Kidnapped (2024) s01e04 Episode Script

Episode 4

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(dark music playing)
(indistinct chatter)
(Nicoletta) Pronto? Si.
Si.
Okay.
Capisco. Grazie.
Grazie, risentiamo. Grazie.
(Chloe) Well, what did they say?
I won't spend another night here.
The prosecutor
has given permission for you
to find alternative accommodation.
But they won't pay for it.
- (music concludes)
- (phone ringing)
(breathes deeply)
(indistinct chatter in distance)
(Chloe breathes shakily)
(Phil) Hello? It's Phil.
(sighs)
- Hi.
- (Phil) Hello?
Yeah, sorry sorry. (sighs)
Sorry, I'm here. (inhales sharply)
- Have you settled in all right?
- (Chloe) Yeah.
Thanks for organising this.
Do you know why
they won't let me come home yet?
(Phil) I'm sure
it's just formalities.
I've reached out
to your local MP
- and the Foreign Office
- (indistinct chatter continues)
asked them to put pressure
on the Italian authorities.
(mysterious music playing)
They've arrested someone, right?
You're safe now.
(breathes sharply)
(music concludes)
(MD whispers) Chloe?
(pants) I want you.
I want to be with you.
- (breathes heavily)
- (indistinct chatter)
- (MD whispers) Chloe?
- (motorbike passing)
(breathes anxiously)
- (light clicks on)
- (sighs)
Hey. It's me.
(Amber) How are you?
Are you okay?
Barely spoken to anyone for days.
I I thought that woman
at the embassy
was supposed
to be looking after you.
She is, but I feel so bad.
She's working so hard on my case
and then I keep interrupting her
because I can barely go out
and buy a sandwich on my own.
Locking yourself away
is only making you feel worse.
(Chloe) But
I owe them money. Black Death.
The people who took me.
So, I I said I'd pay them
to let me go
and now he's arrested,
and and he can't help me.
I don't understand.
So, I promised I
I promised I wouldn't get him
in trouble if he let me go.
- (breathing shakily)
- (dog barking in distance)
He liked me.
And I, erm
I pretended I liked him too.
What do you mean "pretended"?
- Did you?
- No. (sniffles)
- He wanted to.
- (indistinct chatter)
(Chloe)
He tried. (sighs, whimpers)
He made me share his bed.
- (Amber) Chlo
- (Chloe sobbing)
I was so scared. (sobs)
- (vehicles passing)
- (horn honking)
(Chloe) You have to get me home
it's been nearly a week now.
Over the last few days,
I've spoken at length
with the Italian prosecutor
in order to expedite your return
to the UK.
The quickest option
we have is is a pre-trial,
where you give
your evidence now, in court.
I already told them everything
the day I got released.
Well, this time, you tell
the prosecutor in front of a judge.
(breathes sharply) And,
of course, Lukasz.
Lukasz?
Is it MD's real name?
Mm-hmm.
I I know, I know he let me go,
but I spent a week thinking that
he could kill me at any minute.
And now I have to be
in the same room as him?
Erm we can ask
for a screen around you.
So, you don't have to see him.
There is one more thing.
(sighs) In order to provide
sufficient evidence,
they have requested
you return to the farmhouse
and give a verbal statement
to camera.
No, I can't I can't go
back there. (breathes sharply)
The sooner you sign
this document
the sooner we can book
a court date and get you home.
(unsettling music playing)
(indistinct chatter)
(tram chugging)
(music continues)
(horn honking)
- (indistinct chatter)
- (music concludes)
(indistinct chatter)
(falters) Sorry.
(chuckles nervously, pants)
(unsettling music playing)
- (tram chugging)
- (vehicles passing)
- (mysterious music playing)
- (passerby speaks indistinctly)
(breathes heavily)
(door locks)
- (crickets chirping)
- (music concludes)
(MD whispering) Chloe?
(pants)
- (sniffles)
- (emotional music playing)
(horn honking)
- Can I?
- Yeah, of course.
(Nicoletta) Thank you.
(indistinct chatter in distance)
How can I go back there?
Nobody except you knows
what happened in that house.
That's why it's so important
you do the pre-trial.
