Kidnap mum4 sets her eyes on stardom

She joins A-lister celebrity agency

KIDNAPPED mum Chloe Ayling has ditched glamour modelling and signed up to a top international celebrity agency.

The 20-year-old joined Kruger Cowne, which represents A-listers including Bob Geldof, Elle Macpherson and Cher.

Former representative Phil Green of SuperModel agency, who was contacted by Chloe’s kidnappers for a ransom, said: “The celebrity agent is basically saying, ‘I will look after all her affairs’ and she will not do modelling any more.

“We had a photo shoot booked for today which we had to cancel.

“The clients are not very happy. It’s very, very frustrating after all we’ve been through.” It came as witnesses claimed Chloe “joked” with her suspected kidnapper Lukasz Herba in a Milan cafe, before she was handed in at the British consulate.

An employee said: “I noticed them... as they stayed so long, about two hours. They were laughing and joking among themselves.”

Chloe, of Coulsdon, South London, was allegedly lured to Italy, drugged and told she would be auctioned as a sex slave on the dark web. She told police she and Herba, 30, had “a trusting relationship” by the time they ate at the cafe, waiting for the consulate to open. They were also seen at a shoe shop and supermarket in Viu, near Turin, close to the apartment where she was held for seven days. Chloe told officers she met Herba at a shoot in Paris a few months earlier. He later booked her for the fake shoot in Milan, where she was snatched. Police sources in Italy called Chloe a “credible witness”. Lawyer Francesco Pesce added she was terrified of a gang Herba claimed to be part of. He said: “She thought the best idea was to go along with it and be nice in a way to her captor as he told her he wanted to release her somehow and sometime. “I’ve heard people imply she was involved in this because it was too easy an escape. I really cannot believe people think that.” Kruger Cowne said Chloe, who left home on a motorbike taxi, wanted “support and advice” to raise awareness about sex-slavery.