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Daily Mail
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Chloe Ayling's secret life in Snowdonia: Glamour model has settled into a new flat in Welsh seaside town after kidnap hell
Glamour model Chloe Ayling has found a secret bolthole in Snowdonia as she has rebuilt her life in the aftermath of her dramatic kidnapping, the Daily Mail can reveal. In 2017, aged only 20, she was lured to a fake modelling assignment in Milan, then grabbed from behind and bundled into a suitcase. Injected with ketamine and chained to furniture, she was forced to sleep on the floor of a remote farmhouse. Pictures of Chloe from Coulsdon, south London, lying unconscious in skimpy clothing were sent to her manager, along with a demand for £260,000. If the ransom wasn't paid within a week, she would be auctioned off as a sex slave. She was also told she risked being fed to tigers when her 'buyers' tired of her. Although she was eventually released, it has been another ordeal for Chloe to put the pieces of her life back together - largely because many simply didn't believe her appalling story. She has since found solace in the mountains and lakes of the North Wales wilderness where she can enjoy horse-riding with barely a soul around. So outlandish was the sequence of events she described – and crucially how odd her unemotional account of the trauma appeared to be – those eight years on, questions still abound about whether she was complicit in the kidnap and it was all an elaborate publicity stunt. Łukasz Herba, a Polish national from the United Kingdom, was convicted in a Milan court of the kidnapping and sentenced to 16 years and nine months in prison. This month Chloe had her say on a BBC documentary 'Chloe Ayling: My Unbelievable Kidnapping' and said her undiagnosed condition of autism is partly responsible for her unusual reaction. 'What is it about me and this story that makes it so hard to believe?' she pointedly asked at the opening of each episode of the three-part BBC programme. The series followed a 2024 BBC dramatisation of the tale, Kidnapped. But in recent years, Chloe has moved away from the capital to the stunning but remote countryside of Snowdonia, North Wales, where she can indulge her love of horse-riding in the hills surrounding Mount Snowdon. A neighbour of hers in her house overlooking the Menai Strait to Anglessey told the Mail: 'She arrived more than a year ago and she seems to be quite a solitary figure when she's up here. 'She's polite and respectful and quite reserved. A lot of people here spend the Summer months in the area then leave in the winter. I don't know if she has somewhere else in England – maybe this is just a Summer place for her. 'She's quite distinctive, so people recognised her quite quickly, but as far as I know, no-one's asked her about her awful experience all those years ago.' A café worker at a nearby marina said he had noticed Chloe walking past regularly. 'She's not easy to miss because she's a gorgeous girl,' he said. 'She always says hello, but I've never really said much more than that to her.' In the BBC documentary, Chloe spoke about how she was drawn to Snowdonia. She told the interviewer: 'A couple of years ago I started coming to North Wales. I just fell in love with it. 'I saw a house for sale that I really loved and I just saw a vision of what I could transform it into. And then, spontaneous me decided to buy it.' Showing the film team around, she said: 'Shall we start with the view? I think this is the best part – being on the water.' She then opened a balcony door onto a stunning scene overlooking the distinctive waters of the Strait beyond. Asked why she chose the place, she laughed and said 'I'm here because it's such a beautiful place but I also like that no-one knows where I live.' Ayling's difficulty in expressing emotion was one of the main reasons the media and public viewed her story with scepticism. 