Influencer Tate, accused of rape and human trafficking in Romania, as well as his brother and two Romanian women have been released from house arrest. A court date is not expected until September at the earliest.
British-American influencer Andrew Tate, his brother Tristan and their two suspected Romanian accomplices were released from house arrest on Friday pending their trial. However, they are not allowed to leave Romania. Tate’s spokeswoman said he was also not allowed to approach the co-defendants and alleged victims and their families.
The measure by the Court of Appeal in Bucharest is valid until October 2, the Romanian news agency Mediafax reported. A first court date has not yet been announced, but it is not expected until September at the earliest after the end of the judicial vacation.
suspected rape and human trafficking
Andrew Tate has lived in Romania since 2017 and was arrested there last December. Charges were also brought against his brother Tristan and two Romanian women. They are accused of forming a criminal organization to traffic in human beings in Romania, the US and the UK in 2021.
According to investigators, seven female victims were taken to Romania after making false declarations of love. There they were sexually exploited and physically abused. One of the accused raped an alleged victim twice in March 2022.
The four were arrested on December 30 in Voluntari near Bucharest. They were released three months later and placed under house arrest.
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The former professional kickboxer has several million followers on Twitter, including many young men and school children. Because he was accused of misogynist views and hate speech, he has been excluded from various other social media platforms.
Andrew Tate rose to fame in 2016 when he was kicked out of Britain’s Big Brother show after a video of him hitting a woman with a belt broke.