Brit businessman’s model daughter Luciana Curtis who worked with Beyonce KIDNAPPED with husband & son & held in shack
A MODEL who is the daughter of a British businessman was kidnapped with her husband and child outside a restaurant in Brazil.
Luciana Curtis, her husband Henrique Gendre and their 11-year-old child are now recovering from the horrific ordeal where they were held in a shack.
Armed robbers ambushed the family and held them for about 12 hours, allegedly stealing their car and money from their bank accounts before releasing them.
The trio were leaving a restaurant in Alto do Lapa on Wednesday night when they were snatched by the gang of robbers.
It was only the following morning that the alarm was raised by the couple’s eldest child who found that her family had not returned home, according to local reports.
The terrified daughter contacted a relative who called the police.
Reports claim that the model who has worked with the likes of Beyonce and featured on the covers of magazines like Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire was held in a shack with her family overnight.
The wooden hut in Brasilandia, one of San Paulo’s 96 districts, had just a mattress, toilet, and sink.
Luciana, her husband, and their youngest child were released by their captors as the police launched a search for the family.
The terrified family sought help from locals after their captors had abandoned the hideaway, stealing the model’s car.
They were swiftly taken to safety and a spokesperson for the 47-year-old model confirmed the incident to local press saying: “The family has been released and they are safe and well.”
While they were holed up in the wooden shack, their abductors are understood to have transferred money from the couple’s bank accounts to their own.
More to follow… For the latest news on this story keep checking back at The Sun Online
Thesun.co.uk is your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video.
Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thesun and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun.