Kidnapped (2024) s01e05 Episode Script

1
This programme contains
some strong language
and some scenes
which some viewers
may find upsetting.
- (mellow music playing)
- (speaks Italian)
(reporter in English)
On Tuesday, the 11th of July,
a British model was kidnapped
and held hostage
in the Piedmont region.
After six days,
she was released in Milan.
Following
an extensive investigation,
we have formally charged
Polish national, Lukasz Herba.
(camera shutter clicking)
(music builds)
(indistinct chatter)
(mobile phone vibrating)
(Bea) You don't need to do this.
(Chloe) They won't leave
if I don't say anything.
(sighs)
(exhales)
Okay. (inhales deeply)
- (press clamour)
- (cameras clicking)
"I have been through
a terrifying experience."
"I feared for my life
second by second,
minute by minute, hour by hour."
"I'm incredibly grateful
to the Italian and UK authorities
for all they have done
to secure my safe release."
"I have just arrived home
after four weeks of being in Italy,
and I haven't had the time
- "to gather my thoughts."
- (cameras clicking)
(Chloe) "I'm not at liberty
to say anything further
until I have been debriefed
by the British police."
(reporter) This way, Chloe!
- (excited press chatter)
- (cameras clicking)
(music concludes)
(indistinct chatter)
(Chloe) How did they even
get my name?
(Phil over mobile phone)
I don't know. (inhaling)
I've not said a word.
(Chloe over mobile phone) I thought
if I gave them the statement,
- they'd leave me alone.
- (Phil) You're a major story.
People want to know what happened.
(Chloe) Why?
What happened was horrible.
(Phil) Well, I'm still in shock.
He was so convincing.
But things are looking up now.
You could make
a lot of money out of this.
(inhaling sharply, clearing throat)
(Phil) I'm not kidding, Chloe.
There must be
probably a 100,000-pounds-worth
of interview fees here.
(alert chimes)
- (Phil) Nonstop phone calls.
- How much?
(press speaking indistinctly)
(Phil) Look, I've told
every major news outlet
that you've instructed me
not to comment,
but sooner rather than later
one of us needs to speak.
"You" need to speak
and you'll be rewarded
handsomely for it.
I need to, erm
(smacks lips)
I need to think about it.
And, yeah, I'll give you
a call in the morning
- to talk about the press offers.
- (alerts continue chiming)
(Chloe inhaling sharply)
- (exhales)
- (mobile phone thudding)
- (sighs)
- (press chatter continues)
(breathes deeply)
(Met Detective) We received this
from the Italian police.
Yeah, that's the guy
from the boot of the car.
- (inhales sharply)
- (tap running)
- It's his brother.
- Hmm.
Yeah, the man is Michal Herba,
- Lukasz's older brother.
- (cutlery clinking)
(inhales)
He was questioned in the UK
when you were released,
but we didn't arrest him.
He's here? Like, for me, or?
Lukasz and Michal have lived
in England for a number of years.
- (spoon clicking)
- (Met Detective) Don't worry.
The international arrest warrant
will be issued imminently.
Then he'll be detained.
Okay, what happens until then?
If you see anyone suspicious,
just call me, any time.
Okay. Thanks.
Everything okay?
- (spoon clattering)
- (Chloe) Thank you.
(objects shuffling)
(Bea) Just help yourselves.
(Chloe) I've been in touch
with a new agency.
They don't rep models,
but they have offered
to help me manage
all the press and stuff.
(Amber) Oh, that's really exciting.
I know
you wanted to keep it quiet, but
like, you could make
a life-changing amount of cash.
I don't really want my life
to change.
(chuckles softly)
Obviously, I wanna be able
to afford my own place,
- and
- Uh-huh?
(inhales) I've always wanted
to buy Mum a house.
Yeah, and a Range.
You've just gotta make
lemonade out of lemons, babe.
(inhales) When he said
that I could pay for myself
and I knew I couldn't
(inhales)
I never wanna be dependent
on anyone again.
