Social media personality Andrew Tate was put on house arrest in Romania after he and five others, including his brother, were brought into custody amid a human trafficking and sexual exploitation investigation.
The DIICOT asked the Bucharest court to arrest the brothers for 30 days, instead, a judge placed Andrew Tate under house arrest and Tristan Tate under judiciary control for the same period, their rep Mateea Petrescu wrote in a statement, per Reuters.
Tate brothers indicted in 2023 for human trafficking The Tate brothers were indicted in 2023 along with two Romanian women for human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
Due to the 2023 charges, the brothers were given a travel ban prohibiting them from leaving Romania.
‘There are no new charges’ The Tate brothers hosted a livestream titled “Emergency Meeting – Slanderous Lies” Thursday on the platform Rumble.
During the 32-minute livestream, Andrew Tate said the DIICOT took their studio equipment and “stole as much wealth as possible.”
Tristan Tate said during the livestream that no “new charges” were brought against the brothers.
The influencers and many of their supporters have claimed the women are liars and that the Tate brothers’ charges will be dropped.
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Following his apprehension along with five other individuals, including his brother, in the course of an investigation into human trafficking and sexual exploitation, social media star Andrew Tate was placed under house arrest in Romania.
Tate, a former professional kickboxer with almost 10 million X fans, and his brother Tristan Tate were arrested on Wednesday and held for a full day following searches of four homes in the Bucharest municipality and Ilfov County by Romania’s anti-organized crime prosecuting unit DIICOT.
The siblings’ representative Mateea Petrescu wrote in a statement, citing Reuters, that the DIICOT had requested that the Bucharest court hold the brothers for 30 days. However, the judge instead put Andrew Tate under house arrest and Tristan Tate under judiciary control.
The statement went on, saying, “The Tates applaud the decision and vehemently deny all allegations leveled against them, emphasizing that the accusations are baseless and unsupported by substantial evidence.”.
For human trafficking, the Tate brothers were indicted in 2023.
In 2023, the Tate brothers were charged with human trafficking, rape, and organizing a criminal organization to deceive and rape women. The two Romanian women faced similar charges. These claims have not been accepted by the brothers.
The brothers are banned from traveling and are not allowed to leave Romania as a result of the 2023 charges.
March 11 saw the U.S. K. based on events that occurred in 2012, an arrest warrant was issued for Tate and his brother. An appeals court in Romania decided that they could not be sent abroad until the rape, trafficking, and gang activity cases were finished.
“No additional charges exist.”.
On Thursday, the Tate brothers broadcast a livestream on the Rumble platform with the title “Emergency Meeting – Slanderous Lies.”. The DIICOT “stole as much wealth as possible,” according to Andrew Tate, during the 32-minute livestream. “They” are trying to put him in jail for something he did not do, he said, adding that “the matrix is broken.”.
Tate stated during the livestream, “Fortunately, we had a very honest, fair, and good judge today who saw through the garbage that we’re accused of and allowed us to come home.”. “However, we are still in the midst of this battle. “.”.
During the livestream, Tristan Tate declared that the brothers had not been the subject of any “new charges.”.
According to Tristan Tate, “There are no new charges; this is simply an investigation.”. “They’re looking into new things with us. ****.
Online harassment was directed towards the Tate brothers’ accusers.
A $5 million civil lawsuit against two women involved in the Romanian case and some of their outcry witnesses is underway as the Tate brothers continue to refute the accusations made against them. The lawsuit was filed in July of 2023. The women are being accused by the brothers of defamation, conspiracy, and false imprisonment.
Many of the influencers’ followers have stated that the Tate brothers’ charges will be dropped and that the women are lying.
“There’s just this deluge of tweets around the time of the lawsuit filing,” stated Dani Pinter, a legal counsel for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation and an attorney for one of the women. It’s the most extreme instance of targeted harassment I’ve ever witnessed. She repeats her name and face repeatedly, as if they were her own.
Contributors: Kinsey Crowley/USA TODAY and Reuters.
