{
  "id": 19880115,
  "title": "'Crypto King' Aiden Pleterski testifies he was beaten, tortured during alleged kidnapping",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/crypto-king-aiden-pleterski-testifies-he-was-beaten-tortured-during",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-13T22:44:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/crypto-king-aiden-pleterski-kidnapping-trial-9.7421121"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Self-described \"Crypto King\" Aiden Pleterski described being beaten with a gun and tortured with knives and a lighter in the back of a truck as he began his testimony at the trial of his alleged kidnappers Friday in Toronto.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "MANDEL: Toppled Crypto King recounts harrowing Toronto kidnapping",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/mandel-toppled-crypto-king-recounts-harrowing-toronto-kidnapping",
        "published": "2026-11-13T23:26:01.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}