Suspected of having deceived several victims including minors ” for purposes ” of sexual exploitation “, Andrew Tate and his brother were released from detention this Friday, March 31. Known for his masculinist and misogynistic speeches, the influencer continues to claim his innocence.
The American-British influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, arrested in late December in Romania in a pimping case, were released from detention by the Romanian police, this Friday, March 31. ” The prosecution’s proposal to extend “their incarceration was” rejected and replaced by a ” house arrest with immediate effect, ordered the Bucharest Court of Appeal.
The detention of the two brothers, who claim their innocence, had been extended several times and for the last time on March 22, despite numerous appeals. Accompanied by one of their Romanian lawyers, the two men finally left the police premises around midnight, where they had been detained for three months in a chaotic atmosphere, noted an AFP journalist. ” The judges made the right decision said Tristan Tate, alongside his brother remaining silent. Many fans of the masculinist influencer were gathered in front of the building to welcome him, chanting “Top G”, for gangster, his nickname.
Andrew Tate, 36, and Tristan, 34, are suspected of deceiving “ several victims including minors ” for purposes ” of sexual exploitation “, in particular for the production of pornographic films, according to the prosecution in charge of the fight against organized crime (DIICOT). Their defense has regularly denounced an empty file lacking tangible proof and refuted any risk of leaving abroad, advancing the links of their clients with the country.
Masculinist and misogynistic discourses
Alongside them, two Romanians, a former police officer and Andrew Tate’s girlfriend were also released. They had been arrested alongside them on December 29 during a vast operation carried out after several months of investigation.
Andrew Tate, a former kickboxing world champion, has lived in Romania for several years after being born in the United States and raised in England. He became famous on social networks by dispensing his recipes for success as well as often violent misogynistic speeches, especially on Twitter where he is followed by 5.5 million people. ” We will all disappear one day. The difference between me and most people is that when I disappear, the world still feels my presence. “, he wrote on January 31. Suspended for a time from the platform, his profile was restored when the social network was taken over by billionaire Elon Musk.
He also distinguished himself in a viral exchange on Twitter with Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. ” Give your email address so that I send you the complete list of my collection of cars and their huge emissions “, he had challenged her, with a photo of him filling up a Bugatti at a service station. But the Swede’s scathing response, retweeted more than 570,000 times, ultimately turned the American-Briton’s tweet against itself.