- Thursday, February 27, 2025
Tate’s lawyer and communication team did not immediately comment on the report that Andrew Tate and his brother have had left Romania
By: India Weekly
INFLUENCER Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, facing charges of human trafficking and rape in Romania, left for the United States on Thursday (27), airport sources told AFP.
Romanian prosecutors allege that former kickboxer Tate, 38, his brother, 36, and two women set up a criminal organisation in early 2021 in Romania and in Britain, and sexually exploited several victims. The brothers say they are innocent.
Andrew Tate moved to Romania years ago after first starting a webcam business in the UK.
He leapt to fame in 2016 when he first appeared on the UK’s “Big Brother” reality television show, but was removed after a video emerged showing him attacking a woman.
He then turned to social media platforms to promote his often misogynistic and divisive views on how to be successful.
Trump administration nudge
The Financial Times reported last week, citing sources, that members of US President Donald Trump’s administration had pressured Romanian authorities to lift travel restrictions on the Tates, who have a dual US and British citizenship.
Tate’s lawyer and communication team did not immediately comment on the report the Tates had left the country.
Romania’s foreign minister Emil Hurezeanu said the Tates were mentioned during his brief hallway meeting with Trump’s special envoy Richard Grenell at the Munich Security Conference earlier this month.
Pending the criminal investigation, the Tates are under judicial control, a light preventative measure under which they are required to check in with the police regularly.
Until this week, they were also banned from leaving Romania, a measure prosecutors said they lifted.
“The request to change the obligation of not leaving Romania was approved,” prosecutors said in a statement on Thursday (27).
“All the other obligations have been maintained, including the requirement to check in with judicial authorities every time they are called.”
A first criminal case against Tate and his brother failed in December when a Bucharest court decided not to start the trial and sent the files back to prosecutors citing flaws in the indictment. (Agencies)
