Romanian authorities towed away a fleet of luxurious autos Saturday from the house of the divisive social media character Andrew Tate, days after he was positioned below home arrest following new human trafficking allegations.
Tate, 37, and his brother Tristan Tate, 36, each former kickboxers and twin British-U.S. residents with thousands and thousands of followers on social media and identified for his or her misogynistic views, are already awaiting trial in Romania, together with two girls. They had been charged with human trafficking and forming a prison gang to use girls. Andrew Tate was additionally charged with rape in that case.
POLICE RAID ANDREW TATE’S HOME IN ROMANIA AS NEW ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING MINORS SURFACE
The posh autos, impounded from their dwelling close to the capital, included a Ferrari, a Lamborghini, a Mercedes-Benz, McLaren and a extra humble-looking basic pink Lada. The seizure got here two days after Romania’s anti-organized crime company, DIICOT, raided 4 houses in Bucharest and close by Ilfov county and detained six folks, together with the Tate brothers. Officers additionally confiscated hundreds of {dollars} in money, laptops and knowledge storage drives.
A canine sits close to sports activities vehicles parked within the yard of Andrew Tate’s residence on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania, on Saturday. (AP Picture/Vadim Ghirda)
One of many Tates’ attorneys, Georgiana Popa, informed reporters outdoors the brothers’ dwelling Saturday that the seizures are “legal, but unfounded” and mentioned it has been contested.
“The cars are not (the brothers’) property,” she mentioned, with out offering further info.
The Tate brothers appeared on Thursday at a Bucharest courtroom as prosecutors sought to remand them in custody. However a decide denied that request and positioned Andrew Tate below home and Tristan Tate below judicial management, which generally entails proscribing contact with sure folks and having to periodically report back to the police. The brothers’ spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu, mentioned that the Tates firmly deny all allegations towards them and “remain steadfast in proving their innocence.”
Within the new case, DIICOT, mentioned that it is investigating allegations of human trafficking, together with the trafficking of minors, sexual activity with a minor, forming an organized prison group, cash laundering, and influencing statements.
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate arrives on the Municipal Court docket of Bucharest, Romania, June 21, 2023. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP through Getty Photographs)
The company additionally mentioned the defendants used the coercive “loverboy” methodology to use 34 weak victims, who had been pressured to provide pornographic supplies for a price on-line, and that greater than $2.8 million (2.5 million euros) it generated was stored by the defendants.
An unnamed international man additionally sexually exploited a 17-year-old foreigner, DIICOT alleges, and mentioned that he stored the entire $1.5 million (1.3 million euros) comprised of the prison exercise. The identical man “repeatedly had sexual relations and acts” with a 15-year-old, the company alleges.
Andrew Tate, who has 9.9 million X followers, has repeatedly claimed that prosecutors don’t have any proof towards him and that there’s a political conspiracy to silence him. He was beforehand banned from varied social media platforms for misogynistic views and hate speech.
Authorities have beforehand confiscated a number of the brothers’ property.
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After the Tates’ arrest in December 2022, authorities seized 15 luxurious vehicles, 14 designer watches and money in a number of currencies. The whole worth of the products, authorities mentioned on the time, was estimated at 3.6 million euros ($3.9 million). In April, the Bucharest Tribunal dominated the prosecutors’ case file towards them met the authorized standards and {that a} trial might begin, however did not set a date for it to start.
Final month, a courtroom overturned an earlier resolution that allowed the Tate brothers to go away Romania as they await trial. The courtroom’s resolution is remaining and cannot be appealed.
