Mystery deepens over OnlyFans model found with broken limbs after Dubai ‘sex party' amid ‘Russian torture' claims
A UKRAINIAN OnlyFans model found half-dead on the side of a Dubai road after apparently being kidnapped as a sex slave is now feared to have been "tortured by Russians".
Maria Kovalchuk, 20, was discovered with a broken spine, arms and legs - and unable to speak - after going missing for eight days.
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It was initially thought she had attended a "Porta Potty" event - where female influencers are paid huge sums to be subjected to extreme and degrading abuse.
The clients at these horrific sessions are usually wealthy men in the United Arab Emirates.
Dubai police claimed the model's injuries came from her entering "a restricted construction site" and falling from a height - though there is no evidence backing this up.
But now, a source close to the model has insisted that Maria was abused by unidentified Russians in the UAE - not local citizens.
The source also denied multiple reports that Maria had left Dubai and was recovering in Ukraine.
They said: 'We are in Dubai. And it was Russian citizens who tortured Maria.
'UAE citizens have nothing to do with it. That's all I can say for now.'
Maria is said to be 'getting better' but remains under treatment for her horrific ordeal.
The source said they hoped local police were investigating the 'Russians' who allegedly tortured her - and condemned 'false' reporting about her case.
Dubai police are known to be investigating Maria's ordeal, and a Ukrainian criminal case was opened into 'human trafficking'.
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The new account comes after multiple Ukrainian and Russian reports said Maria had been abused after attending a Porta Potty party in Dubai.
Ukrainian news outlet 24TV said another model had 'managed to escape from the fateful party' and claimed it was a 'trap'.
'Before the party and the trip to the villa, women were forced to sign a contract, according to the terms of which they had to simply accompany wealthy men.
'However, in reality, women were raped, beaten and mistreated.'
The model - named as Ksenia - said: 'Loud screams were constantly heard from closed rooms.'
A report by Obozrevatel - another Ukrainian news outlet - cited another Ukrainian OnlyFans model, Dubai-based Alyona Omovich, 29, as saying: 'Let's call things by their name.
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'You can tell from her appearance that she was involved in something horrific. And that horror, apparently, is what led to her being so badly broken.'
She revealed a circuit of degrading 'elite parties' when foreign models and influencers are 'promised large sums —tens of thousands of dollars — in exchange for actions that border on violence, humiliation, and even physical mutilation'.
Before vanishing, Maria had earlier participated in an event in Dubai in support of a dissident Russian sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky.
Kagarlitsky was been jailed in Russia for five years for "justifying terrorism" after saying it was "understandable from a military point of view" that Ukraine blew up the £3 billion Crimean Bridge.
Kagarlitsky's daughter Ksenia said that Maria was 'conscious' and that 'she will be able to walk' despite the injuries she sustained.
She said: 'This is all very good news. But the details will come later, when she leaves the country.'
Ksenia added that the attack had been 'psychologically very difficult'.
What are Porta Potty parties?
PORTA potty parties are events, usually in the United Arab Emirates, where women are paid large amounts of money to sexually gratify wealthy men - in often highly degrading ways.
It's thought that the women are sometimes duped into participating on false pretences - such as the promise of a modelling contract.
At the events, men exploit the opportunity to commit depraved acts on the women.
The name supposedly comes from the fact that the deeply disturbing acts can include men treating women as human toilets.
Women, often from ex-Soviet countries, are lured in by the promise of a glamorous lifestyle and highly paid careers in the oil-rich states.
An expert told The Sun that, once in the country, they fall under the complete control of the men and can be raped, drugged or even end up dead.
Recruiters often target attractive women with online presences, or even TV stars.
Radha Stirling, founder and CEO of Detained in Dubai, told The Sun: "It's exploitation disguised as glamour or opportunity. Women, in particular, are offered all sorts of opportunities in Dubai.
"They might be offered to come and model, to come and play music, or to expand their career in some way or another.
"But what they don't realise is that when they get there, they are essentially at the beck and call of whoever has brought them there.
"They're under their complete control and they put themselves in such a risky position where they could end up gang raped, they could end up drugged, they could end up dead."
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