Irish Sunday Mirror

Chloe ‘still frightened’

- BY COURTNEY GREATREX

KIDNAPPED model Chloe Ayling is still living in fear following her horrific ordeal, says her mother Beata.

She is scared members of the kidnap gang might still be out to get her despite her safe return to Britain.

Beata said: “They arrested one man but all the rest are still out there.

“There are about three people involved.”

Her mum said she was furious at her daughter’s treatment by Italian police after she was handed over to the British consulate last month.

“After they found her I thought I’d have her back after two days, but she was held for three weeks”, said Beata.

“I’ve been through hell, I thought I’d never hear from her again.

“Things like this happening are one in a million. Chloe said everyone in Italy says it’s like the film Taken.

“It’s exactly the same.

the attention of the Dark Web gang because of her soaring Instagram following online. He says: “In the last year her followers were rising and rising. She had 150,000. I think that is a factor. Models put everything up there, locations, times of shoots, you can pinpoint where they are.

“They leave themselves open to being pursued.”

Mr Green, 50, met Chloe a year ago after she contacted his Supermodel Agency seeking work. Her career took off, earning her up to €55,000 a year.

In March, he received an email from an Italian photograph­er.

“He called himself Andre Lazio and wanted to book a motorbike shoot in Paris.

“He asked for Chloe,” says the agent. “I carried out due diligence, asked questions about the job, checked his website, asked where and when the shoot would take place, got the address of the studio and checked examples of his previous work. All Our story last week

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