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[Music] in 1987 london-based the lawyer and the part-time DJ Phil green cemented a new
career endeavor by founding his own modeling agency aptly titled supermodel agency
by 2017 phil was entering his 30th year in the industry and super model agency was a major success representing a large
catalog of glamour models promo girls and Instagram influences many were featured in erotic calendars and immense
magazines like FHM Maxim loaded nuts and to zoo weekly with the elite appearing in the more illustrious Playboy several
learned a level of popularity is page three girls a British tabloid tradition where female glamour models were
featured topless on the aforementioned page of the Sun Daily Mirror and daily star newspapers Phil primarily ran his
business online meeting with aspiring models at private residences to assess if they were suitable to join his books
his email inbox was consistently filled with requests from clients from across the world who required models for a
variety of purposes including photoshoots commercials corporate events and parties no request was off-limits as
Phil sent his personnel to a range of jobs from fetish shoots and jelly wrestling competitions to trade shows
and motor races models with a significant following on social media would occasionally be selected to
audition for a role on television as a gameshow hostess or to compete in a reality series like a love island tour
Celebrity Big Brother Phil Green took every opportunity to network with the rich and famous arranging parties at
London's trendy nightclubs where he would spend the evening in the VIP area surrounded by a bevy of attractive women
half his age if one of his models hooked up with a celebrity or sports star Phil
would put them in touch with tabloid in newspaper journalists and earn a cut of the profit for the scoop
he also pocketed 20% of the sales from photos depicting his models in compromising situations such as
accidental flashes of public nudity most of which were staged on the morning of Wednesday July 12 2017 Phil sat down at
his computer to check his work emails his inbox contained the usual array of offers from clients seeking models but
there was one email that stood out from all the others it was sent from an organization titled the Black Death
group and began we've got Chloe ailing [Music] [Music] chloë ailing never intended to be in the
limelight her initial focus was on academia studying law business and psychology at a-level before moving into
sports science regarded as a conventional beauty she began modeling at 18 years old complimented for her
round feminine face that was framed by thick long wavy blond hair and a slender though shapely figure standing at just 5
foot 3 inches tall she wasn't suitable for modeling high fashion which generally required a
minimum height of 5 foot 8 instead chloe set her sights on glamour and commercial
modeling the teenager established an online presence by featuring in strip football challenge videos on YouTube
where she was tasked with kicking a soccer ball in high heels to her male teammates who would then take a shot at
goal if they missed Chloe would have to remove the piece of clothing the game carrying on until she was standing in
the open field as naked as YouTube's rules would allow she also took part in prank videos where she participated in
staged practical jokes which involved her having to strip down to her underwear Chloe didn't earn much for
taking part in these videos but they raised her profile and to led to better jobs in August 2016
two months after turning 19 Chloe signed a contract with the super model agency and became one of Phil Greene's most
prominent models amassing hundreds of thousands of followers on her Instagram page by posting a variety of scantily
clad seductive photos she worked constantly eventually earning up to 500 pounds per magazine shoot into becoming
a popular choice for The Daily Star the only newspaper that continued to feature
page three girls that therefore came as no surprise to Phil green when in March 2017
he received an email from an photographer named Andre hola tío personally requesting Chloe ailing for a
glamour photo shoot in Paris his studio was titled to Percy Murphy and he wanted
Chloe to model some leather apparel for a motorcycle magazine advert lazio was straightforward and professional as he
detailed the shoot to fill explaining Chloe would be posing on a motorbike in front of a green screen so that
background scenery could be digitally added or later the job included flights overnight accommodation at the 4 star
hotel Madeline Plaza in central Paris a spa treatment and spending money as part
of his role as a modeling agent Phil Green was expected to research any potential clients and verify that the
jobs they were offering his models were genuine in his book confessions of a model aging Phil said I
checked Andre Latios address and - this was perfectly legitimate even to the point of looking at Google Maps to find
- the location I asked him to send me pictures of previous work he had done to which he Julie obliged he even sent me a
picture of his studio and there above the studio door were the words beseemeth eek a little Italian temper in the heart
of France exactly as he said satisfied he had confirmed the legitimacy of the job and client Phil agreed to send Chloe
to France for the shoot Chloe was thrilled by the opportunity the prospect of travel glamour and adventure was
exactly what it enticed her into the world of modeling in the first place and having never been to Paris she was
itching to explore the famed city Phil told Chloe that despite having her measurements taken upon joining
supermodel agency she had to come in for a second fitting as Lazio requested her
exact sizing for the custom-made motorcycle leathers she would be wearing in the shoot Phil was known as the men
with the tape measure and insisted on measuring all the models himself claiming to have been duped in the past
by women who lied about their dimensions Chloe reluctantly agreed to ensure she had as much time as possible to
experience the foreign city Chloe requested the earliest flight available to Paris and to the latest one to leave
upon landing on the morning of Thursday April 20 her driver was awaiting her arrival at the gate holding a sign with
her name in big black letters she was driven to her hotel where she checked in and deposited her luggage before heading
out to see the Eiffel Tower as she walked the three and a half kilometers to the famous landmark Chloe video
called Phil on her mobile phone so she could show him the sights she reached the tower and took a selfie underneath
before moving off to have dinner on her own at a nearby restaurant Chloe arrived back to her hotel later
that evening but her plans of a relaxing night were interrupted by the screech of
emergency beetle sirens outside she received a text message from a friend alerting her to a headline that had
appeared online which read Sara hits Paris as policeman shot on the Shawn Searle is a Chloe bunkered down in her
room his news of the shooting began to filter through around at the time she had been eating dinner a gunman wielding
an ak-47 rifle Rome to the seans Alizee shopping Boulevard one kilometer away one police officer was killed and two
others as well as a German tourist were seriously injured the perpetrator was shot dead and found to be carrying a
