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Pink Villa
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Pooja Hegde sunbathes with Rs 1,30,400 YSL bag and serves travel fashion goals in knitwear sweater
Fashionistas who keep up with Pooja Hegde's fashion timeline know that she is a pro at keeping up with trends. Whether it be her gingham-style dress or futuristic office siren look, the Retro actress can pull off any fashion genre with style and panache. Her latest travel look was no exception as the actress wore a relaxed but striking and well put-together outfit in the UK. She carried a gorgeous YSL bag with her, worth around Rs 1,30,400. Pooja wore a dark gray knitwear for her lively outing, looking fresh as the morning dew. The closed neck sweater with full-length sleeves exuded 'minimal elegance'. Keeping her style understated yet fashionable, she paired the sweater with denim jeans. The flared jeans featured a unique style, a distorted pattern with the trendy 'dirty jeans' aesthetic. It also boasted cargo pockets, serving cool-girl fashion inspo. The Kisi ka Bhai Kisi ki Jaan fame rounded off her look with white sneakers, further elevating her swoon-worthy travel sway. Hegde minimally accessorized her fit with a dainty, silver chain. The necklace featured uneven hoops and patterns, and fit perfectly with her laid-back outfit. Pooja Hegde's Saint Laurent bag For her sun-soaked outing, Hegde carried a stunning Saint Laurent sling bag in a Burgundy hue. The brand's mini Nolita bag featured its signature Cassandre and chevron-quilted stitching, topped with a YSL monogram flap. It also added a stylish edge to her travel OOTD. The Deva actress went makeup-free for her foreign trip and showed off her flawless skin. She tossed her hair freely, side-swept for an effortlessly chic look. The South Indian beauty, Pooja Hegde, just released her latest movie, Retro, and with it, she served some serious vintage saree flairs. In her promo looks for the film, the actress looked like she jumped straight out of Raja Ravi Varma's paintings. Pooja Hegde is all set to grace the silver screen with her upcoming movie, Jana Nayagan, in 2026, and we can't wait to witness her new set of promo looks.
Gizmodo
6 days ago
- Business
- Gizmodo
Cop on NYC Mayor's Security Detail Reportedly Linked to Crypto Torture Case
The story of the Italian tourist allegedly kidnapped by crypto businessmen keeps taking wild turns—the latest potentially implicating New York law enforcement in the ordeal. According to a report from local NBC affiliate station News 4 New York, two NYPD officers, including one who was serving as security detail for Mayor Eric Adams, have been linked to two of the people charged for their involvement in the kidnapping case. According to the report, a detective tasked with protecting Mayor Adams was working a private security gig on the side. As a part of that job, the detective worked security at the Prince Street townhouse in the Nolita neighborhood of New York City—the same place where an Italian tourist was allegedly held captive and beaten for over two weeks. He is also believed to have picked up an Italian tourist from the airport earlier this month, and there is currently an Internal Affairs Bureau investigation into whether the detective transported the tourist who was kidnapped to the townhouse. The report did not clarify the other officer's alleged involvement, but two officers have reportedly been placed on modified duty following the details of their potential links to the case surfacing. At issue isn't the fact that the officers worked an off-duty job—that's apparently pretty standard, per News 4, though it's not clear whether the NYPD approved this particular side gig. What is of particular interest is just how much these cops knew about what they were potentially involved in. What happened, either under the officers' noses or not, was that an Italian tourist was allegedly lured to the townhouse on May 6 by two cryptocurrency businessmen, who allegedly tortured the man for 17 days to get him to give up the password to his stash of Bitcoin. During the time that he was held captive, he was allegedly shocked with electrical wires, hit with a gun, forced to smoke from a crack pipe, dangled over a railing five stories high, sawed on his leg, and urinated on. The tourist managed to escape when his attackers went to retrieve his computer and steal his Bitcoin, at which point he flagged down a police officer on the street. (Luckily, he didn't run into one of the cops who may have been involved.) When police entered the townhouse, they reportedly found a slew of evidence including cocaine, a saw, chicken wire, body armor, and night-vision goggles. They also found Polaroid photos of the victim with a gun pointed at his head, which was probably seen as strong evidence corroborating his story. Two men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping: John Woeltz, a 37-year-old man who has been identified as the 'crypto king of Kentucky,' and William Duplessie, a 33-year-old Florida man and crypto investor who turned himself into police.
Gizmodo
26-05-2025
- Gizmodo
Crypto Investor Arrested After Being Accused of Kidnapping and Torturing Italian Tourist
A crypto investor from Kentucky was arrested in New York City this week after being accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist. John Woeltz, 37, was taken into custody after his alleged victim, a 28-year-old man, broke loose from Woeltz's ritzy Nolita apartment and alerted a nearby traffic agent, telling them that he had been a prisoner inside the investor's pad for two weeks, according to reports. The traffic officer swiftly alerted police, who arrested Woeltz, news outlets have reported. The alleged victim, who has since been hospitalized and whom authorities have declined to name, initially met up with Woeltz at his expensive apartment on May 6th, after the tourist arrived in the city, the New York Post writes. It wasn't long afterward that the man was allegedly plunged into a weeks-long ordeal in which he was subjected to horrifying torture techniques. Some outlets have reported that the victim is Woeltz's former business partner. Woeltz was arraigned on Saturday morning and charged with assault, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a firearm, CNN writes. He is being held without bail. Much about the criminal case remains unclear. The New York Times reports that a 24-year-old woman named Beatrice Folchi was also arrested alongside Woeltz and was similarly charged with kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment. However, Folchi was apparently seen out on the streets of New York not long afterward, and told the New York Post that she had not been arrested. 'Everything is going to be told but with a lawyer — I can't make any comments right now,' Folchi told the outlet. Another man, identified by police as an 'unapprehended male,' is also thought to have participated in the torture activities, the newspaper writes. It is unknown who this person is or where they may be. Not long after the alleged victim arrived at the apartment, Woeltz is accused of stealing the man's passport and cellphone. Woeltz and the other unidentified male then allegedly interrogated the victim, asking for his crypto wallet password. When the man refused to give it to them, police say they proceeded to imprison and torture him through a variety of horrifying and diabolical methods, according to multiple outlets. Police found Polaroids inside the apartment of the man being tied up and tortured, the New York Post has reported. In the photos, the man could be seen bound with electrical tape and, in one image, had a gun pointed at his head, the Post writes. Police also recovered a gun from the apartment. Sources interviewed by the Post claim to have additional information about the alleged ordeal that the tourist went through. Those hair-raising allegations include: Since being taken captive, the tourist had been bound with an electric cord, Tased while his feet were put in water, pistol whipped, forced to take cocaine and threatened to have his limbs cut off with an electric chainsaw, the sources said. The nightmare erupted from a dispute over cryptocurrency, in which the suspect allegedly tried to extort millions of dollars from the man by unleashing a litany of horrific tortures, according to sources. When reached for comment by Gizmodo on Friday, a NYPD public information merely provided the following statement: 'On Friday May 23rd, 2025, at approximately 937 hours in the vicinity of Mulberry Street and Prince Street, a 28-year-old victim approached an on-duty traffic agent and alerted him that he was a victim of an assault.' Gizmodo also reached out to Woeltz's attorney for comment.
