Influencer Andrew Tate released from house arrest while he awaits human trafficking and rape trial

Table Of Content

• Handcuffed Tate brothers leave court after hearing – video
• Andrew Tate Is Released From House Arrest in Romania
• Andrew Tate loses appeal against ruling that stops him leaving Romania
• NSW Police confirm body of young woman found in North Bondi apartment
• Who is Andrew Tate? Your guide to the self-styled misogynist influencer
• Andrew Tate released from house arrest while awaiting trial on human-trafficking charges
• Andrew Tate and his brother appear in Romanian court

The Tates lost their last appeal on July 6 against a prior house arrest extension. The legal case had been discussed for months in the preliminary chamber stages, a process in which the defendants can challenge prosecutors' evidence and case file. The authorities have searched the Tate brothers’ homes in Romania, under the belief that the properties were connected to human trafficking and rape.

Handcuffed Tate brothers leave court after hearing – video

On Friday the court said the process had been completed and the criminal trial could start. Authorities for alleged sexual violence and physical abuse, but the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to prosecute him. The alleged victims then turned to crowdfunding to cover their legal costs as they pursue a civil case against him. The appeals court, where the Tate brothers appeared in handcuffs on Tuesday escorted by police, also ordered them immediately released, spokesperson Mateea Petrescu said. The online influencer and his brother, Tristan Tate, must remain in the country while they await trial on charges of human trafficking, a court in Bucharest ruled. Under Romanian law, the case is now with the Bucharest court's preliminary chamber, where a judge has 60 days to inspect the case files to ensure legality.

Andrew Tate Is Released From House Arrest in Romania

The women have said they intend to commence proceedings against him. The brothers are seeking at least $5m (£3.9m) in the lawsuit, which was filed in Palm Beach county against the woman, her parents, another woman who lived at the Tates’ Bucharest estate and a male friend of the woman. The women were allegedly controlled by "intimidation, constant surveillance" and claims they were in debt, prosecutors said. They must also check in regularly with the police and are banned from trying to approach the victims. After a court hearing in June, Mr. Tate thanked his supporters and accused the news media of lying. They were not the first wealthy men who had been “unfairly attacked,” he said, adding that, “I look forward to being found innocent,” Mr. Tate said.

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Ahead of the court’s decision Friday, the legal case had been discussed for months in the preliminary chamber stages, a process in which the defendants can challenge prosecutors’ evidence and case file. The Bucharest Tribunal ruled that prosecutors’ case file against Tate met the legal criteria but did not set a date for the trial to begin. Tate’s spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu, said the ruling has been appealed. Romania’s anti-organised crime agency alleged the four defendants had formed a criminal group in 2021 “in order to commit the crime of human trafficking” in Romania as well as the US and Britain.

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Bucharest, Romania — A court in Romania's capital on Friday ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Tribunal ruled that prosecutors' case file against Tate met the legal criteria but did not set a date for the trial to begin. Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who has spent months in a Romanian jail on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, has won an appeal to replace his detention with house arrest, an official said Friday. BUCHAREST, Romania — Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who has spent months in a Romanian jail on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, has won an appeal to replace his detention with house arrest, an official said Friday.

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Andrew Tate’s arrest has not prevented him from posting to social media, where he had previously said that women “belong” to men, should stay at home and need men’s direction. He has also portrayed men as victims of feminism and false rape accusations. If the defendants violate the terms of their judicial obligations, the court reading states, they can be returned to house arrest or preventive arrest. The court’s decision says all four defendants will be subjected to geographical restrictions limiting them to the territories of Bucharest Municipality and the nearby Ilfov County unless they get prior approval from a judge.

