been some reports questioning what went on.

..Following criticism of the way she's handled press attention.

More details have been emerging in the case of the British model

who claims she was drugged and then held captive.

To me, I'm just being honest -

some people may criticise me -

but she didn't look too traumatised, did she?

Such a nasty business. Scumbags.

He's in prison now, so...

I was referring to the vultures.

But, of course, him, too.

The Italian police proved it.

Yes, well, unfortunately, until there's a trial,

the press can brandish words like "allegedly" around

as much as they want. I'm not lying.

I was smiling yesterday - obviously, I'm happy to be home.

I am happy because... No, you don't need to convince us.

But the rest of the country, they need a little massaging.

We can pivot your glamour career towards philanthropy -

campaigning against sex trafficking, perhaps? -

but that won't be instantly lucrative.

Your other option is to sell your story.

Front-page tell-all, breakfast shows here and across the pond.

I've never been to America.

Well, once the West Coast wakes up, I expect an influx of offers.

In the meantime, I've just been catching up with the Mail on Sunday.

They're offering an exclusive.

Your words, a respectful retelling.

They'd put you up for the rest of the week in a fancy hotel.

Two birds, one stone - hides you from the paparazzi

and it's a nice setting for the interview.

This is the best way to set the record straight.

We can send someone to your house to pick up some clothes.

PHONE VIBRATES

What about Phil?

Well...I can handle that for you.

VIBRATING CONTINUES

Hello, Phil? It's Adrian, over at Kruger.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, she's with me now.

MUSIC: Heaven Hanging Low by Art School Girlfriend

# Swim the corners of

# Things in my head

# Heaven hanging low and you

# Shirtless in bed

# How'd you think about me

# When you're alone?

# Days, they go so easily

# I've never known

# Pray and I pray

# I pray and I pray

# Pray and I pray

# I pray and I pray

# Pray and I pray

# I pray and I pray

# I pray and I pray

# Pray and I pray

# I pray and I pray... #

So, erm...

..I walked into the studio

and immediately was grabbed by two masked men.

And one of them, erm, immediately put his arm around my neck

and the other one came around the front

and injected me in my wrist.

And, erm...

Why don't you start with Paris?

OK. Yeah.

Sorry. So, do you know about the cancelled photo shoot in Paris?

Yeah, it's so interesting.

Why do you think he didn't kidnap you then?

I don't know. You got paid, correct?

Even though it was cancelled. Yeah.

What do you think was going through his mind, that first time

he met you in real life, in Paris?

I don't know.

But you spent a week with him.

If you had to put yourself in his shoes,

what do you think his motives were?

I really have no idea.

I don't know why he took me.

I don't know why he freed me.

I don't know why he lied about Black Death or...

..took me shopping.

I don't know why he didn't hurt me or rape me or kill me -

because he could've, and he didn't.

And I don't really know why he chose me at all.

Lift your chin up.

SHUTTER CLICKS

Yeah, that's nice.

It's lovely, Chloe. It's very classy. Yes.

Yeah, chin up again. That's it.

Yeah, these are nice.

Can we try a few without the smile? Yeah.

Yeah, that's nice.

SHUTTER CONTINUES TO CLICK

Want to play a game?

Maybe we could be together.

Properly.

SHE CHUCKLES

You look beautiful.

Mum, we don't need that many!

We've arrested his brother.

He'll remain in custody here.

There's something called an extradition process...

Yeah, I know that.

What will I have to do?

I don't want to see him again.

There are numerous ways we can ensure your comfort

in any court proceedings.

You could possibly give evidence via video link.

But that's a worry for another day.

Tonight, you and your mum can sleep soundly.

OK?

Take care. Thanks.

Do you believe me?

Yeah.

I've seen the evidence.

DOOR OPENS

REPORTERS CALL OUT

DOOR SHUTS

I thought you were going to die.

It's over.

Everything's OK.

DISTANT CLATTER

MUFFLED CHATTER

And yet he released you.

What kind of kidnapper drives his victim to the consulate?

I mean, it's a very unusual story.

