Former professional kickboxer and social media influencer Andrew Tate was ordered to serve house arrest and his brother Tristan Tate was placed under “special judicial control” as they faced new charges in Romania. File Photo by Robert Ghement/EPA-EFE
Romanian authorities placed embattled Internet influencer Andrew Tate under house arrest and his brother Tristan Tate under “special judicial control” as new charges emerged against them, including sex with a minor and trafficking underage persons.
The brothers appeared in a Romanian court Thursday afternoon as prosecutors said they are investigating the trafficking and illegal sex allegations. The brothers were two of six people arrested, according to Romania’s agency in charge of investigating organized crime. Advertisement
Authorities said the charges include allegations by 35 victims, including one as young as 15. Andrew Tate angrily refuted the charges in front of reporters on Thursday, calling the allegations “lies.”
In the new allegations, the women said they were wooed into making pornography for the suspects which generated nearly $3 million.
Prosecutors had sought for the Tate brothers to be held in custody for 30 days and their representative Mateea Petrescu praised the judge’s decision for lesser measures.
“The Tates salute the decision and firmly deny all allegations leveled against them, emphasizing that the accusations are baseless and unsupported by substantial evidence,” Petrescu said.
Andrew Tate told reporters that the situation was a “set-up.” Advertisement
“It is absolutely disgusting. Thirty of those girls say we have done nothing wrong. Two are the mothers of our children. Two have never been here to Romania,” he said.
Andrew Tate, however, refused to answer questions about charges of having sex with the 15-year-old victim, eventually ending the press conference without explanation.
The Tate brothers were already facing charges from a 2023 indictment with two Romanian females on human trafficking, rape and sexual exploitation allegations.
Tate has gained millions of followers on social media for his so-called “ultra-masculine lifestyle” that some have accused as misogynistic and abusive of women.
Romanian police raided four homes on Wednesday in connection with the new investigation.