(mellow music playing)
(reporter 1 over bulletin)
Three weeks ago,
Chloe Ayling
finally fled her captors,
but stayed in Italy
to help investigators.
She's back in the UK,
and the details are only now
coming to light.
(Chloe over bulletin) "I've been
through a terrifying experience."
"I feared for my life
second by second,
minute by minute, hour by hour."
(reporter 1) Today,
there was no sign of her
at her mother's home
in South London,
and no answers to
the growing questions.
(reporter 2) She went shopping
for shoes, for groceries,
and there have been some reports
questioning what went on.
Following criticism of the way
she's handled press attention.
More details have been emerging
in the case of the British model
who claims she was drugged
and then held captive.
(TV presenter) To me,
I'm just being honest,
some people may criticise me,
but she didn't look
too traumatised, did she?
(Adrian) Such a nasty business.
Scumbags!
(Chloe) He's in prison now, so
(smacks lips)
I was referring to the vultures,
but, of course, him too.
The Italian police proved it.
Yes, well, unfortunately,
until there's a trial,
the press can brandish words,
like "allegedly",
- around as much as they want.
- I'm not lying.
I was smiling yesterday,
obviously, I'm happy to be home.
- I am happy, because
- No, you
you don't need to convince us.
But the rest of the country,
they need a little massaging.
(inhales sharply) We can pivot
your glamour career
towards philanthropy
campaigning
against sex trafficking, perhaps,
but that won't be
instantly lucrative.
Your other option
is to sell your story.
Front-page tell-all,
breakfast shows here
and across the pond.
I've never been to America.
(Adrian) Well,
once the West Coast wakes up,
I expect an influx of offers.
In the meantime,
I've just been catching up
with the Mail on Sunday.
They're offering an exclusive.
Your words, a respectful retelling.
They'd put you up
for the rest of the week
in a fancy hotel.
Two birds, one stone,
hides you from the paparazzi,
and it's a nice setting
for the interview.
This is the best way
to set the record straight.
We can send someone to your house
- to pick up some clothes.
- (mobile phone vibrating)
What about Phil?
Well, I can handle that for you.
(mobile phone continues vibrating)
(Adrian) Hello, Phil?
It's Adrian, over at Kruger.
Yeah. Yeah, well,
she's with me now.
MUSIC: "Heaven Hanging Low"
by Art School Girlfriend.
(tap running)
# Swim the corners of
# Things in my head
# Heaven hanging low and you
(camera clicks)
# Shirtless in bed
# How'd you think about me
# When you're alone?
(wrapper crinkling)
# Days, they go so easily
# I've never known
# Pray and I pray
# I pray and I pray
# Pray and I pray
# I pray and I pray
# Pray and I pray
# I pray and I pray
# I pray and I pray
# Pray and I pray
# I pray and I pray #
- (mellow music continues)
- (Chloe) So, erm
I walked into the studio
and immediately was grabbed
by two masked men.
And one of them, er,
immediately put his arm
around my neck,
and the other one
came around the front
and injected me in my wrist.
- And, erm
- Why don't you start with Paris?
Okay. Yeah.
Sorry. So, do you know about
the cancelled photo shoot in Paris?
(Ben) Yeah, it's so interesting.
Why do you think
he didn't kidnap you then?
- I don't know.
- (Michael) You got paid, correct?
- Even though, it was cancelled.
- Yeah.
What do you think
was going through his mind,
that first time he met you
in real life, in Paris?
I don't know.
(Michael) But you spent
a week with him.
If you had to put yourself
in his shoes,
what do you think his motives were?
I really have no idea.
I don't know why he took me.
- I don't know why he freed me.
- (unsettling music playing)
I don't know why
he lied about Black Death or
- (camera shutter clicking)
- took me shopping.
- I don't
- (camera shutter clicking)
know why he didn't hurt me
or rape me or kill me,
because he could've, and he didn't.
And I don't really know
why he chose me at all.
- Your chin up.
- (camera shutter clicks)
- (Nigel) Yeah, that's nice.
- (camera continues clicking)
(Adrian) It's lovely, Chloe.
- It's very classy.
- (Nigel) Yes.
Yeah, chin up again. That's it.
Yeah, these are nice.
Can we try a few without the smile?
Yeah.
(Nigel) Yeah, that's nice.
(camera shutter continues clicking)
Want to play a game?
Maybe we could be together.
(in hushed voice) Properly.
- (indistinct chatter)
- (music concludes)
(chuckles)
You look beautiful.
Mum, we don't need
that many! (chuckles)
(Met Detective)
We've arrested his brother.
He'll remain in custody here.
There's something called
an extradition process
Yeah, I know that. (inhales)
What will I have to do? (sighs)
I don't wanna see him again.
There are numerous ways
we can ensure your comfort
in any court proceedings.
You could possibly give evidence
via video link.
But (stammers)
that's a worry for another day.
Tonight, you and your mum
can sleep soundly.
(smacks lips) Okay?
Take care.
(Chloe) Thanks.
- (heels clopping)
- Do you believe me?
Yeah.
- I've seen the evidence.
- (mellow music playing)
- (door opens)
- (reporters chattering)
(inhales)
- (door closes)
- (reporters continue chattering)
(breathes sharply)
I thought you were going to die.
(breathes deeply)
- You know, it's over.
- (Bea kisses)
Everything's okay.
(sighs)
(sighs deeply)
- (objects clattering in distance)
- (press chattering)
(exhales)
(TV presenter)
And yet he released you.
What kind of kidnapper
drives his victim to the consulate?
I mean, it's a very unusual story.
I think that's why
the papers have, erm,
gone so far with the headlines,
because it "is" so unusual, and
Of course, I felt responsible
in the sense that, you know,
I didn't want to send her
to the hands of a kidnapper,
but I thought I was sending her
to a proper photo shoot,
in a studio.
Everything checked out.
(Phil over mobile phone)
I want everyone to heed
a warning about social media.
Lots of my models,
and probably
other young ladies as well
always say what they're doing,
where they're going,
and, you know, what time they
What? No, he's the one who told you
where to go and who to meet.
- He's a hypocrite.
- Yeah. (huffs)
- Thank you.
- Thank you!
(Chloe) We're ready
to order, as well. Thanks.
Can we get the scallops,
the lobster salads, erm,
Wagyu, rare, er, sea bream,
truffle fries?
- Two truffle fries. (laughing)
- (laughs)
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
What are you gonna do about Phil?
(laid-back music playing
over speakers)
Keeps phoning me, you know?
(Amber)
You're not answering, right?
- No.
- (cutlery clinking)
- I like Adrian.
- Mm.
I don't love the way his agency
advises me on what to wear
(laughs)
..but I do like that he comes
everywhere with me.
(Amber) Nothing like that's
ever gonna happen again.
Okay? You don't need to worry.
(Chloe) I know. I know, it's fine.
(chuckling softly)
I'm here. He's in prison, so
(Amber)
Do you think about him a lot?
- Never.
- (intense music playing)
(Lukasz) Good girl.
(TV presenter 1) Did you ever think
that the kidnapper
let you see his face
because you
weren't getting out alive?
(Chloe) I saw through the gap
that there was an empty suitcase.
- And it was at that point
- (shudders)
that I thought
Yeah, I thought
I thought I was going to die,
because why else
would he have a s suitcase
about my size? (breathes shakily)
And
I was just hoping for
for, like, a
like a pain-free death.
(TV presenter 2)
Despite those tears,
I would say 99.9 percent of you
have very little sympathy
with Chloe.
"What a waste of police time
and money", says Mandy.
"Why wasn't she in tears
and fearful,
instead of posing for the camera?"
Says Samantha.
(TV presenter 3) Do you regret
the way you were dressed
when you were photographed,
when you came out,
because you were wearing shorts
and a low-cut top?
(crowd laughing)
(party music playing over speakers)
(Amber) Dance with me!
