Norman

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@owlsndat @Glinner Back then he was just a baby.

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@Daily_Express Well I hope not because I think he is a great entertainer.

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@AvaSantina @willguyatt Are you saying 'Have I got news for you' has not paid you?

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@TheSun His loss

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@piersmorgan has a history of getting it wrong, Chloe, Gaza, Megan's dad, Trump. An ideal Faithful for the next series of The Traitors.

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Chloe was drugged with ketamine, zipped into a suitcase, and driven to a farmhouse where two men listed her body for sale on the dark web. The auction price was €300,000. The buyer was supposed to be somewhere in the Middle East. She was 20 years old. She had a baby waiting for her in London. Nobody knew where she was. No one was coming. She spent six days in that farmhouse - handcuffed, drugged, told she'd be sold like cargo. She survived by doing the only thing she could: she made her kidnapper fall in love with her. Slept in his bed. Told him she could be his girlfriend. Played the role until he believed it enough to drive her to freedom. And when she finally got out - the entire world called her a liar.

She's a model from London. At 20 she was already working internationally - agencies, photoshoots, the usual. A new booking came in: a photographer in Milan. Seemed normal.

She flew to Italy on July 11, 2017. The location was an old warehouse on the outskirts of the city. No crew. No lights. No photographer. Just two men in balaclavas waiting for her.

They grabbed her. Injected her with ketamine. Stuffed her unconscious body into a large travel bag. Zipped it shut. Drove her to a remote farmhouse in the countryside.

When she woke up - handcuffed, drugged, alone - they told her who they were. "Black Death." A criminal organization that kidnaps women and sells them on the dark web. She was listed for auction. Starting price: €300,000. Buyer: somewhere in the Middle East.

Her agent received an email from someone called "MD." It said: pay the ransom or she gets sold. No negotiation.

The kidnapper was Lukasz Herba. A Polish man living in England. He and his brother Michal had planned it for months. The fake photographer. The fake agency emails. Everything.

For six days Chloe was trapped. She couldn't run. She couldn't call anyone. Her baby was in London. Nobody knew where she was.

So she did something desperate. She noticed Lukasz was becoming attached to her. She played into it. She agreed to share a bed with him. She told him maybe one day she could be his girlfriend. She made him believe she had feelings for him.

It worked. He drove her to the British consulate in Milan and let her go.

When the story broke - the world didn't believe her. "She went shopping with him." "She was holding his hand." "She smiled in interviews." "She wore revealing clothes at press conferences." People called it a publicity stunt. Piers Morgan tore into her on live TV. The kidnappers' lawyers said she faked the whole thing for fame.

She was never praised for getting out alive. She was interrogated for how she acted while being held captive.

Lukasz Herba was convicted. Sentenced to 16 years. Reduced to 11 on appeal. His brother got 16 years too.

The convictions didn't stop the hate. People still called her a liar. Years later she was diagnosed with autism - which explained why her reactions didn't look "normal" to people watching from the outside.

She said: "I was never praised for my bravery. I always had to defend myself."

She was 20. She had a baby. She was drugged, stuffed in a bag, and listed for sale like cargo. She manipulated her kidnapper into letting her live. And the punishment for surviving was being called a liar by millions of strangers.

When a woman escapes a kidnapping by outsmarting her captor - and the world punishes her for not crying the right way on camera - who exactly failed her?

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@AvaSantina Your episode was brilliant, you are amazing and @VictoriaCoren is one of my favourite hosts. Last night's episode felt too safe discussing pizza when there is much bigger stories to talk about.

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@Bushra1Shaikh @GBNEWS I admire his loyalty.

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@Thatsthebad @AvaSantina Smart and very funny, one of my favourite guests. Very good episode

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@Beansies_ramp @haveigotnews @StephLunch @helenlewis I have heard of this @rickygervais I'm not sure he means to be funny, he has dark wit and does not tolerate fools (with exception to @wossy ) very smart, heart of gold, he will go far.

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@Bushra1Shaikh @OwainClatworthy There has been so many miscarriages of justice! .... just joking, I doubt he be on the Jonathan Ross show for a while.

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@GMB I miss the old recipe of Sugar Puffs, great cereal taste and free stickers.

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@lucymuseuk Nice dress, not sure about the hat. But you look amazing both naked and in that dress.

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@GBNEWS That's Guy Fawkes not Boy G.

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@LeighAnneMusic Great series and absolutely brilliant celebrities.

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@genjustlaw He brought his own Andrex.

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@KayBurley I wouldn't mind, I am open to a Romanian, Malaysian, Colombian. Women, must be a woman obviously.

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@GBNEWS could be so much better if you were less Reform Party and more a news channel. Some of your hosts are shocking. Real shame because you had a great breakfast show.

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@GBNEWS He looks like Guy Fawkes.

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@GBNEWS @PatrickChristys I bet @PatrickChristys had no intention to pick up the cigarette he "accidentally" dropped.