John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 32, allegedly used the so-called madam to recruit girls from a popular SoHo boutique ...

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William Duplessie, 32, faces charges of kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a weapon, ...

Duplessie seemed to have an interest in political power. “He would tell people he was running to be a Senator in Kentucky,” ...

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Woeltz and a business partner William Duplessie are accused of holding a man from Italy hostage for 17 days. They are accused ...

The Italian businessman who was allegedly kidnapped and tortured in NYC for nearly 3 weeks, wasn't always in distress during ...

Prosecutors allege Duplessie and Woeltz held an Italian national hostage for 17 days in a Soho townhouse to force access to a ...

The case of Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, the 28-year-old Italian kidnapped and tortured for two weeks in a villa in ...