list of police station addresses he had planned to ambush along with the note praising jihadist militant group Isis as
such the incident was declared a terror attack the next morning Chloe received a
phone call from Andre Alejo the photographer overseeing the motorcycle photoshoot he informed Chloe that his
studio had been ransacked during the chaos of the terror attack and - that all of his camera equipment and a
lighting gear had been stolen light Co had no choice but to cancel the shoot and was sending a prepaid taxi to
collect Chloe from the hotel and take her back to the airport frustrated but understanding Chloe
finished her breakfast then checked out before jumping into a car that was waiting at the front of the hotel it
wasn't until she arrived at the airport that Chloe realized she had gotten into the wrong car the driver demanded cash
for the trip but she didn't have any and she had been expecting to receive her expenses or later that day
Chloe scrolled through her mobile phone until she found at the email containing Andre Latios contact number and promptly
called him passing the phone to the driver so the two of them could resolve the situation after a conversation in
French the driver informed Chloe she was to wait in the car until light Co arrived with the payment
eventually a lean Caucasian man with cropped dark hair wearing sporty sunglasses appeared at the window
introducing himself as Andre Lott CEO for an experienced senior photographer Lazio appeared remarkably young to Chloe
seemingly under 30 years old he paid the driver and apologized profusely to Chloe
both for canceling the shoot and for the mix-up with the car he seemed agitated and keen to get going
giving Chloe her promised the 90 pounds for expenses before leaving her to wait several hours for her scheduled flight
home although she didn't get to complete the shoot the trip wasn't a complete write-off for Chloe back in London The
Daily Star newspaper wrote an article about how one of their top page 3 models was caught up in Paris during the recent
terror attack accompanying the story with the topless picture of Chloe a few months later
Chloe was on assignment in Dubai which involved partying with the client attending nightclubs and frolicking on
the beach when she received a call from Phil green with some good news Andre Lott Co had rescheduled the
motorcycle magazine photoshoot finding Paris too dangerous he had since relocated his studio to his home country
of Italy with the shoot taking place in the northern city of Milan on July 11 just a couple of weeks after Chloe's
20th birthday Chloe had never been to Milan and was excited to visit the city deemed the fashion capital of the world
again requesting the earliest arrival flight possible to make the most of the trip
Lazio offered a 900-pound payment up front and sent images of his new Milan based studio which bought the same
besime effects eye needs as his one in Paris Phil checked the studios address on Google Maps confirming the building
existed and matched the details Leto had provided on Tuesday July 11 Chloe flew into Milan and checked into
the best the Western plus hotel on the Piazza Lima where Lazio had arranged complimentary spa treatments and a
breakfast for her she went shopping and purchased some bikinis for an upcoming trip to Ibiza where she planned to take
some beachside photos for her Instagram account the next morning Chloe awoke early and dressed in a pink
chenille bodysuit designer jeans sneakers a pink leather jacket and a cap she packed her suitcase and at 8:30 a.m.
checked out of her hotel to begin the 20-minute taxi ride to the photography studio later that night as midnight
approached in England Beata ailing was struck with worry her daughter Chloe was due to land at Gatwick Airport hours
earlier at 9:30 p.m. but she had not arrived home and there had been no word from her this was unusual as Chloe would
always ring her mother to keep her updated on her travels Beata found Phil green but he hadn't
heard from Chloe either even though she would call him after a photo shoot to let him know how it had gone Phil
checked the status of Chloe's flight from Milan and confirmed it had landed in Gatwick on schedule knowing she had
plans to fly to Ibiza the next day Phil suggests that she may have decided to stay in Milan another day and fly
directly to a better from there Beata had a hard time believing her daughter would make such a radical change without
notifying her first and considered the possibility that Chloe had lost her phone
Phil proposed they wait until the morning before making inquiries about Khloe's whereabouts expecting a logical
explanation to arise in the meantime end Beata reluctantly agreed the following morning
of Wednesday July 12 there had still been no contact from Chloe Phil called the airline and discovered there was no
record of her checking in for her flight from Milan he turned on his computer to
check whether Andre lot Co had emailed through when he revised plans for the photo shoot
and as he scanned his inbox one email core desire at red hire Phil green I go by the name M D I am a mid high-level
contract killer working for Black Death group Chloe has been taken and is currently under my wings and as long as
I live nothing will happen to her I give my word who went on to explain that Chloe
was set to be auctioned as a sex slave on the dark web the following Sunday unless Phil raised the ransom of three
hundred thousand two euros he was instructed to get the money from three men Chloe had named two of whom Phil
recognized the supermodel agency clients and to the other Rory who he did not know MD stated he was risking his life
by writing to Phil and protecting Chloe but was unable to release her as quote the sentence for that would be death for
both myself and Chloe as a part of a rule that no merchandise leaves black death unpaid Phil responded to the email
with a single word received [Music] the black death group alleged to be an organized crime group from a stern
Europe the doting weapons drugs bombings assassinations provision of mercenaries
false identity creation human trafficking and dark web sales to remain incognito black death did not advertise
their sex slave options to the masses and would change web addresses whenever their site received too much traffic
those who managed to find black deaths website were greeted by a drawing of eleven ominous figures wearing long
robes and masks associated with plague doctors in the 1300s the masks featured a 6-inch a long black beak that was
traditionally filled with pleasant smelling plants and spices to conceal the stench of corpses the
black death website featured an auction page which was only accessible to users who had been recommended by current
members it advertised a range of women referred to as merchandise that were available to purchase with the youngest
the most expensive each option profile included a starting bid photos and details of the woman's height weight and
size according to the group a doctor was on staff to test the captives for sexually transmitted diseases and a
virginity with those declared as pure commanding a higher price the auctions occurred in Europe but the
victim could be delivered to the winning bidder anywhere in the world and customers with a specific woman in mind
could also pay a significant cost to have the black death group kidnapped targets that fulfilled their individual
requirements black deaths notoriety was well established but also dubious in july 2015 two years before the group