Tate and his brother launched a lawsuit against a Florida woman in July, saying she falsely accused them of imprisoning her in Romania, leading to their arrest there on human trafficking charges. In January, Tate won an appeal challenging the seizure of his assets by Romanian authorities, which were confiscated in the weeks after he was arrested. "Today's news is very welcome as it had been a significant concern to many that Tate would seek to avoid justice in Romania and abroad," said Matthew Jury, a managing partner at the law firm. "We are grateful to the British authorities for taking our concerns seriously and issuing an arrest warrant. Tate is accused of serious criminal offenses against a large number of victims and he must be held accountable." "We handed over our evidence about the horrific acts of violence we endured and waited for action. But four years later we were told the U.K. authorities would not prosecute him," they state on their campaign page.

In June, Romania’s anti-organized crime agency known as DIICOT had requested that judges extend the house arrest measure after the agency filed its investigation. The self-professed “misogynist influencer” was indicted in June along with his brother, Tristan, and two Romanian female suspects for human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, allegations they have all denied. Andrew Tate, who has amassed 8.9 million followers on the social media platform X, has repeatedly claimed that prosecutors in Romania have no evidence against him and that there is a political conspiracy to silence him. He was previously banned from various prominent social media platforms for expressing misogynistic views and for hate speech. Tate, a professional kickboxer who has resided in Romania since 2017, was previously banned from various social media platforms for expressing misogynistic views and hate speech. He has repeatedly claimed Romanian prosecutors have no evidence and alleged their case is a “political” conspiracy designed to silence him.

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He amassed a following of millions, many of them young men, across social media and appeared on podcasts boasting of get-rich-quick schemes and making demeaning comments about women. Mr. Tate has claimed that men are victims of feminism and that women “belong” to men and need men’s guidance. He has also described ways in which he would physically attack women and called them partly responsible if they were raped.

DIICOT requested this week that judges extend the house arrest measure as they filed their investigation. Under Romanian law, judges have 60 days to decide whether the case is sent to trial, but nonetheless often takes longer. As the brothers left the detention facility in Bucharest on Friday, Tristan Tate told reporters that the judges had made the right decision. Ramona Bolla, a spokeswoman for the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism in Romania, said that the authorities were continuing to investigate. Under Romanian law, the trial must start by June, which would be six months after the Tate brothers were accused of crimes.

Mr Tate's spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu, said the ruling has been appealed. Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has been freed from house arrest in Romania pending his trial on rape and human trafficking charges. The decision at the Bucharest Court of Appeal comes after prosecutors formally indicted the 36-year-old Tate in June along with his brother, Tristan, and two Romanian women in the same case. "We reassert our belief in the fairness of the arguments we presented during the preliminary hearing and in the memoranda concerning the legality of the criminal investigation," said Ioan Gliga, another lawyer for the Tates. "Although they did not receive the necessary attention in the preliminary hearing, we are confident that the appeal court judge panel will support us." Ahead of the court's decision Friday, the legal case had been discussed for months in the preliminary chamber stages, a process in which the defendants can challenge prosecutors' evidence and case file.

Andrew and his brother Tristan were arrested in March and charged in June. Romanian prosecutors have said they recruited their victims by seducing them and falsely claiming to want a relationship or marriage. Tate, who has lived in Romania since 2017, and his brother have denied all of the allegations, with a trial due to take place.

They were then under house arrest until August when courts placed them under judicial control. In January, a Romanian court rejected an appeal by Andrew Tate to ease the judicial control measures. “The court notes the legality of evidence management by … prosecutors, and rules that the case can go to trial,” the court said, adding the ruling could be challenged on appeal. Under Romanian law, the case then sat with the Bucharest court’s preliminary chamber, which needed to inspect the case files and evidence to ensure legality.

Under the new measure, the four suspects can leave the house, but not Bucharest and the surrounding Ilfov county. They are also banned from trying to approach the alleged victims. Romania's Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), has accused the four defendants of forming an organized crime group to carry out human trafficking in Romania, the U.K. DIICOT alleges that the four defendants formed a criminal group in 2021 to "commit the crime of human trafficking" in Romania, as well as in the United States and Britain.