This Teen Ruined a Model's Life - The Katie Piper Story
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What led to Katie Piper's rise as a model?
Remember that famous story about that woman who broke up with that guy and then he burned her face with acid? Now the woman's name is Katie and Katie is 24 years old, living in London. Here's the thing about her. She is apparently very attractive. All her life people have been telling her that she is foing. Sometimes strangers will come up to her on the street and they'll tell her that she is foing. And because she's got this going on for her, she has long decided that she's gonna try and make it as a model. And she legitimately has some success. She's gotten some gigs doing some modeling, she's had a few TV appearances in the UK, like she was a presenter on a show that sold solar panels or something.
She also worked on a quiz show, and sometimes she works as a ring girl at martial arts matches. So, that's cool too. And because she's working steady, she's making not a lot of money, but more money than she's ever made before. So this is all going really well for her. But then, one day, in 2008, something happens that's gonna change her life forever. That day, Katie is checking her Facebook, and she sees that she has a message from a guy she doesn't know. And the guy is this dude, Danny. And Danny, he's described as a martial arts enthusiast, which makes it sound like he's one of those guys who is obsessed with MMA. He also doesn't appear to have a job, so there's that. Regardless, he reaches out to Katie on Facebook to, I guess, tell her how fine he thinks she is, and to ask her out.
Danny had apparently been following her modeling career for a while, like he had seen her in something, and he felt like he needed to go and find her on Facebook and try and talk to her. Which feels creepy to me, but I guess it worked because these two start messaging back and forth, then they start talking on the phone, and eventually Katie agrees to meet up with him. So they meet up in person, and surprisingly, she's into him. And they go out on a date, and it goes well, so they go out on a second date. And by the end of their second date, Danny likes her so much that he tells her, I love you. And while that may sound like a red flag to us, Katie actually finds Danny sweet and nice and all of those things.
So after that, Danny starts coming on even stronger. He's asking to see Katie every single day. Even Katie's friends are like, are you sure about this guy? He's kind of weird. But Katie keeps on going out with him. And as they continue to see each other, Danny starts to get a bit controlling. Like he's demanding that she not spend so much time with her friends because he wants to be with her every day. Now, keep in mind that at this point in the story, they've only been dating for two weeks. So one night, they go on another date in London. And after the date, they decide to stay the night in a local hotel. And there, I guess Danny's expecting that they are going to smash. Which I'm sure they had done before, but on this particular night, Katie, she's just not feeling it, for whatever reason.
She doesn't want to do it, and she's just gonna go to bed instead. And this pisses Danny off. He takes this rejection personally, like she insulted him, and he starts to feel like he's losing her. So he starts swearing at her and he threatens her like, who does she think she is rejecting him like that? And this guy becomes completely unhinged and he starts beating her up and he threatens to murder her and he won't let her leave. And one minute he's screaming at her. The next minute he's crying. Then he also essays her. And this torture goes on for eight hours until finally Katie is able to convince Danny that everything is going to be fine and that they can still continue to date. So he allows her to leave and go home.
Obviously, she has no intention of continuing this relationship. She just wanted to get the hell out of there. So Katie goes back to her apartment and she locks herself in there. And she feels too traumatized to report him to the police at this point because, you know, he was threatening to kill her.
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