claimed to have kidnapped Chloe ailing journalist Joseph Cox wrote an article for tech magazine motherboard detailing
his encounter with black death upon gaining access to the site he came across an auction for a woman
named Nicole with a starting bid of 150 thousand dollars the option advertisement was accompanied by an
image of a blonde topless woman with her hands tied behind her back thrashing around as the shadow of a man
loomed in the background Joseph Cox attempted to infiltrate the site by pretending to be a
cryptocurrency rich customer but was unsuccessful in gaining entry to an auction it was later determined that the
images of Nicole were screenshots taken from an unrelated pornography video raising doubts over the legitimacy of
that particular option a year later in May 2016 UK authorities were alerted to a fully booked online auction taking
place on the Black Death groups a website where a 15 year old girl named Laura was on sale for five hundred and
seventy-five thousand pounds and a 17 year old girl identified as Gemma was on sale for ninety two thousand pounds
investigators were unable to determine whether these options were real or if the sales ever went ahead
a year passed before the next the black death auction was scheduled for Sunday July 16 2017 this time advertising the
sale of 20 year-old Chloe ailing despite the email from the black death group warning him not to notify the police
Phil green contacted of law enforcement in Milan to alert them of Chloe's abduction local police wanted him to
make a missing-persons report in person but as this was not practical Phil reached out to the British Consulate
office in Milan for help who expedited an investigation Milan police arrived - Andre Latios photography studio and upon
gaining access to the building discovered that it was empty inside and - there was nothing to suggest that had
ever been used for such a purpose temporary walls had been set up to create a makeshift corridor from the
front door to the back of the building police found an abandoned suitcase by the door and further inside they came
across a mobile phone jeans shoes and a pink leather jacket alongside the clothes a piece of paper featured a
picture of eleven men wearing long gowns and debate masks knocked with the words
black death group Chloe working in conjunction with the authorities in the UK Milan police initiated the search for
Chloe and her abductors with little to go on a team of investigators started the
arduous task of trawling through CCTV footage near Latios fake photography studio to see if they could piece
together Chloe's final movements meanwhile specialists officers in the UK covertly took over Phil Greene's email
account to begin negotiations with black death which continued throughout the five days leading up to the auction one
email from the mysterious group read I think I haven't been clear enough my superiors tell me there is a high
interest in Chloe for option time is running out option is on Sunday I might be a contract killer but real life isn't
[ __ ] John wick I will be unable to protect her if you people do nothing about it another email contained an
advertisement for the auction that was apparently being circulated on the dark web the ad featured photographs of a
seemingly unconscious payal Chloe sprawled out on the floor wearing her pink chenille bodysuit and
ankle socks with her long blonde hair messily tousled around her and arms awkwardly bent upwards
her eyes were open but glazed and staring off into the distance and her pupils were noticeably dilated the piece
of paper found at the fake photography studio with the image of the masked men in robes was laid on her stomach reading
black death group Chloe believed to be a victim of human trafficking Chloe was subject to the highest alert
in Europe as the date of the auction loomed her image was distributed to police stations all over the continent
with international police organization Interpol now involved in the investigation they are darling and Phil
Greene were in constant contact with the British Consulate to receive updates on
any developments in the case which were limited investigators had yet to find evidence
indicating Chloe's whereabouts and were so far unsuccessful in locating the invitation-only dark web site where her
auction was to take place Phil had attempted to come up with the ransom but had only managed to extract an offer of
twenty thousand pounds from one of the three men on the list of names Chloe had provided to the black death group
as the date of the auction came and when the police and Chloe's loved ones waded
in nervous helpless anticipation at 9:30 a.m. on Monday July 17 the day after the
auction the British Consulate in Milan opened its doors and a man and a woman walked in together
the young blond-haired woman was wearing a tracksuit that was too big for her petite frame and a pair of running shoes
she approached to the front counter and told the receptionist that was an emergency and that she'd be seen to
immediately the couple were rushed through a metal detector and past two armed soldiers
into the office of the consulate a translator greeted them and to the young woman announced I was kidnapped on Chloe
hailing Chloe was immediately led into a private room when the man she was with tried to follow a group of armed
security guards gathered around him ordering him to stay put Chloe told the consulate staff the man was a friend and
that she called him after being released by her kidnappers however when the police arrived they asked her to provide
the phone number she had used to call this supposed friend and she was unable to port in her lie
Chloe panicked telling the police that although she was now free she was still under the clutches of the black death
group Chloe relayed her ordeal to police studying her story six days earlier on Tuesday July 11 the day of the photo
shoot after departing her hotel she took a taxi to Andrey Latios studio a prominent number seven to the right of
the front doors indicated that Chloe was in the right place that the buildings the lower floor windows were covered in
bars and - there was no signage to suggest that there was a studio inside when she tried to open the doors they
wouldn't budge a panel of buzzers sat to the left of the door but there was nothing to
indicate which one she should press Chloe flicked through the emails on her mobile phone until she found the number
she had used to contact Andre Lotterer months earlier when she was in Paris she called the number and demand answered
who introduced himself as Daniel before directing Chloe to walk a little further
down the road to a smaller building which looked like a disused shop front in a garage
as she had been on many shoots in a wide variety of locations there was nothing about this location that set off any
alarm bells for Chloe in the modeling world photographers often used empty shops and
unrenovated warehouses as the large spaces gave them the versatility to light the shot from all angles
Chloe pushed the front door open placing her suitcase to the side before heading down a makeshift corridor that
led further in towards the back of the building she found a door marked with a black
sign that said studio in white lettering unlike typical modeling shots which were
a hive of activity with the bustle of the creative team and loud music playing this building was eerily silent as Chloe
reached out to open the studio door a gloved hand slammed over her mouth from behind and another snaked around her
neck unable to screw on the way she watched as a second figure appeared in front of her his face covered by a black
ski mask he pushed up the sleeve of Chloe's the leather jacket and jabbed the needle
point of a syringe into her right wrist before injecting its contents into her body the last thing she remembered was
her muscles beginning to relax before everything went black when Chloe awoke some time later it was pitch dark her
wrists were handcuffed together her feet were bound entered there was duct tape covering her mouth she was still wearing
her body students socks but everything else was gone her heart was beating abnormally fast
and she was only able to take short shallow breaths through her nose she could fill movement beneath her but was
completely confined in a hot compact space that limited her to the fetal position she soon realized she was
inside a bag Chloe was able to maneuver her hands to peel the tape of her mouth and began
wiggling her finger against the zip of the bag eventually opening a small gap that
allowed Cimmerian as her grogginess subsided she realized she was in the boot of a moving vehicle and screamed
for the driver to stop she worked the zip open until she could get her cuffed hands out and began hitting them against
the underside of the parcel shelf above which dislodged and came tumbling down on top of her the vehicle immediately
swerved and came to a stop chloe heard its doors open before the lid of the boot launched upwards and she saw two
men wearing black ski masks looking down at her without a word they replaced the
tape over her mouth and deceived the bag up again they drove for what felt - Chloe like hours only stopping
occasionally so her captors could give her sips of water and to replace the tape over her mouth which had a hard
time sticking against her sweaty skin when the car stopped for a third time an unfamiliar unmasked man climbed into the
boot and started spooning her Chloe considered whether he's the lack of disguise meant she was not expected to
get out alive to identify him and took the opportunity to bombard him with questions about her predicament he spoke
with an accent in broken English never raising his voice above a whisper telling her that she had been kidnapped
by two Romanian men who had now passed her on to him and the driver of the car he answered her many questions with the
same response I don't know helplessness washed over Chloe and she started to cry the man
tried to calm her nerves by promising that would not harm her and she felt somewhat soothed by his soft voice and
kind manner he gently pulled her bodysuit straight without any unnecessary touching to prevent her
breasts from being exposed which reassured Chloe that he did not intend to sexually assault her the pair
remained in the hot stuffy booth together for the remainder of the journey during which the men agreed to
unlock Chloe's handcuffs to provide her momentary relief a replace to them as soon as the car reached its final
destination [Music] Chloe was zipped back up into the oversized the duffel bag with her two
captors threatening to inject her with the Sinnott Eve again if she didn't cooperate terrified at the thought of
the syringe she complied remaining stool so they could carry her up what felt like a steep hill she heard the sound of
a door unlocking and they gently placed her down and unzipped the bag once her eyes adjusted Chloe realized she was in
a cramped and cluttered kitchen the man who had spent the final leg of the car ride in the boot with her remained
unmasked while his cohort wore a balaclava Chloe asked to use the toilet and was directed up a flood of bare
concrete stairs with a wall to the left and no banister the men followed her to the shabby bathroom and ordered her to
leave the door open once she was finished the men led to Chloe through a beaded curtain to a small room that was
painted a yellow green a chest the wooden drawers took up the length of one wall and a sleeping bag was positioned
on the floor next to it a single bed sat on the other side with a multicolored crocheted blanket pulled neatly across
it the masked man pointed at the sleeping bag indicating for Chloe to lie on it her hands and fate were then handcuffed
to the legs of the chest of drawers satisfied that she wasn't going anywhere her captors went back downstairs where
she could hear them speaking in a foreign language after some time the unmasked man returned still speaking in
his quiet soothing voice he told Chloe that he's part of the job was complete and it was time for him to leave but
something had gone wrong and his angry boss was now on the way to see her he assured her that once the boss arrived
she would be told what was going on Chloe remained on the floor her ability to move limited by the awkward position
she had been handcuffed in she heard a commotion downstairs with men yelling and a door slamming followed by a
one-sided heated conversation which she assumed was conducted on the telephone before long another man entered the room
and released the handcuffs around Chloe's wrist leaving her shackled by the ankle the man sat on the single bed
and Chloe twisted around so that she could see him she didn't immediately recognize the skinny brown haired
clean-shaven men but didn't find him particularly daunting neither he calmly told her I don't know if you remember
but I briefly met you in Paris and then clicked to Chloe although he was wearing sunglasses
during their first meeting the man sitting before her was Andre Lott Co the head photographer for the motorcycle
photoshoot he revealed that his name was not Andre Lott Co nor was he a photographer reintroducing himself as MD
he claimed that the Romanians who had kidnapped Chloe and to the pair who had driven her to the remote house all
worked for the same organisation as he did the black death group according to MD
the black death group was the largest mafia style organization in the world with members positioned throughout a 20
level hierarchy MD was at level 12 and operated as an assassin for the organization with poisoning being his
preferred method of murder the other men involved in Khloe's abduction were low-level foot soldiers who had drugged
her before strip searching her for tracking devices he explained the purpose of Khloe's abduction was to sell
her on the dark web with her auction scheduled to take place in five days time it was not the first time Black
Death had carried out such an option MD explained that the group usually snatched three to four girls awake from
bars or nightclubs bringing them to their remote property where they were kept in a shed and chained to the
rafters once the girls were sold that were used this sex weighs and passed around to other men in the buyers family
before being fed to pet Tigers when the owners grew bored of her to prove his claims MD took out his laptop and showed
Khloe the advertisement for her sale they featured a photograph of her she didn't recall having taken where she was
sprawled out on the floor in her pink bodysuit along with a link to her Instagram profile and a description that
read Chloe born in UK abducted in Italy held in Germany 19 years old Caucasian 34 double D 25 35 beginner model
starting bid 300 thousand two euros option takes place 16 July 2017 MD revealed the very powerful men in the