I think that's why the papers have, erm...

..gone so far with the headlines,

because it IS so unusual.

Of course, I felt responsible in the sense that, you know,

I didn't want to send her to the hands of a kidnapper,

but I thought I was sending her to a proper photo shoot, in a studio.

Everything checked out.

I want everyone to heed a warning about social media.

Lots of my models, and probably other young ladies as well,

always say what they're doing, where they're going,

and, you know, what time they...

What? No, he's the one who told you where to go and who to meet.

He's a hypocrite. Yeah.

Thank you. Thank you.

We're ready to order, as well.

Thanks. Can we get the scallops,

the lobster salads, erm,

Wagyu - rare - erm, sea bream,

truffle fries?

TWO truffle fries.

THEY LAUGH

Thank you. Thank you.

What are you going to do about Phil?

Keeps phoning me, you know?

You're not answering, right?

No.

I like Adrian. Mm.

I don't love the way his agency advises me on what to wear...

CHLOE LAUGHS

..but I do like that he comes everywhere with me.

Nothing like that's ever going to happen again.

OK? You don't need to worry.

I know. I know, it's fine.

I'm here. He's in prison, so...

Do you think about him a lot?

Never.

Did you ever think that the kidnapper let you see his face

because you weren't getting out alive?

I saw through the gap that there was an empty suitcase.

And it was at that point that I thought...

..yeah, I thought I was going to die,

because why else would he have a s-suitcase about my size?

And...

..I was just hoping for...

..for, like, a...

..like a pain-free death.

Despite those tears, I would say 99.9% of you have

very little sympathy with Chloe.

"What a waste of police time and money," says Mandy.

"Why wasn't she in tears and fearful,

"instead of posing for the camera?" says Samantha.

Do you regret the way you were dressed when you were photographed

when you came out, because you were wearing shorts and a low-cut top?

Dance with me!

I don't want to! Dance with me.

I really don't want to.

DANCE MUSIC BLARES

If this had happened to one of your friends,

would you believe her story?

Would you believe her if she'd been spotted

shoe shopping with her kidnapper?

Chloe's a really good friend of mine

and she's a gorgeous girl,

but she's young and naive.

She's super lovely, but...

Babe, they're following me.

..the story does sound strange to me.

Lying bitch!

AMBER: How did you ever sleep,

knowing he was right there next to you?

Did you ever think about smothering him with a pillow or something?

Yeah, and then what?

I thought there were more.

Worse than him.

You can stop all this, you know.

If it's too much.

No more interviews.

No.

Something good has got to come from this.

I'm getting messages.

Messages telling me to kill myself.

No, really? Yeah.

Let me see. It's like...

So, it's things like that, and, like...

"Bullshit. #FameWhore".

"Slag was asking for it." "Never happened."

"If she wants attention that bad, she should just hang herself

"off the pole she swings around."

God.

I'm so sorry, Chloe.

Look, we've got Piers Morgan next week, but...

..I can cancel him if you want me to. No.

That would look like I had something to hide.

Thanks.

OK? All right.

Shouldn't be long. OK.

Someone you know?

Yeah, I thought I did.

FRANCESCO: I have some bad news.

I just received documents from Lukasz and Michal's lawyers.

Go ahead.

They say you were involved.

That you planned it with them so you could get rich and famous.

Chloe?

Uh, yeah.

Sorry. I'm here.

Press coverage has been so widespread now,

they are going to present articles from the tabloids as his defence.

OK, so what happens?

In terms of the trial, nothing changes.

The prosecution has a strong case.

But, erm, I just wanted to warn you.

The trial was all I had.

It was going to clear my name.

It will.

I promise.

Despite the fact that somebody has been charged and

somebody else faces extradition,

do you feel at times like you're the person on trial here?

Erm, no, because I know that, when the actual trial happens,

the newspapers will completely change.

Their headlines are only temporary.

Everyone's valuing, erm, theories and opinions

over factual information at the moment.

You're doing a book, right? Yes, yeah.

How much are you getting for that?

