Two people were arrested in New York City on Friday for the kidnapping and torture of a tourist from Italy, according to police. John Woeltz, 37, was barefoot and dressed in a white bathrobe as he was escorted by NYPD officers down the steps of a home at 38 Prince St.

An Italian tourist was allegedly held captive and tortured for more than two weeks inside a New York City apartment, but managed to escape — and now his captor has been arrested, according to multiple reports citing police.

A crypto entrepreneur was arrested Friday after a tourist from Italy told police he was tortured in the suspect's luxury apartment in New York City for more than two weeks, according to police. The alleged victim,