Middle East were showing a lot of interest in her auction but a problem had since arisen in black deaths plans
and his superiors were not happy he scrolled through their website to the list of rules governing black deaths
options and pointed to one that read we do not sell girls that are terminally ill pregnant have STDs or a young
mother's the group had failed to realize that Khloe was the mother of a two-year-old son having fallen pregnant
at the age of 17 she had long since split with her son's father and to the estranged couple shared custody of the
young boy under the black death group's own rules Khloe ailing could not be sold MD only
found out Chloe had a son after seeing pictures of him on her Instagram page forcing him to cancel her abduction
which was originally intended to take place during her trip to Paris in April however the lesser ranking black death
members had misunderstood the change of plans and continued emailing Phil Green using the Andre Lotterer alias to
reschedule the fake photo shoot in Milan to carry out the crime there instead as
she had already been advertised for sale and to the black death group didn't want
to upset their wealthy clients MD stated that the only way to secure Khloe's freedom was for her to come up with her
own starting bid of 300,000 euros this wasn't particularly reassuring to Chloe as she didn't have access to such
funds but MD said he would do whatever he could to help her out he told her to come up with the names of three people
who would be willing and able to provide the money to secure her release Chloe gave him the names of three well-off
associates Rory an investment banker she had recently dated and two supermodel agency clients
one who managed public relations 466 magazine and one who owned men's lifestyle magazine loaded MD explained
he would email the names to Phil Green and tell him he had until Saturday to get the money together otherwise Chloe's
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came in and out of the room throughout the night sitting on the single bed beside her and rambling on about black
death his important role within the organization and to the risks who was willing to take to help her he even
offered to pay part of the release money himself provided Chloe was able to raise
the bulk of it he told Chloe she was no longer in Italy and was being held elsewhere on a remote
property owned by AMD that was isolated enough that nobody would be able to hear
her scream he threatened that she would be hunted down and killed if she tried to escape
but maintained that she was safe in his presence as the penalty for any black death operative who messed with the
merchandise was death MD brought her food but as he had already informed her that he carried out assassinations by
poisoning his victims she refused to weed it as the second day wore on Chloe was informed that Phil Green had
responded to the ransom email with a single word and nothing else that afternoon and they offered that she
shared a double bed in the next room with him confident by the fact that M day would be killed if he did anything
to harm her Chloe opted to sleep in the bed under the two slept back-to-back under separate blankets from then on
Chloe was allowed to remain in the bed leaving only to go to the bathroom and they strictly warned that she was not
allowed to go downstairs or attempt to look through the shuttered windows and they left the house frequently telling
Chloe he was driving to get reception on his phone so that he could check on the
status of her ransom payment sher paid all his orders while he was gone fearful there were cameras in the
house or that other people nearby were keeping an eye on her MD would return frustrated with the lack
of progress obtaining the ransom money telling Chloe that if they didn't get the payment soon there was no choice but
to prepare for her auction this required more photographs to be taken for her bidders and a visit from a doctor to
check her for sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy by the third day of Chloe's captivity MD began opening up
about his earlier life in the military and how he came to be an assassin when he boasted that he had earned fifteen
million dollars from his work in the Black Death group Chloe realized he was trying to impress her as she was no
stranger to men's affection and flirting was part of her job when attending events of working as a hostess
Chloe saw this as a chance at survival she responded with warmth and affection encouraging him to talk more and more
m-day confessed he wanted to break free of the black death group but doing so would require him to pay one and a half
million dollars and transfer all 20 of his properties to the organization when they weren't talking MD and Chloe played
hangman and to battleship to pass the time AMD's demeanor softened and he became the less formal with Chloe
sensing she was no longer just a business transaction to him famish tend to no longer fearful he was
trying to poison her she accepted a chocolate bar from him although furious inside she remained poised then tried to
humanize herself further by talking about how much she missed her mother and son the more the pair spoke the more it
felt like md believed the bond was forming between them and khloe used this to her advantage by friday morning four
days into Khloe's captivity and to two days before her scheduled auction and they asked if they could share a kiss
Chloe told him that would only be possible once she was free prompting MD to start brainstorming ideas about how
they could secure her safe release if they couldn't come up with the ransom money in time as the black death group
didn't have a strong presence in London he suggested she agreed to promote the group in the UK in exchange for her
freedom MD took his plan to the higher ranking members of the organisation later informing Chloe that they had
struck a deal he handed her a letter which read you were being released as a huge generosity from Black Death group
your release does however come with a warning and you should read this letter carefully Chloe was given strict
instructions that upon her return to London she was not allowed to pursue any investigation into her kidnapping she
was also required to pay fifty thousand two euros in cryptocurrency to the black
death group and promote them by quote sneaking a predetermined set of information into the media the letter
went on to say you and your family will in no way ever talk about us in bad language and without respect you have
been treated fairly with respect and we expect to hear exactly the same about us
in return any sort of disobedience with the above will result in your elimination
following her release from the black death group on Monday July 17 Chloe ailing was transported to the
Milan police station where she was formally questioned about every detail of her abduction into captivity
everything she said was recorded analyzed queried and clarified which was a time-consuming process requiring the
help of a translator she was also subjected to a thorough medical examination forensic testing
revealed there was no trace of drugs in her urine indicating she had not had any
within the previous couple of days but a hair sample came back positive for ketamine a horse tranquilizer
notoriously used as an incapacitating agent in date rape incidents a pinhole sized puncture mark on her
wrist was evidence of a syringe wound and two the bruises around her wrists and ankles were consistent with having
