Chris Evans’ girlfriend Alba Baptista was almost kidnapped by a stranger at age 10
‘I didn’t know what to do’: Chris Evans’ girlfriend Alba Baptista reveals she was almost kidnapped by a 10-year-old stranger in a school trip ordeal
The stunning actress girlfriend of Captain America star Chris Evans has revealed that she was the victim of a terrifying attempted kidnapping in Scotland when she was a child.
Alba Baptista, the star of the Netflix series Warrior Nun, made the revelation in an interview for a magazine in Portugal, where she was born.
The actress, now 25, told Nova Gente that the drama occurred while she was on a study trip at just 10 years old.
Terrifying: The stunning actress girlfriend of Captain America star Chris Evans has revealed she was the victim of a terrifying attempted kidnapping in Scotland as a child
Alba, who made her English language debut in the American fantasy drama Warrior Nun after starting her career in Portugal with series and movies, recalled how she went to Scotland as part of a program where she stayed with a group of students to be able to learn English. .
On one of the days he was exploring the city and was queuing at a store to buy a T-shirt for his dad when a man in his 50s next to him offered to pay for it.
She thanked the man but told him it wasn’t necessary before he offered to give her a much better shirt that was in his car.
Shock: The actress, now 25, told Nova Gente that the drama occurred while she was on a school trip at just 10 years old (her boyfriend Chris is pictured)
Couple: The couple is pictured together in New York City last year and they keep their relationship private.
Recalling how he grabbed her arm and tried to kidnap her but she managed to escape, Alba explained: “I must have a wonderful guardian angel, because when he was grabbing my arm and leading me out of the store, the teacher appeared at the door. to call me.
‘I ran to go to her. I remember telling him what had happened and suddenly I see the man pushing his way through the line with a hurricane look on his face and coming straight at me.
‘My teacher went to alert someone and I was left alone. The worst was yet to come. The man grabbed me and began to lead me down the street.
Terrifying: Alba Baptista, the protagonist of the Netflix series The Warrior Nun, made the revelation in an interview with a magazine in Portugal, where she was born
He told me that everything was fine and that we were friends. Not know what to do.
He added that the man was acting “as if he were his father” so that people around him would not be surprised.
When Alba started yelling at him to leave her alone, the man started to hug her.
When she looked around, she said she could remember the whole class running after her before they surrounded the man and he had to let go of her.
Private: The American actor confirmed their relationship on social media earlier this month with a cute home video
So the man ended up saying ‘Don’t forget me’.
Alba explained that she hated to think that the same thing could have happened to another child.
The actress revealed the drama in an old interview with Nova Gente when she was 19, which the magazine has now republished and is being picked up by other Portuguese outlets.
It was not clear where or exactly when the incident occurred and whether police became involved and the man who attacked her was arrested.
US magazine People revealed in November last year that Alba, whose father is Brazilian, had been dating Chris Evans for more than a year.
A source told the mag: “They are in love and Chris has never been happier.”
Ordeal: She explained: ‘My teacher went to alert someone and I was left alone. The worst was yet to come. The man grabbed me and began to carry me down the street’
The American actor confirmed their relationship on social media earlier this month with a cute home video.
Alba, who speaks five languages and in 2018 did humanitarian work at an orphanage in Cambodia with a focus on education, plays the role of a quadriplegic orphan who discovers she has supernatural powers in Warrior Nun.
Last year, she starred in the film ‘Mrs Harris Goes to Paris’ about a widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London who falls head over heels for a Dior couture gown.
Star: Alba made her English language debut in the American fantasy drama Warrior Nun (pictured) after starting her career in Portugal with series and movies.