Model still remembers exact moment she woke up from being kidnapped after being put into suitcase
A model who was kidnapped in 2017 has revealed the exact moment she woke up after being drugged.
Chloe Ayling was just 20 years old when she was lured to Milan, Italy, where she believed she was taking part in a photoshoot.
But after Chloe arrived at the address she was given, her horrific ordeal began.
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She was abducted and drugged by two men, but this was just the start of a horrifying experience which lasted for days.
Chloe - whose experience has now been documented in new BBC drama, Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story - was held at ransom at a farmhouse in Turin by kidnappers Lukasz Herba and his brother Michal.
Speaking ahead of the drama airing, Chloe has recalled the terrifying moment she woke up after being drugged with ketamine and bundled into a suitcase.
"I can still remember some parts of it so visually. I was so heavily drugged but waking up I can still remember the feeling of 'was I on a boat or was I on a ship', like It was a crazy dream," she told BBC Breakfast.
"I still remember that exact moment, but I tend not to think about it. Especially because back then I talked about it so much. But I kept it out of my mind in my own time."
The six-part drama dropped on Wednesday (14 August) on BBC iPlayer.
Chloe says she hopes it will help people understand what really happened to her during the terrifying ordeal, after she was accused of faking the whole incident as part of a publicity stunt.
"I want it to be understood," she said.
"All I wanted at the time was for the facts to be laid out and for people to understand the case. What happened in court and the evidence against him.
"I just feel that was never shown at the time. It was so focused on me and that's not what I wanted. I wanted everyone to see facts and that's what the drama shows and people will gain a lot of knowledge from this drama."
Eventually, the model managed to convince her kidnappers to let her go after explaining that she had a young son.
The two men were arrested by authorities and Lukasz was sentenced to 16 years and nine months in prison, while his brother, Michał, was given 16 years and eight months in prison.
Chloe will be portrayed by Nadia Parkes in the series. Also starring is Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Lindsay, Julian Swiezewski and Olive Gray.
Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story will air on BBC iPlayer on Wednesday 14 August.
Topics: Crime, TV and Film
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