been handcuffed for an extended period as she was being questioned officers had been following up all of her claims and
had figured out the location where she had been held captive finding her DNA on the handcuffs floor and abed MD had
allied to Chloe about crossing the Italian border the rundown farmhouse she had been taken to was located in a tiny
hamlet of derelict houses near the small northern Italian village of Lamia 35 kilometers northwest of the city of
Turin MD did not own the property as he said but had rented it for a 20-day period over the time of her imprisonment
the closest place to buy food and supplies was a 15-minute drive away in vu her picturesque Alpine town with a
grocery store cafes and shops although vu was busy during the snow season it was quiet during the summer
and strangers in the town stood out local traders were shown photographs of Chloe and her male consulate companion
and several recognized them day right away he had visited the town to dine at the local pizza restaurant nearly every
day of Chloe's captivity with the owner of the mini-mart telling police that he had been into the store three or four
times to purchase groceries on the morning of Chloe's auction witnesses saw him at the mini-mart again but this time
he was in the company of a blonde haired woman the pair appeared to be a couple holding hands and wearing matching
outfits consisting of tracksuit pants and two white t-shirts the woman who was positively identified as Chloe ailing
had been left standing outside the store while m.d went in to buy fruit the pair
were also seen shopping in a shoe store where MD purchased Chloe a pair of running shoes that cost the round of
euros CCTV footage collected from the streets of vu confirmed to these sightings capturing Chloe and her
alleged kidnapper leisurely strolling hand in hand in broad daylight this evidence provided a stark contrast to
the allegations made by Chloe who told police she was not permitted to leave the farmhouse where she was being held
after 15 hours of interrogation police confronted Chloe with this discrepancy causing her to break down in tears
Chloe revealed that upon securing her release MD made plans to drop her off a 20-minute walk away from the British
Consulate in Milan but as her jacket jeans and sneakers had been left in the abandoned building following her
abduction she had no clothing or shoes to facilitate the journey she borrowed a tracksuit from MD and on the morning of
Sunday July 16 he decided to take her shopping for shoes for the first time since her captivity
Chloe was allowed downstairs and out of the farmhouse MD drove her to VU asserting that black death operatives
were everywhere rendering Chloe too afraid to scream or ask anyone for help as she couldn't speak Italian she was
also nervous that she wouldn't be understood even if she did manage to get someone's attention firmly believing
that earning md's trust was her only chance of escaping she maintained her romantic facade holding his hand as they
strolled through the village together the visit to the shoe shop was brief Chloe never spoke to the staff members
simply pointing to the first pair of trainers she saw and buying them in a slightly bigger size as they didn't have
her own on the way back to the car MD bought some fruit from the mini mart and today went back to the farmhouse for
the final night before she was due to be released the next morning the plan to drop Chloe
near the consulate was abandoned when they arrived to Milan two hours before the building was due to open instead
they headed to a cafe for breakfast where m-day advised the new plan was for Chloe to tell the consulate staff that
she had escaped borrowed a phone from a stranger and called him to accompany her
investigators were skeptical of Chloe's changing story and she was forced to remain in a safe house in Italy while
the investigations continued after being informed that she would not be allowed to return home until she had provided
police with all the evidence they needed she agreed to participate in video interviews over the following days in
which she has courted investigators on a tour of the locations of her kidnapping
she was remarkably calm as she pulled on blue latex gloves and took the police to
Andrey Latios phony photography studio the ramshackle two-story farmhouse and the shops in nearby vu where they had
purchased their shoes at the farmhouse she broke down upon discovering the property was not as remote as she was
led to believe with occupied houses neighboring both sides close enough that they would have likely been able to hear
Chloe if she had screamed composing herself she took the investigators on a tour of the house where everything down
to the colors of the bedspreads and the walls we're exactly as she had described
- during questioning Italian police hold a press conference to provide the details of Chloe's kidnapping for ransom
and - the story was quickly picked up by the British press who ran the story alongside the raunchiest of her social
media photographs given Chloe's high profile identity as a glamour model it didn't take long before the public
started raising serious they arts about the veracity of her story the press climate for an interview with the young
model who she continued to be held by the Italian police and des had been detained for
questioning with police identifying him as a 30 year old Polish national his real name was will cash her ba will cash
possessed the false ID issued in the name he had used to rent the false photography studio for the fabricated
Andre lot Co he also carried a business card that listed his business name as permanent solution featuring a logo of
the grim reaper on one side and a complicated dark web email address for M D on the other will cash initially stuck
to the story that he was a friend of Chloe's the police remained unconvinced he eventually confessed to participating
in the plot to kidnap her declaring the abduction had been orchestrated by a group of Romanians who lived near his
flat they forced him under duress and paid him five hundred thousand pounds for his role which was limited to
renting the fake studio and two farmhouse he made no mention of the black death group justifying that he had
only agreed to participate in the crime because he was undergoing treatment for leukemia and he needed money for the
medical care however he was unable to provide any proof that he had been diagnosed with the life-threatening
cancer or was undergoing any treatment and was subsequently placed under arrest for his participation in the kidnapping
of Chloe ailing during his time in police custody walker server was badly beaten by other inmates after they heard
he was involved in a violent crime against a woman news of the attack reached Chloe ailing who felt a mix of
sympathy and fear wondering who would protect her from the black death group now that will cash was in prison the
answer came later that week when police advised Chloe that the black death group
did not exist in fact they suspected there were only two people involved in her abduction will cash and his older
brother 36 year old however evidence indicated the Herber brothers had been solely responsible for
the crime Mukesh was the silent masked man who later revealed himself as MD entire
samples found in the boot of the vehicle Chloe had been transported in confirmed
there was me how who climbed in the car boot with her following her abduction Mukesh had told Chloe that he had never
