Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania over allegations of sexual aggression.
The brothers had been detained on Monday evening on prices that date again to between 2012 and 2015.
They had been handed an arrest warrant issued by Westminster Magistrates Court docket in London – and an investigation is pending.
Andrew, 37, and Tristan, 35, deny all allegations towards them. Their representatives stated they had been “totally dedicated to difficult these accusations with unwavering dedication and resolve”.
The brothers are dealing with rape and human trafficking prices in Romania, the place they stay, and had beforehand been in jail and later underneath home arrest since they had been detained in December 2022.
They had been charged alongside two Romanian ladies who’re accused of being a part of the alleged organised crime group.
It’s alleged all 4 fashioned the group in 2021 to commit human trafficking in Romania and different international locations – together with the US and UK.
Tate gained an attraction in August 2023 to be launched from home arrest as he awaits trial on a date which has but to be determined.
The brothers had been advised they had been in a position to journey wherever inside Romania however couldn’t depart the nation.
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In January, a Romanian court docket additionally overurned a call to grab Tate’s property, which noticed him regain entry to his supercars, properties and designer watches.
Prosecutors stated in January final 12 months that that they had seized 15 luxurious autos and greater than 10 properties and houses belonging to the suspects to stop the property from being offered or hidden.
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From January 2023: Andrew Tate’s automobiles confiscated from villa
Fourteen designers watches, two ingots – blocks of normally valuable steel – and money, had been additionally confiscated, with authorities saying on the time the seized property was price €3.6m (£3.12m).
Tate, a former kickboxer and Massive Brother contestant, gained hundreds of thousands of followers on social media in recent times after styling himself because the “king of poisonous masculinity”.
He has 8.9 million followers on X, previously Twitter, however has been banned on a number of different platforms together with TikTok for his misogynistic views.