'Too happy, too composed, too relaxed,' summed up broadcaster Eamonn Holmes at the time. But in the documentary, she breaks down in tears as she recalls the harrowing details of her abduction. A man she knew as 'MD' served her a plate of rice cakes while telling her he was an assassin whose favoured method of murder was poisoning: 'No one investigates a heart attack,' he said. He claimed he worked for an organisation called Black Death and that even if he wanted to release her, there were powerful figures above him who would not allow it. Ayling's self-assuredness allowed her to survive the ordeal. She calmly spurned Herba's sexual advances, saying she was 'not feeling it' while chained to furniture, but he 'lit up' at discussion of what she might agree to once free. She reveals she 'started talking to him about the future, to lead him on, and make him want to fight to release me'. What Ayling was unaware of was that Black Death was not a far-reaching criminal enterprise, but an invention by Herba, and that he had enlisted the assistance of his brother, Michal, in snatching her from the studio. When Ayling's contacts failed to stump up the $300,000, Herba agreed to release her on condition she said nothing to the police and paid $50,000 within the month. He drove her to the British consulate, posing as a friend she had called upon her release. Neither of them knew that the officials there had been alerted to her abduction, and Herba was promptly arrested. Ayling's evidence helped convict him of kidnapping and extortion, with a prison sentence reduced on appeal to just over 11 years. The BBC series features exclusive interviews with the anonymous UK detective, from the Regional Organised Crime Unit, along with three officers from Milan Police and the judge at her kidnapper's trial: all stand by Ayling's version of events, the judge describing her testimony as 'extremely precise, specifc and detailed'. Yet, eight years on, suspicion and hostility still stalk Ayling, who says: 'The hate never went away.' Trolls on social media have continued to post damning remarks such as 'a lying mastermind, dumb but gorgeous'. 'The aftermath definitely affected me more, long-term, than the actual kidnap itself,' she tells the programme. She was forced to stay in Italy for three weeks after her release and taken back to the site of her captivity by police keen to elicit a shaken response from a woman they still doubted. In the final episode, she is filmed receiving a psychiatric report diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder. 'There are difficulties in social interaction, communication and repetition,' it reads. The diagnosis not only explains her 'lack of expression, no matter how hard I try', but also experiences that date back to childhood: 'My mum would come on school trips,' she recalls, 'because she was worried that I wouldn't be able to say what I wanted.' The case judge, Illio Mannucci Pacini, says in the programme: 'Interpreting the calm demeanour she showed as a sign of the absence of trauma is, I believe, a mistaken mechanism.' Or, as Ayling put it: 'Not everyone has to fit in the same box.'
The Sun
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Katie Price sends pointed message to ex Peter Andre just hours after branding him ‘pathetic'
KATIE Price has shared a pointed message just hours after branding ex husband Peter Andre 'pathetic' and claiming he 'banned her' from daughter Princess' 18th birthday party. The 46-year-old hit out on the latest episode of her podcast The Katie Price Show, which she hosts with sister Sophie, 35. 3 3 3 Katie, who shares Princess and son Junior, 20, with first husband Peter, 52, later took to Instagram to make her feelings on the matter very clear. She posted a message that read: 'I love my daughter.' The former glamour model then followed with another with the words: 'My daughter will always be my little princess.' Katie didn't hold back as she discussed being left off of the guest list for a party to celebrate Princess hitting the milestone - which will feature in the rising star's upcoming reality show. She said: " Princess is now officially an adult, so Mummy and Princess can now go out together, if certain people would let her be seen with me." She went on: "Everyone knows she's doing this documentary - and I'm not in it. Certain people don't think it's good for Princess to be seen with me. Certain people that used to look after me." Sophie chipped in: "You aren't on brand Katie. You are too risky Katie that's why." Katie then said: "It's pathetic. I'm her mother. Sophie added: "Oh of course it was! I wonder what restaurant did that for free." Continuing the rant, Katie said: "The fact is there's stuff my daughter is doing and I'm not allowed to be seen at any of it. "Certain people who are filming Princess' documentary used to do my filming. It's fine, it's just there's always conflict of interest. People will cotton on to this. So we do have to do something for Princess' 18th.' It comes after Katie suffered a mortifying blunder when she posted a birthday tribute to Princess two days before her big day. She was forced to swiftly delete the post, before .
The Sun
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Katie Price's £10k facelift looks tighter than ever in new video as fans say ‘that looks painful!'
