BUCHAREST, Romania – Social media personality Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, are set to be released from detention in Romania on house arrest, according to a spokesperson for the brothers.
The pair were taken into custody on December 29, 2022, and are facing allegations of sexual assault and human trafficking. No formal charges have been filed against them as of yet.
The Tate brothers were arrested in Bucharest alongside two Romanian women on sex trafficking and other related allegations.
Romanian authorities have been investigating the case, seizing $3.9 million worth of luxury cars and assets from a compound near Bucharest in January.
In February, Andrew Tate lost an appeal against a judge’s decision to extend his detention for a third time, according to Ramona Bolla, a spokesperson for Romania’s anti-organized crime agency DIICOT.
DIICOT claims to have identified six victims who were allegedly subjected to “acts of physical violence and mental coercion” and sexually exploited by the purported crime group members.
News outlets reached out to DIICOT for a statement regarding the release of the Tate brothers without a response.
Andrew Tate, a former professional kickboxer who has reportedly lived in Romania since 2017, has been banned from various prominent social media platforms, including Instagram and Facebook, due to violating the platforms’ policies on dangerous organizations and individuals.
TikTok has also banned Tate, citing misogyny as a hateful ideology not tolerated on their platform.
Tate has since been reinstated on Twitter, where he continues to update his followers on his detention.
Early Friday, he sent a cryptic tweet that read, in part: “When a peon’s father tries to pass down ancient wisdom, The peon ignores him to foster ‘independent’ thoughts. The independent thoughts they heard on television.”
The reason people obey the Matrix is that they believe they are thinking for themselves.
It satisfies the ego.
When a peon’s father tries to pass down ancient wisdom,
The peon ignores him to foster “independent” thoughts.
The independent thoughts they heard on television.
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) March 31, 2023
