Shocking Celebrity Kidnappings

These celebrities have survived harrowing kidnapping ordeals, some of which you would not believe! 1. Benedict Cumberbatch In 2004, during his time in South Africa, Cumberbatch faced a harrowing experience when their vehicle was ambushed by thieves. The perpetrators bound his wrists with shoelaces and locked him in the car trunk, while they stole their money and bank cards. Fortunately, after two and a half hours, the hijackers left, and Benedict and his peers were able to seek help and escape. 2. Jessica Alba While filming Flipper at the age of 15, Jessica Alba received strange phone calls on set, which led to her sudden disappearance for 14 hours. She was eventually found blindfolded, gagged, and restrained in the trunk of a car. The details of this terrifying incident were never disclosed publicly, and the case remained unsolved. 3. Duffy In 2020, singer Duffy broke her decade-long silence and revealed the details of a traumatic incident she endured. She was drugged at a restaurant and then held captive in a foreign country for four weeks. During her captivity, she was subjected to sexual assault. Thankfully, she eventually managed to break free from her captor’s grasp, allowing her to move on and start anew. 4. Kim Kardashian In 2016, Kardashian endured a terrifying ordeal while staying at her hotel in Paris. Disguised as policemen, two men knocked on her door and proceeded to tie her up with plastic cables, duct-taping her eyes, mouth, and legs. They stole valuable jewellery, including her engagement ring worth $4 million, amounting to approximately $10 million in total. 5. Cindy Birdsong American singer Cindy Birdsong, a member of The Supremes, was kidnapped in 1969 along with two friends. The lone kidnapper forced her to tie up her friends at knifepoint before loading them into her car. Cindy managed to escape by jumping out of the moving car on the highway. The kidnapper was later arrested. 6. Frank Sinatra Jr. Frank Sinatra Jr., the son of the legendary Frank Sinatra, was kidnapped in 1963 at the age of 19. The kidnappers demanded a ransom, which was paid by the singer, and his son was released unharmed. The kidnappers were eventually caught and the ransom money was recovered. 7. Thomas “Fats” Waller Jazz icon Fats Waller, known for his exceptional talent in various musical realms, fell victim to a unique kidnapping in 1926. After a performance at a hotel, Fats Waller was kidnapped at gunpoint by Al Capone’s men. They took him to a saloon and demanded him to play the piano. He obliged, and after a few days, they released him, paying him a few thousand dollars for his troubles