(24 Aug 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bucharest, Romania - 24 August 2024
1. Various of car being removed from property
2. Van being driven out
3. Police walking out
4. Various of cars being removed
5. Close of removal truck driver
6. Various of cars being removed
STORYLINE:
More luxury cars were seized from Andrew Tate's property in Romania's capital Bucharest on Saturday, two days after a court placed the divisive internet influencer under house arrest for 30 days.
Prosecutors are investigating a sprawling new case that involves allegations of human trafficking of minors and sex with a minor.
On Wednesday, prosecutors detained six people including Tate, 37, and his brother Tristan Tate, 36, after masked police raided four homes in Bucharest and nearby Ilfov county.
Prosecutors had asked the court to remand the brothers in custody for 30 days.
Tristan has been placed under judicial control, which typically involves geographical restrictions and reporting periodically to the police.
The brothers’ spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu, responded to the decision by saying the judge denied the prosecutors’ request due to the brothers’ “exemplary behavior” while previously under preventative arrest measures in a separate case, and that they firmly deny all of the allegations against them and “remain steadfast in proving their innocence.”
The Tate brothers, both former kickboxers and dual British-U.S. citizens, are already awaiting trial in Romania in a separate human trafficking case along with two Romanian women. Romanian prosecutors formally indicted all four last year.
In the new case, Romania’s anti-organized crime agency DIICOT said it is investigating allegations of human trafficking, including the trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, forming an organized criminal group, money laundering, and influencing statements. The alleged crimes date between 2014 and 2024.
Andrew Tate, who has 9.9 million followers on the social media platform X, is known for expressing misogynistic views online and has repeatedly claimed that prosecutors have no evidence against him and that there is a political conspiracy to silence him. He was previously banned from various social media platforms for misogynistic views and hate speech.
During the police raids on Wednesday, which also involved scouring the Tate brothers’ large property near Bucharest, authorities seized 16 luxury vehicles, a motorbike, laptops, thousands of dollars in cash, luxury watches, and data storage drives.
The latest case against the Tates adds to a litany of legal woes against them.
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