been to England when in reality he lived a tear in a council owned flat in the western Midland city of Oldbury he had
become obsessed with Chloe over the past two years admiring her from afar through
social media police believed that Walker had a kidnapped Chloe in the hopes of obtaining a ransom payout and that by
posing as her Savior she would enter into a relationship with him there was no evidence to indicate the option was
anything but a fictional tale woven by will cash to fool both Chloe and her agent Phil Green the Herber brothers
involvement came as a shock to those who knew them in their native home of Poland
where they were known as polite bright kind and hard-working their neighbors in the UK had other opinions regarding wool
cash in particular or as a strange Ilona who walked around with a pet rat on his
shoulder and was obsessed with computer games one of wool Cash's former girlfriends described him as a Walter
Mitty type character who lived in a fantasy world and too lived to impress others she said he was selfish and
narcissistic presenting himself as too good to be true he'd drive around in a luxury Mercedes whilst wearing a
pinstripe suit fabricating lies that he owned to land overseas was involved in the gold trade was a crack shot with a
sniper rifle and ran a successful international firm making synthetic chicken feed he also raised concerns by
joking to his former girlfriend about spiking her drink with drugs she told the Daily Mail newspaper he
seemed different to other guys like he had class but that is just the image he was trying to create but was very
impressed by him he told me he had finished three types of Business Studies had a big imagination and big plans for
his business he told me he was going to Los Angeles for six weeks to find two new contractors in reality loCash was in
Milan busy executing his plot to kidnap a chloë ailing during the pre-trial court proceedings a curtain separated
Chloe from the gaze of her abductor as she provided her testimony against him when the court was satisfied she was
finally allowed to fly home to the UK when the paparazzi were camped outside her house after preparing a statement a
smiling Chloe greeted the press scratching her pet dog ZZZ and posing for the cameras her brief statement read
I've been through a terrifying experience I feared for my life second by second minute by minute hour by hour
I am incredibly grateful to the Italian and UK authorities for all they have done to secure my safe release I have
just the right home after four weeks of being in Italy and haven't had time to gather my thoughts I'm not at liberty to
say anything further until I have been debriefed by the UK police Phil Greene's phone was ringing off the
hook with clients offering to pay ten times Chloe eiling's usual rate to book the infamous model he found Chloe over
and over again but the only time her phone was answered a man on the other end introduced himself as her new agent
and unceremoniously taught Phil he had been fired hurt and angry Phil took his frustration to the interview circuit
claiming to have been left out of pocket for expenses related to the kidnapping he told television presenter Jeremy Kyle
on hacked off because Chloe has had the most amazing year with the agency in his
book confessions of a model agent Phil claimed he had done everything in his power to assist Chloe and to that he was
her lifeline while she was being held by the authorities in Italy she had begged
him to call her two to three times each day with each call lasting a minimum of one hour
Chloe's recollection differed entirely in her own memoir titled kidnapped the untold story of my abduction Chloe said
Phil was extremely unhelpful during her abduction and even told her mother to stop calling him when the search was on
to find her Chloe blamed Phil for her predicament believing he had not done his due
diligence before sending her overseas to meet Andre Lotterer one telephone call was all that would
have taken to confirm that the photographer studio and agency never existed Chloe's story was covered by
every news outlet in the UK with the public backlash Swift and vicious people were quick to note that her jovial
demeanor did not correspond with someone who had just been through a traumatic experience with many voicing their
opinion that Chloe was lapping up the attention and not acting the way a real victim should
every headline about the case had the words kidnap and a victim in inverted commas suggesting they were not accurate
descriptors screenshots taken from CCTV footage showing Chloe and Mukesh walking
hand in hand were used to imply her involvement in the plot as was the previous meeting they had in Paris which
ran with the headline Chloe knew her kidnapper things got even more out of hand in the press when it was discovered
that Chloe had accepted a facebook friend request from Lukasz server two years prior to the kidnapping
chloë justified there was nothing suspicious about the connection explaining she accepted any and every
friend request to network and raise her profile Chloe's new agent negotiated increasingly higher fees for an
interview with her and she appeared on many high-profile interview shows including 60 minutes where she outright
blamed Phil Greene's failure to perform adequate research into Andre Lotterer for her kidnapping in an interview with
dr. Phil the celebrity psychologist raised the doubts about Chloe's story telling her if this was a publicity
stunt gone wrong the time to say so and stop this runaway train is now he was one of many interviewers who treated her
story with skepticism but stopped short of calling her and outright liar Chloe was offered a five thousand pounds
to appear in an interview with UK breakfast program good morning Britain in which the host Piers Morgan accused
her of lying about her ordeal as in all her other interviews Chloe came across as unemotional and aloof appearing to
have the glimmer of a smirk on her face her lack of emotion coupled with her willingness to promote the situation for
publicity and profit did not sit well with a majority of the public who labelled her an attention seeker in
February 2018 will cash her waar face to trial in Milan appearing happy and relaxed as he entered the courtroom his
defense team argued that will cash had become infatuated with Chloe and that the whole ordeal had been set up by her
they pointed to the fact that they had been Facebook friends since March 2015 and presented the CCTV footage of the
two holding hands in vu a neighbor of the farmhouse where Chloe was held testified that he had seen Chloe with
Lukasz at least twice and to that from a distance it looked like they were a couple loCash told the
court that Chloe had been complicit in the plan from the start saying she wanted to be a model and she wanted to
go on reality TV she said she wanted to raise her profile and that it would be useful to her career to create a scandal
she needed help and so I decided to help her she had a site where if he paid money you could see spicy photographs
she has no money so I said I would help her I hoped that at the end she would remember me and we could be together I
loved her I never hurt the girl I was not violent with her if she felt forced to verbally in any way I am very sorry
but it certainly was not as Chloe has described I was in love and I was hoping that once her fame took off that she
