ALEX Scott has revealed the moment an Uber driver tried to kidnap her and said: "Girls like you, I kill." The football pundit, 38, says her "body went numb" when the driver told her he was not dropping her home.
She recalled fearing she would never see her mum again, and texting her agent to "send a search party" if she wasn't back soon.
The horror unfolded while Alex was working for the BBC at the World Cup in Moscow in 2018. She says the only way she managed to flee was by convincing the "sicko" she was a friend of Russian president Vladimir Putin - who she had only met that morning.
The 38-year-old recalled the horror in her memoir, titled How (Not) To Be Strong. Read more on Alex Scott IT'S SCOTT ON Alex Scott gets dressing down from BBC over orange World Cup coverage outfitSCOTT TO BE LOVE Inside Alex Scott's secret 8-year relationship with fellow Lioness star In her book, Alex told how the BBC usually insisted staff use official, pre-booked cars while on work trips.
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