Chloe Ayling (pictured) was allegedly kidnapped by Lukasz Herba in Milan, Italy
The 30-year-old man accused of kidnapping British model Chloe Ayling has claimed the whole ordeal was staged and ‘fabricated’ to make her famous.
Lukasz Herba is due to attend court on Wednesday for allegedly taking Miss Ayling, from Coulsdon, south London, and holding her captive in Italy.
She is said to have been snatched by a group calling itself Black Death after being lured to a fake modelling shoot in Milan in July.
The crime syndicate allegedly threatened to sell her on the dark web unless they were paid £230,000.
But Herba, a Polish resident, has claimed that they ‘planned’ the kidnapping plot when they met in Paris and that she did it to become a celebrity.
His lawyer, Katia Kolakowska, told the Mirror: ‘He says the kidnap was a fabrication. They planned it together so she would become famous.’
She also said that there was evidence they had an ‘existing relationship’.
Officers have said Herba, who lives in the UK, lured the young model to Milan before giving her ketamine with his 36-year-old brother Michal.
Miss Ayling admitted she had shared a bed with Herba and did not reveal the pair went shopping.
But Chloe, of Coulsdon, South London, admitted sharing a bed with Herba and failed to say she went shopping with him.
The young model (pictured), from south London, claimed she would have been sold on the dark web
She is said to have been snatched by a group calling itself Black Death after being lured to a fake modelling shoot in Milan
Her former manager Phil Green previously told MailOnline: ‘Of course it wasn’t a sham!
‘I said six weeks ago that Chloe was genuinely kidnapped and I still stand by that.
‘Herba’s lawyer is in cloud cuckcoo land if he thinks he is going to successfully defend his client by suggesting it was staged.’
Herba’s solicitor reportedly asked for the trial to be adjourned until his brother is able to defend himself alongside his sibling.
His brother is currently fighting extradition from the UK.
But Lukasz Herba (pictured) as claimed that they ‘planned’ the kidnapping plot when they met in Paris and that she did it to become a celebrity