I'm not so sure, Dana, The first one looks like it could be, or at least started as, semi-consensual. The leather outfits kind of going with ball gags and restraints. Maybe because Berlusconi is such a notorious sexist.
The other two, however, are clearly non-consensual kidnappings. But I agree they're cartoonishly preposturous situations. Like Hilton or Shumacher would drive a Ford Figo.
And for Ford, they don't want anyone annoyed, so it's all damage control.