- I don't want to!
- Dance with me.
I really don't want to.
(crowd laughing)
(TV presenter 4)
If this had happened
to one of your friends,
would you believe her story?
Would you believe her
if she'd been spotted
shoe shopping with her kidnapper?
(Amber) Chloe's
a really good friend of mine
and she's a gorgeous girl,
but she's young and naïve.
She's super lovely, but
Babe, they're following me.
the story does sound
strange to me.
- (crowd laughing)
- Lying bitch!
(tense music builds)
(poignant music playing)
- (sighs)
- (music fades)
(Amber) How did you ever sleep
knowing he was right there
next to you?
Did you ever think
about smothering him
- with a pillow or something?
- (Chloe) Yeah, and then what?
I thought there were more.
Worse than him.
(snuffles)
You can stop all this, you know?
If it's too much.
No more interviews.
(inhales deeply) No.
(inhales)
Something good (sighs)
has got to come from this.
(chuckles softly)
I'm getting messages.
Messages telling me to kill myself.
- No, really?
- Yeah.
- Let me see.
- It's like (inhales)
So, it's things like that,
and, like
"Bullshit. #FameWhore". (snuffles)
"Slag was asking for it."
"Never happened."
"If she wants attention that bad,
she should just hang herself
off the pole she swings around."
(Adrian) God.
I'm so sorry, Chloe.
Look, we've got Piers Morgan
next week, but
I can cancel him if you want me to.
(Chloe) No.
That would look like
I had something to hide.
- (Adrian) Thanks. Okay?
- (indistinct chatter)
- You okay?
- All right.
(sighs)
- Shouldn't be long.
- Okay.
(somber music playing)
(Adrian) Someone you know?
- Yeah, I thought I did.
- (newspaper thudding)
(Francesco over mobile phone)
I have some bad news.
I just received documents
from Lukasz and Michal's lawyers.
Go ahead.
(Francesco)
They say you were involved.
That you planned it with them
so you could get rich and famous.
Chloe?
Uh, yeah.
Sorry. I'm here. (sighs)
(Francesco) Press coverage
has been so widespread now,
they are going to present articles
from the tabloids as his defence.
Okay, so what happens?
(Francesco) In terms of the trial,
nothing changes.
The prosecution has a strong case.
But, erm (sighs)
I just wanted to warn you.
The trial was all I had.
It was gonna clear my name.
(Francesco sighing) It will.
I promise.
(Susanna) Despite the fact
that somebody has been charged
and somebody else
faces extradition,
do you feel at times like
you're the person on trial here?
(Chloe) Er, no,
because I know that,
when the actual trial happens,
the newspapers
will completely change.
Their headlines are only temporary.
Everyone's valuing, erm,
fu erm (smacks lips)
theories and opinions
over factual information
at the moment.
- You're doing a book, right?
- Yes, yeah.
How much are you getting for that?
- Erm, I'm not sure
- (Piers) Well, roughly what?
- A few thousands.
- Ten thousand? 20,000?
- Not that much, no.
- (Piers) A few thousand.
And you've done
a lot of interviews.
- Mm-hmm.
- (Piers) You've been paid
for all those?
- Some, yeah.
- (Piers) Yeah.
- You've been paid for this?
- Mm-hmm.
Do you think there's,
erm, I don't know
Does it help you
to apparently seem to be
exploiting all this
for financial gain
when we haven't
even had the trial yet?
No, because
I'm not modelling any more.
I'm not with a model agent.
I can't be after what happened,
because it was
due to his negligence
that this actually happened.
It wasn't because of the pictures
I was posting,
like some people claim.
I didn't get kidnapped,
because I do glamour,
it was because of his negligence.
So, I have to do something
in the meantime.
Er, just just to point out
that your former agent
has been
extremely supportive of you,
and says that they went through
all the right due diligence
when it came to this,
setting up the shoot.
Now, this has obviously been
a really tough time for you,
because not only
have you been through
the experience you describe,
you've faced so much publicly.
