Andrew Tate wins appeal from Romanian court to be released from house arrest
Controversial Andrew Tate, a social media celebrity, has won his appeal to be released from house arrest pending trial in a Romanian court.
The Bucharest Court of Appeals stated in a written judgement issued on Friday, August 4, that it “replaces the house arrest measure with that of judicial control for a period of 60 days from 4 August until 2 October.”
Tate, his brother Tristan, and two Romanian female suspects were charged in June with human trafficking, rape, and organizing a criminal organization to sexually exploit women.
The Tate brothers are suspected of duping seven women into sexual exploitation with false promises of a relationship or marriage, a strategy known as the “loverboy method” by investigators.
The Tate brothers, along with two Romanian female suspects, allegedly created the gang in 2021 to perpetrate human trafficking in Romania and other countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.
The brothers were detained in December 2022 at a property in Bucharest and held in detention until March, when they were freed under home arrest.
Tate, a former kickboxer, has consistently stated that Romanian prosecutors have no evidence against him and that the prosecution is a political plot to suppress him due to his anti-feminine and male-empowering views and lectures.
Andrew Tate, who has been primarily located in Romania since 2017, is an internet influencer with millions of followers, primarily among young guys.