They won't understand.
When I gave my first statement
about the shoes
I didn't mean to lie,
I was just scared
that they would think
it was my fault or that,
like, I should've run,
and then I'd be in trouble
with the police.
So, stand up in court
and make them understand this.
- What if they don't believe me?
- We're all on your side.
- He's the one on trial.
- (dark music playing)
You have to do all you can
to make sure
the men who took you go to prison.
I don't want that responsibility.
I know.
But you have it anyway.
(indistinct chatter)
So, Chloe, you understand
now Prosecutor Storari will ask you
some questions
about your statement.
Then the defence
will cross-examine you. All right?
And don't worry.
He won't be able to see you.
(door opens)
(door closes)
(clears throat)
(door opens)
- (door closes)
- (footsteps approaching)
The preliminary hearing
is in session.
I invite the witness
to be sworn in.
(clears throat) "Aware of the moral
and legal responsibility"
that I assume
in making my statement,
"I promise to tell the whole truth
and not to conceal anything."
You can hear
what Miss Ayling is saying?
- No.
- Your Honour.
May I suggest Mr Herba be moved
close enough to hear Miss Ayling?
Si metta una sedia
vicino alla tenda.
(suspenseful music playing)
(Chloe grunts, screams)
(music concludes)
(Storari) Miss Ayling,
when you were held captive,
did Lukasz refer
to any organisation?
Yeah. Black Death.
And what role did Lukasz have?
He killed for them.
Miss Ayling, I wanted to know
if the person under investigation
told you that he'd be willing
to pay all the ransom
- for your release?
- Yes.
Did you and Lukasz
ever leave the house?
On the Sunday,
we went to the village
to buy a pair of shoes.
(De Rose) And
did my client tell you
he had found a solution
for your situation?
He offered to pay everything
including the part
that I was supposed to pay,
but Black Death wouldn't allow it.
(Storari) Since you enjoyed
a bit of freedom,
why didn't you ask someone
for help?
I was told if I was to rebel
that I'd be killed.
I understand.
(indistinct chatter)
- (music concludes)
- (Storari) Miss Ayling
are you still afraid
of this Black Death?
Yes.
And when you were kidnapped,
what substance
did they inject you with?
He told me it was ketamine.
And who took
the photos of you unconscious
- in the studio?
- (Chloe) I don't know.
It must have been
one of the guys in balaclavas.
(Storari) Because we discovered
they were taken
with one of Lukasz's phones.
No, you don't understand. MD was
I mean, Lukasz,
wasn't at the studio.
- How do you know he wasn't there?
- Because he told me.
What did he tell you?
He told me there were two guys
and one of them had to go on
to another job
and then another one joined
on the journey.
Can you describe this person?
He was tall, er, short hair,
dark blond hair.
And
Are you sure
this person wasn't Lukasz?
Yeah.
But
did he look like Lukasz?
(mysterious music playing)
Yeah, he did slightly.
Could they be
brothers?
Did you know that, in June,
Lukasz asked his brother, Michal,
to buy a large black bag online?
I don't know anything about that.
In May this year,
did you know that Lukasz ordered
- two black balaclavas online?
- No.
(music continues)
Thank you.
(Chloe) It was bullshit, all of it.
There was no Black Death.
Just him and his brother.
- (birds chirping)
- (indistinct chatter)
(Amber) His brother?
Has he been arrested?
(Chloe) The Italian police
are investigating him.
(sighs)
(Amber) Babe,
that's great.
You don't need to be scared.
You don't owe anyone any money.
I still have to go
back there tomorrow.
Hmm. Just focus on the wild
welcome-home bash
I'm going to throw you
when you get back.
No! I would die if anyone found out
what had happened to me.
Babe, you can't come back
and act like everything's okay.
(Chloe) Yes, I can.
You'd better not tell anyone.
Chloe, you've been through
a living nightmare.
I don't want anyone to know, okay?
I've told Phil the same
and he agrees.
- (sighs) Yeah, of course he does.
- What does that mean?
(Amber) He doesn't want
anyone to know.
He was supposed
to be looking out for you.
It's his job to protect you
from all the stalkers
and the weirdos, isn't it?
Babe, I'm so sorry, I have to go.
But I'm going to see you
in a couple of days, okay?
(indistinct chatter in distance)
- (motorbike passing)
- (breathes sharply)
(phone clatters)
(dark music playing)
(birds chirping)
(MD) Remember,
Black Death will be watching.
Make sure you stay close to me.
(chains rattling)
I need to get out.
- (birds chirping)
- (breathes heavily, sniffles)
(Francesco) Chloe,
we wouldn't be going back there
if it wasn't safe.
Speak clearly to the camera.
If you get upset
and they don't understand you,
they will make you repeat it,
and it will take longer.
- Okay?
- (inhales deeply)
(sighs)
(emotional music playing)
(music concludes)
(dogs barking in distance)
(foreboding music playing)
Sono le 13:12
e procediamo con la
rimozione dei sigilli.
(MD) Did you ever think
that I might be lying?
That I'm not going to release you?
(door opens)
This is where they put the bag
when I first arrived.
(translator) Qui e dove hanno messo
la borsa quando
sono arrivata all'inizio.
(Francesco) Mm-hmm.
(Gianluca) Did they told you
that you are not any more in Italy?
You are in the middle of nowhere.
(MD) You belongs
to Black Death now.
They're like mafia.
Guns. Drugs. Trafficking.
This was where
the sleeping bag was placed.
(translator) Qui avevano messo
il sacco a pelo.
My hands were tied here
(MD) You have
already been advertised.
In five days,
you will be put up for auction.
(Chloe) And then the same
on this side,
the handcuffs were around here.
And my feet were there.
- (handcuffs clang)
- (Chloe sobbing)
E qui ho trascorso il primo giorno,
la prima notte,
fino al pomeriggio
del giorno successivo.
(MD) That's part of our job.
Tell your family.
If you run, they can be punished.
I also offered to pay
the ransom quantity.
The guys who took you from Turin
left all your stuff in the studio.
So, if you don't pay,
I won't be able to protect you.
Or your family.
Er, I slept on this side.
(MD) I will do anything
to help you,
- and then we can be together
- and Lukasz slept on this side.
(MD) Tomorrow, I will take you out.
As long as you stay close to me
everything will be fine.
You trust me?
(Chloe) Yeah.
- (music concludes)
- (MD) Good.
- (crickets chirping)
- (dogs barking in distance)
(birds chirping)
(door closes)
Possiamo considerare conclusa
la ricognizione dei luoghi
alle 13:18 del 5th Agosto.
(Francesco) It's over now.
- (indistinct chatter)
- (camera shutter clicking)
(Storari in Italian)
(birds chirping)
(indistinct chatter)
Thank you so much
for all the work you've done.
Listen (sighs)
while we've been out of Milan,
the prosecutor held
a press conference.
It's protocol in cases like this,
it's in the public interest.
But I didn't want anyone to know.
(Gianluca) Your name
wasn't released,
just the details of the case
relating to a British model.
Okay.
Can I definitely leave tomorrow?
Yeah. Your passport is waiting
at the station
for when we get back
to the city tonight.
MUSIC: "Is It Light Where You Are"
by Art School Girlfriend.
(breathes deeply) I can't wait
to get back.
(Bea sobs)
- (Chloe) It's okay.
- (Bea sighs)
- It's okay. I'm safe.
- (sniffles)
- I'm okay.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- (kisses)
- (indistinct chatter in distance)
- (Bea sighs)
- (Chloe whispers) I'm here now.
(Bea kisses, sniffles)
(camera shutter clicking)
(news reporter 1) More details
are emerging in the case
of the British model
who claims she was drugged
and held captive for nearly a week.
(news reporter 2) Huge
media attention
and made headlines
around the world
The very confusing
and baffling kidnap
of 20-year-old
Whilst Chloe is now recovering
here at home,
it's understood investigations
are continuing
(news reporter 3) Today,
at her mother's home
in South London,
it seems she will soon reveal all.
(indistinct chatter)
# Lost my head there for a minute
# I found my way back, I realigned
# Now we're left
With something else
# Won't you look back
On me sometimes? #
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