KATIE Price's £10k facelift today looked tighter than ever in a new video, with fans saying "that looks painful!". The former glamour model, 47, has spent a HUGE amount of money over the years on cosmetic procedures. 5 5 5 5 It all started after Katie, 46 - who went under the knife yet again earlier this year - shared a new video on Instagram promoting CBD oil. However, it wasn't the product that caught the attention of her fans. In the short clip, the star's face looked extremely tight and showed off her very angular jawline. Katie's fans immediately rushed to comment on the video, after some were left concerned with her appearance. One wrote: "Your face looks painful. Are you ok?" Another said: "She looks unwell, I hope she's ok." FACELIFT WOES The TV star opted for tweakments abroad after being unhappy with her latest £10,000 facelift. Sources close to the star claimed she was less than impressed with her 'pixie ears' following the procedure. At the time, Closer Magazine reported: "Katie is heading to Turkey for her first New Year's procedure: fixing her pixie ears. Katie Price looks barely recognisable on supermarket visit as concerned fans claim her teeth are too big for her face 'She thinks they need correcting after her recent facelift. She's having her ears removed, then re-stitched in place and pinned back so that they don't stick out." Back in January, the mum-of-five took to Snapchat to share the gruesome photos, showing the sides of her face and cheeks all taped up. Katie confessed on Snapchat: "From my last surgery, there are just a few little bits that I want tweaking. 'Well, they need tweaking. So here I am getting ready. "That's the worst bit for me, the needle. "The needle's done so now I can relax." Katie Price's Surgery: A Timeline 1998 - Katie underwent her first breast augmentation taking her from a natural B cup to a C cup. She also had her first liposuction 1999 - Katie had two more boob jobs in the same year, one taking her from a C cup to a D cup, and then up to an F cup 2006 - Katie went under the knife to take her breasts up to a G cup 2007 - Katie had a rhinoplasty and veneers on her teeth 2008 - Katie stunned fans by reducing her breasts from an F cup to a C cup 2011 - Going back to an F cup, Katie also underwent body-contouring treatment and cheek and lip fillers 2014/5 - Following a nasty infection, Katie had her breast implants removed 2016 - Opting for bigger breasts yet again, Katie had another set of implants, along with implants, Botox and lip fillers 2017 - After a disastrous 'threading' facelift, Katie also had her veneers replaced. She also had her eighth boob job taking her to a GG cup 2018 - Katie went under the knife yet again for a facelift 2019 - After jetting to Turkey, Katie had a face, eye and eyelid lift, Brazilian bum lift and a tummy tuck 2020 - Katie has her 12th boob job in Belgium to correct botched surgery and a new set of veneers 2021 - In a complete body overhaul, she opts for eye and lip lifts, liposuction under her chin, fat injected into her bum and full body liposuction 2022 - Katie undergoes another brow and eye lift-and undergoes 'biggest ever' boob job in Belgium, her 16th in total 2023 - Opting for a second rhinoplasty, Katie also gets a lip lift at the same time as well as new lip filler throughout the year 2024 - Katie has her 17th boob job in Brussels after revealing she wanted to downsize. She performed at Dublin Pride just days later and surgeons warned the lack of recovery posed a risk of infection SURGERY WARNING Katie was recently warned she was "dicing with death" with her surgery habits. It came after she revealed her plans for a fourth BBL operation. Standing for Brazilian Butt Lift, the procedure entails injecting fat from other parts of the body into the bottom to give a more rounded or lifted look. According to Dr Gerard Lambe, one of the UK's leading plastic surgeons and head of Reflect Clinic UK, the star has major factors to consider. Dr Lambe told New Magazine: 'Katie needs to be aware that she is putting her health and body under extreme pressure with the now countless number of procedures she's had done in the last year alone. "BBL is one of the most dangerous surgeries anyone can undergo and it has the highest mortality rate – it's one of Katie's riskiest surgeries yet. She is dicing with death."