Erm, I'm not sure...

Well, roughly what?

A few thousand. 10,000? 20,000?

Not that much, no. A few thousand.

And you've done a lot of interviews.

Mm-hm. You've been paid for all those?

Some, yeah. Yeah.

You've been paid for this. Mm-hm.

Do you think there's, I don't know...

Does it help you to apparently seem to be exploiting all this

for financial gain when we haven't even had the trial yet?

No, because I'm not modelling any more.

I'm not with a model agent.

I can't be after what happened, because it was due to his negligence

that this actually happened.

It wasn't because of the pictures I was posting,

like some people claim.

I didn't get kidnapped because I do glamour -

it was because of his negligence.

So, I have to do something in the meantime.

Just to point out that your former agent has been extremely

supportive of you, and says that they went through

all the right due diligence when it came to this, setting up the shoot.

Now, this has obviously been a really tough time for you,

because not only have you been through the experience you describe,

you've faced so much publicly.

But it's because of how bad what I went through was

this doesn't affect me, the media, so much -

it seems nothing to me, like a drop in the sea

after going through something so bad.

You did lie.

I brushed it off.

Yeah, but, Chloe, here's the problem.

Your idea of brushing it off - you lied.

Or if I was just a 30-year-old woman - like, not a model -

do you think people would have the same opinions of me?

I don't think so, no.

I think, if you're conducting media interviews where you're being

paid money and you're doing a book for thousands of pounds before

there's even been a trial, I think we're perfectly entitled

to ask you difficult questions.

But it's the papers are portraying it...

Yeah, a shopkeeper says she saw you laughing and joking with

one of the alleged kidnappers... I wasn't laughing and joking.

..as you bought shoes, and then you bought groceries.

No, that's not true,

I wasn't laughing and j...

STOPS STREAM

ON TV: ..producer Harvey Weinstein are now looking at sexual assault

allegations from seven women. PHONE VIBRATES

The incidents are alleged to have taken place between

the early 1980s and 2015.

VIBRATING CONTINUES

The producer has unequivocally denied any allegations

of nonconsensual sex.

Our special correspondent Lucy Manning is here.

And what more can you tell us about this?

Well, the Metropolitan Police confirmed today that they have

expanded their investigation into Harvey Weinstein.

And it actually has a name now - it's called Operation Kaguyak -

and they have allegations from seven women,

making 11 separate allegations.

And we have learned...

DOORBELL RINGS

..that four new women have come forward in the last couple of weeks

to make allegations...

Are you joking?

The journalist wouldn't leave me alone.

Offer after offer.

I still can't believe you could do this.

The headline made it look like I was slagging you off,

but I was actually... I didn't read it.

I thought you'd understand.

We've all got bills to pay.

Yeah, I've got no choice.

I need to make money somehow - I can't go back to modelling.

Then why are you making it harder for yourself?

I've never met someone who can work a camera like you.

And then all I see on TV is you with a gob on.

If you really want people to believe you,

you should just turn that smile on.

Come on, it's not like you don't know how to play the game

to get what you want. That's what you did with Lukasz, right?

To survive.

I didn't get that much for the story.

The guy at the shop said it was decent.

Yeah, you're just as gullible as me.

You want more than this.

Don't punish me for wanting the same.

The brothers have changed their story.

They're now saying it was a fake abduction

and I planned it with them to get money.

Yeah, I saw, it's bullshit.

Yeah, but the whole world believes it, so...

..I guess it's inspired them.

I'm so sorry.

The trial was going to clear my name.

I was going to prove I'm not a liar.

Yeah, and it still will. Yeah.

Maybe they can use some of your article to

tear my character apart in court.

Look, I know I fucked up.

Please... You should go.

Chlo.

Please.

Just go.

MUSIC: My Very Best by The Big Moon

# What did I learn?

# Life is a lousy school

# Feel for the right words

# Like steps from a swimming pool

# I got in my head

# I wish it was easy

# Put on my cowboy hat

# Lasso the future

# And show you what's in the trap

# As small as a mouse... #