would repay me with feelings and we would share the money in his testimony we'll cash claimed he had told Chloe
about the plan when she was in Paris but she was unhappy with the location he proposed that she be kept in so he
changed the plan to Milan he admitted to creating the fake option website claiming Chloe helped him write
the extortion emails to Phil Greene his story changed continually and he contradicted himself often without
noticing he flat-out denied ever telling the Italian police he had a leukemia and
his delusions became so strong and obvious that his lawyer requested a mental health assessment partway through
the trial Chloe did not have to appear at the trial with the court relying on the
testimony she had given in the proceedings shortly after her release the prosecution believed he intended to
carry out the kidnapping during the original trip to Paris but backed out after being spooked by the terrorists
they described the wool cache as a fantasy with narcissistic tendencies and used evidence gained from his phone and
a computer to argue that he had spent months planning the kidnapping shortly before Khloe's abduction he had
ordered ski masks and gloves over the internet and had repeatedly used his personal computer to Google the terms
Cloe ailing black death sex trafficking and ketamine during his time in police custody will cash found his mother and
asked her to dump his car and delete his emails unaware that all calls made within the prison were recorded first he
gave his mother the password to his computer investigators had no trouble accessing his files
they found the correspondence between Lukasz and his brother meow with one message instructing by a big trip back
very big you know for what purpose it serves so you know how big it should be in another
me.how advised the bull cache to be kind to Chloe as she would be more willing to
cooperate investigators didn't find a single record of any message email or telephone call between the Herber
brothers and Chloe On June 11 2018 will cash her ba was convicted of kidnapping Chloe ailing and sentenced to 16 years
into nine months in prison the court found no evidence to suggest Chloe had been complicit in her own abduction
this should have been total vindication for Chloe however the press continued with the
narrative that she had masterminded the whole scheme and continued to shut down with headlines like British model Chloe
ailing helped write her own ransom note it was only when reading the full article that had became clear this was
not a fact but a claim made by will cash her BA Chloe's story never wavered police investigators and the court
authorities in Italy and England had checked every detail and ultimately supported her story but many members of
the British press and public simply refused to believe that someone who looked and acted like Chloe was the
victim of a violent crime regardless Chloe defiantly continued to capitalize on her
new notoriety competing on reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother for a rumored fee of 75 thousand pounds she was
embroiled in a scandal with a married contestant and was the second person voted out of the competition the father
of Chloe's son gave interviews saying Chloe had not been to visit her child since she had returned home from Italy
preferring to travel the world following her sudden heightened Fame she also ran
into trouble with the lawyer who had assisted her in Italy with a disagreement arising between the pair
over whether his services had been performed pro bono a court subsequently ruled Chloe had to pay the lawyer nine
thousand two pounds in unpaid legal fees in May 2000 nineteen she started a new job with an adult website Studio 66 TV
charging visitors two pounds per minute to watch her strip and engage in what was advertised as sexy chat in some
instances wearing a pink chenille bodysuit akin to the one she wore during her abduction
denying any involvement in the kidnapping plot me how herba fought to avoid extradition from the UK to Italy
to face trial in December 2017 he was granted permission to appeal the decision at Westminster magistrates
court with the solicitors releasing a statement arguing the entire case was a sham enter there was no evidence of Mia
being involved in any of the alleged conduct they believed he would not receive a fair trial in Italy given his
brothers had already commenced the appeal was rejected and Mia was eventually extradited to Italy in
October 2018 despite Chloe initially being told she would not be required to provide
evidence in court Miha won an appeal requiring her to be questioned over her alleged involvement
as she expressed feeling vulnerable about returning to the city where she had been abducted two years earlier she
was permitted to appear from the Westminster magistrates court via videolink she continued to stick by every word of
her original story and denied the defence counsels claims that she orchestrated her kidnapping as a
publicity stunt to boost her public profile Chloe said the whole incident had completely ruined her reputation and
it had never been her choice to go public with the details as of June 2019 me.how Herbie's trial is
still under way Chloe has since had time to reflect on her ordeal and the public's perception of her in a 2018
interview with The Guardian News site she said I don't think people believed me because
I wasn't in tears but I was happy as you would be seeing your family after a month when you thought you weren't going
to again also because cameras are an everyday part of my life I probably reacted differently from how most people
would if they had been through the same thing I think if you're going to be a glamour model you're bound to be
portrayed in that way it's just the stereotype I guess that we want Fame and publicity in her book kidnapped the
untold story of my abduction Chloe wrote every single word printed in this book is the truth if you still think this is
a fictitious story that I have made up because I'm an attention-seeker I suggest you read something else I don't
have time for you or your skepticism going through what I have gone through has taught me one thing you never know
what is going to happen you never know what is round the corner you have to live every moment
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Case 116: Chloe Ayling

In 1987, London-based lawyer and part-time DJ, Phil Green, cemented a new career endeavour by founding his own modelling agency, aptly titled ‘Supermodel Agency’...

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Brief Summary

Chloe Ailing was kidnapped in Milan, leading to a complex investigation involving her agent Phil Green and the Black Death group.

Key points

Stress Epidemic. According to the World Health Organization, stress is the leading health epidemic today.
A Shocking Email. Phil Green receives a chilling email from the Black Death group about Chloe's abduction.
Chloe's Modeling Career. Chloe Ailing transitioned from academia to modeling, gaining significant popularity online.
The Dark Web Auction. Chloe is threatened with being auctioned as a sex slave on the dark web.
Chloe's Kidnapping. Chloe is kidnapped and held for ransom by a dangerous group.
The Black Death Group. A powerful mafia organization is revealed to be behind Chloe's abduction.

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Chloe never intended to be in the limelight.

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