Daily Mail
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Katie Price forced to send Harvey back to college early after he smashes her £3,000 TV as she admits 'I'm knackered'
Katie Price has revealed that Harvey has smashed another one of her TVs as she shared an update to her Snapchat on Sunday. The former glamour model, 46, was sending her eldest son back to college early due to his outburst after he became frustrated and smashed the screen of the £3,000 TV. It isn't the first time he has caused damage to one of the star's TVs as she confessed to fans: 'I'm knackered. I am so tired. 'JJ has taken Harvey back to college I have come back to bed after clearing up all the mess in the kitchen. That boy is unbelievable and now I have to find another TV.' Katie also filmed Harvey as she told him off for his actions as she questioned him and revealed she was woken up by the loud noises at 6am. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The mum of five asked Harvey: 'What has mummy just heard?' as he calmly replied: 'Smashing the TV.' Katie added: 'You was going to college tomorrow to get some new meds [medication], but now when are you going? You are going now.' Harvey replied to this news by saying: 'Oh god!' before promising not to do it again. Katie later explained to fans that Harvey told her he didn't like what was on the TV When she went on to ask him why he did it, Harvey appeared to answer that it had angered him as it was early in the morning. Katie later told her fans that he told her off-camera that he did not like what was on the screen but she added that there was nothing being shown. Harvey is blind, autistic, has septo-optic dysplasia, a learning disability and is one of the 2,000 people in the UK with Prader-Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder. Katie has undergone a difficult time trying to secure Harvey a college place after she was forced to withdraw him from a £350,000-a-year school amid funding cuts and her bankruptcy. Though he later returned to school, Katie was hit by another hurdle in February when Harvey lost a place at a care home for being 'too difficult', but she was finally able to move him back to college last month. But Katie shared her heartbreak as she told how Harvey didn't want to go back and said she hopes to be able to move him to a branch closer to her new family home in Sussex after leaving her Mucky Mansion. Upon the move last month, Katie took to Snapchat to document the 'difficult and upsetting' journey which saw an upset Harvey lash out in the car. She told her followers: 'Now that was very difficult, it was really upsetting. Harvey just did not want to go back to college. 'I'm surprised I've still got a car left. He was literally gonna go for the car. It is so sad when your son just doesn't wanna go to college and just wants to be with you all the time. 'That's why I can't wait for him to come home near us but the place we have got for him is not ready yet, maybe in May. So yeah, it is heartbreaking.' Harvey has been living at specialist institution National Star since 2021, but amid cuts to funding and Katie's financial woes, he was withdrawn from last year. Speaking on her The Katie Price Show podcast last year, Katie said: 'I'm having a nightmare at the minute. 'We were looking for him to stay at his college another year or if not a placement, but [the local authority] haven't accepted it. 'They've given me three months that he has to find somewhere else by July. With someone like Harvey you need the transitional move, you need to do it slow.' She had been looking to extend Harvey's time at college for another year when West Sussex County Council cut his funding in July of last year. The local authority refused to fund her son's care because he has 'no healthcare issues', with an assessor concluding that Harvey 'only needs social care'. Katie - who was declared bankrupt for a second time last year over an unpaid tax bill worth more than £750,000 - has been trying to secure funding to keep Harvey at National Star. Thankfully, Harvey was able to return to school and in December, Katie shared a snap of her son proudly holding up his letter to Santa which revealed his college triumphs. In February, Katie then told how she tried to get Harvey into a new care home but he lost his place weeks before the move after management changed and they determined that they couldn't cater for Harvey's needs. Amid the string of difficulties, Katie was able to move Harvey back into college last month but is hoping he can move into a branch closer to her family home in West Sussex in the coming weeks. Katie was Harvey's primary caregiver until he turned 19, and in 2021 filmed his move into National Star College as part of BBC documentary Katie Price: Harvey and Me. WHAT IS PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME? Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare genetic condition that causes problems including constant urges to eat food, restricted growth and reduced muscle tone. Other potential issues include learning difficulties, lack of sexual development and behavioral problems such as tantrums or stubbornness. The rare condition, which affects one in every 15,000 children born in England, is caused by a defect on chromosome number 15 - and happens by chance. Because there is no cure, treatment aims to manage the symptoms – with parents of sufferers urged to get their children to stick to a healthy, balanced diet. Children with the syndrome can eat up to six times more than children of the same age – and still feel hungry. It was first described in 1956 by Swiss doctors A Prader, A Labhart and H Willi.