But it's because of how bad
what I went through was
this doesn't affect me,
- the media, so much
- (cameras clicking)
it seems nothing to me,
like a drop in the sea
after going through something
so bad.
(Piers) You did lie.
(Chloe) I brushed it off.
(Piers) Yeah, but, Chloe,
here's the problem.
Your idea of brushing it off,
you lied!
(Chloe) Or if I was just
a 30-year-old woman
like, not a model,
do you think people would have
the same opinions of me?
- (cameras click)
- (Chloe) I don't think so, no.
(Piers) I think,
if you're conducting
media interviews
where you're being paid money,
and you're doing a book
for thousands of pounds
before there's even been a trial,
I think we're perfectly entitled
to ask you difficult questions.
- (music concludes)
- (mobile phone chiming)
(indistinct chatter)
- (mellow music playing)
- (mobile phone chimes)
- (mobile phone continues chiming)
- (children chattering)
(Chloe over mobile phone)
But it's the way the papers
- are portraying it
- (Piers) Yeah, sure. A woman said
she saw you laughing and joking
with one of the alleged
kidnappers
- (Chloe) I wasn't laughing
- as you bought shoes
and joking.
- and then you bought groceries.
- (Chloe) No, that's not true,
- I wasn't laughing and j
- (stops stream)
(reporter over TV)
Producer Harvey Weinstein
are now looking
at sexual assault allegations
- from seven women.
- (mobile phone vibrates)
(reporter) The incidents
are alleged to have taken place
- between the early 1980s and 2015.
- (vibrating continues)
(reporter) The producer
has unequivocally denied
any allegations
of nonconsensual sex.
Our special correspondent,
Lucy Manning, is here.
And what more
can you tell us about this?
(Lucy) Well,
the Metropolitan Police
confirmed today
that they have expanded
their investigation
into Harvey Weinstein.
And it actually has a name now,
it's called Operation Kaguyak,
and they have allegations
from seven women,
making 11 separate allegations.
- And we have learned
- (doorbell dinging)
that four new women
have come forward
in the last couple of weeks
to make allegations
Are you joking?
(Amber) The journalist
wouldn't leave me alone.
Offer after offer.
I still can't believe
you could do this.
The headline made it look
like I was slagging you off,
- but I was actually
- I didn't read it.
I thought you'd understand.
We've all got bills to pay.
Yeah, I've got no choice.
I need to make money somehow,
I can't go back to modelling.
Then why are you making it
harder for yourself?
I've never met someone
who can work a camera like you.
And then all I see on TV
is you with a gob on.
If you really want people
to believe you,
you should just turn that smile on.
Come on, it's not like
you don't know how to play the game
to get what you want. That's what
you did with Lukasz, right?
To survive.
(swallows)
I didn't get that much
for the story.
The guy at the shop said
it was decent.
Yeah,
you're just as gullible as me.
- (dog barking in distance)
- (chuckles softly)
You want more than this.
Don't punish me
for wanting the same.
The brothers
have changed their story.
They're now saying
it was a fake abduction,
- and I planned it with them
- (scoffs)
- to get money.
- Yeah, I saw, it's bullshit.
Yeah,
but the whole world believes it,
so I guess it's inspired them.
(huffs) I'm so sorry.
(smacks lips) The trial
was gonna clear my name.
I was gonna prove I'm not a liar.
- (Amber) Yeah, and it still will.
- Yeah.
(inhales) Maybe they can use
some of your article
to tear my character apart
in court.
Look, I know I fucked up.
- Please
- You should go.
(Amber) Chloe.
Please.
Just go. (snuffles)
(glass thudding)
(glass clinking)
MUSIC: "My Very Best"
by The Big Moon.
# What did I learn?
# Life is a lousy school
# Feel for the right words
# Like steps from a swimming pool
# I got in my head
# I wish it was easy
# Put on my cowboy hat
# Lasso the future
# And show you what's in the trap
# As small as a mouse
# And I could tell you #
(song fades)