John Woeltz, the Kentucky crypto entrepreneur accused of a heinous kidnapping and torture plot is innocent -- and being manipulated by someone else, a relative claimed to The Post.

The 28-year-old was brought to the Nolita home, where he was held and tortured for several weeks, according to sources.

A 24-year-old aspiring actress was arrested for allegedly helping a crypto investor kidnap and torture an Italian man to steal his Bitcoin password

Beatrice Folchi is the 24-year-old brunette beauty who was arrested alongside Kentucky-based crypto investor John Woeltz for the kidnap and torture of an Italian man in SoHo.

Folchi, whose family lives in Connecticut, was charged with first-degree kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment.