Currently in Romania, the former kickboxer was detained with his brother on the basis of a European arrest warrant issued in the United Kingdom.
American-British masculinist influencer Andrew Tate and his brother have been detained again in Romania following accusations of sexual assault committed in the United Kingdom, Romanian police announced on Tuesday.
They were arrested under “two European arrest warrants issued by the British judicial authorities relating to sexual offenses and the exploitation of persons on British territory”, according to a press release.
They were arrested Monday evening in their residence in Bucharest where they are under judicial supervision for another case.
“Dismayed”
In the present case, these are suspicions dating back to 2012-2015, falling under the jurisdiction of the Westminster court, said the two brothers’ communications team in a press release.
According to the same source, the complaints “were rejected” in 2017-2019 but have “resurfaced” in recent months.
The 37-year-old former world kickboxing champion, followed by millions of Internet users, and his brother Tristan, 35, “categorically rejected” these new allegations, saying they were “dismayed and deeply disturbed”.
The Bucharest Court of Appeal must rule today on the extension of their detention.
Waiting for trial
In June 2023, four women based in the United Kingdom formally notified their accusations in a letter demanding damages. The McCue Jury&Partners firm, which represents them, plans to publish a press release in the coming hours, it indicated on X (formerly Twitter).
The Tate brothers are currently awaiting trial in Romania in a separate case of organized human trafficking, with the courts suspecting them of having duped several women for sexual exploitation.
The two men, who proclaim their innocence, are suspected to have formed a network at the beginning of 2021 in Romania, as well as in the United States and the United Kingdom. They were arrested at the end of 2022 and spent three months in detention.
Masculinist theses
According to prosecutors, the victims were trapped by the two men, who simulated feelings towards them (the so-called ‘loverboy’ method) before being forced “through acts of physical violence and psychological coercion” into production. pornographic films.
Andrew Tate is followed by nearly nine million people on Twitter where he shows off bulging muscles, smokes cigars and fascinates millions of teenagers with his luxury cars.
He promotes masculinist theses and gives his advice to men to help them become rich. His name is one of the most searched on Google.