Controversial influencer Andrew Tate leaves Romania for US
Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking in Romania, has left the country for the US.
The Trump administration reportedly pressed the Romanian government to lift travel restrictions on Tate and his brother Tristan earlier this month.
The Tate brothers flew out of the capital Bucharest on Thursday morning after their travel ban was lifted, an official at the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Romania confirmed.
The brothers were initially arrested in December 2022.
“Disbelief”
Romania’s anti-organised crime agency, DIICOT, said prosecutors approved a “request to modify the obligation preventing the defendants from leaving Romania”.
DIICOT added: “These include the requirement to appear before judicial authorities whenever summoned.
“The defendants have been warned that deliberately violating these obligations may result in judicial control being replaced with a stricter deprivation of liberty measure.”
Four women who have accused Tate of rape and coercive control and have brought a civil claim against him in the UK have said the news has left them “retraumatised”.
In a joint statement, they said: “We are in disbelief and feel retraumatised by the news that the Romanian authorities have given into pressure from the Trump administration to allow Andrew Tate to travel around Europe and to the US.
“We can only hope that the British authorities finally take action, do something about this terrifying unfolding situation and ensure he faces justice in the UK.”
Ongoing cases
In Romania, they are facing allegations of trafficking minors, sexual intercourse with a minor and money laundering.
A separate case against them, in which they are accused of human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, has been sent back to prosecutors.
In the UK, Bedfordshire Police secured a European arrest warrant for separate allegations of rape and human trafficking.
Those allegations, which the two brothers “unequivocally deny”, date back to 2012-2015.
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USA now seems to be the refuge country for every criminal in the world now
farage’s fav riot muse. Going to farage’s fav abusers’s country.
Sends strong message to abusers and alleged abusers. You can get away with it.
He’ll be in good company with the rest of the world’s wronguns .
Sounds like Trump who is himself a convicted criminal is helping some others in the criminal fraternity. It is a pain that these cases have not been progressed more quickly.
USA now confirmed as a rogue state.
Besides fascist Donald Trump trashing the American constitution, cosying upto Nazis & racists, and freeing 6000 Capitol Hill rioters party to the deaths of five police officers and hundreds more injured, is now meddling with other countries courts system by threatening them with sanctions & consequences unless they release those who he deems a like-minded misogynist with a penchant for human trafficking and money laundering in scumbag Andrew Tate. Who says crime doesn’t pay. You can become US President after all.
Notice how trump wants to get rid of people he thinks are terrible immigrants but then invites people like this. He has offered golden visa’a and putins chums are not on the banned list.
I wonder what threats were issued to Romania to spring these two. Trump, a convicted criminal, says he wants to kick out and keep out criminals whilst simultaneously releasing convicted insurrectionists onto the streets. He must have wanted the Tates back before they get convicted but why, when he welcomes criminals. What’s the rush? Maybe he wants them working alongside Elon in the Department of Perverting Minds.
All criminals heading towards the U S A who welcome them under the Mafia Mobster boss Trump
Correction: for ‘controversial influencer’ please read ‘amateur human being’.
Thank you.