The Kentucky crypto entrepreneur accused of a heinous kidnapping and torture plot is harmless — and being manipulated by another person, a relative claimed to The Put up.
John Woeltz, who was held with out bail on kidnapping and different prices for allegedly bodily abusing and making an attempt to extort an Italian businessman, is “a simple sufferer” who was pressured into the sick scenario, the relative contended.
“He’s a form, caring, loving particular person, so he was utterly managed by different individuals,” the relative stated of Woeltz, 37, who’s price $100 million, in response to police sources.
The relative known as Woeltz “simply manipulated.”
“I’m getting calls from John’s pals, girlfriends, everybody saying, ‘John was railroaded, this particular person hijacked his life,’” she claimed.
“He was hijacked and manipulated and scammed. I feel they stole his cash as effectively,” the relative continued.
“He’s a sufferer.”
Woeltz, who owns a non-public jet and a helicopter, was pressured handy over his passport throughout an look Saturday in Manhattan Prison Courtroom. A minimum of one different suspect continues to be being sought, sources stated.
The abuse allegedly included threatening to kill the household of sufferer Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan in Italy and at one level, carrying thehim to the highest flight of the steps of the eight-bedroom Prince Avenue penthouse and dangling him over the ledge, lest the vacationer hand over his account password, Assistant District Lawyer Michael Mattson instructed Decide Eric Schumacher throughout Woeltz’s arraignment.
