Andrew Tate placed under house arrest for 30 days by Romanian court
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are escorted outside the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), in Bucharest, Romania on August 21, 2024. PHOTO: REUTERS
A Romanian court placed Andrew Tate under house arrest on Thursday, following his recent detention as part of an investigation into human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
Tate, a former professional kickboxer, and his brother, Tristan, were among six individuals apprehended on Wednesday after Romania’s anti-organized crime unit, Diicot, conducted four house raids in Ilfov county and Bucharest.
Diicot initially sought a 30-day detention for the Tate brothers, but the court opted to place Andrew under house arrest and Tristan under judicial supervision for the same period, according to their representative, Mateea Petrescu.
Petrescu stated that the Tate brothers welcomed the court’s decision and categorically denied all allegations against them, calling the accusations baseless and lacking in substantial evidence.
The Tate brothers were previously indicted in mid-2023, along with two Romanian women, on charges of human trafficking, rape, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women—charges they have consistently denied.
Prior to their latest arrest, the brothers were under a travel ban, allowing them to move freely within Romania but preventing them from leaving the country.
A post on Tate's social media account on X read: "All they try to do is damage my name with complete bullshit," without specifying whom he was referring to.
Diicot issued a statement detailing the detention of six individuals for alleged crimes, including forming an organised criminal group, human trafficking, trafficking minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, and money laundering.
The agency requested that three of the suspects remain in custody, while one, now confirmed as Andrew Tate, be placed under house arrest.
According to Diicot, two of the accused used the "loverboy" method—deceptively convincing victims they were in romantic relationships—to coerce 34 individuals into producing pornography, generating profits exceeding $2.8 million and 887,000 crypto tokens.
One defendant is accused of forcing a 17-year-old to create pornography in the UK and Romania, earning $1.5 million in the process, and of repeatedly engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old victim.