A business partner of a suspect charged with kidnapping and torturing an Italian man in a posh New York City townhouse for weeks has surrendered to authorities and is expected to face charges, according to police.

William Duplessie surrendered, with his lawyers, to the NYPD's Major Case Squad Detectives unit.

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Duplessie, 32, is expected to face charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment, police said. His attorneys declined to comment. The custody exchange had been expected.

Officials say Duplessie is a business partner of John Woeltz. The 37-year-old Woeltz, known by some as the "crypto king of Kentucky," allegedly held the man captive inside the six-story Nolita townhome for more than two weeks. He faces charge

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