Overview

• The series Chloe Ayling: My Unbelievable Kidnapping will air on BBC Three and iPlayer next month.
• Ayling revisits her 2017 abduction after arriving in Milan for a modelling assignment and her subsequent captivity near Turin under a €300,000 ransom demand.
• She recounts the dark web threat of being sold as a sex slave and her efforts to persuade her captors to release her to local authorities.
• Polish nationals Lukasz and Michal Herba were convicted by an Italian court and jailed for kidnapping Ayling.
• The documentary examines the intense media scrutiny and victim blaming that cast doubt on her account for years.