Andrew Tate, the wealth-flaunting on-line influencer recognized for his misogynistic views, and his brother, Tristan, had been taken into custody Monday evening in Romania on a European arrest warrant issued by the British authorities, a spokesman for Mr. Tate mentioned.
The fees associated to the arrest had been made between 2012 and 2015 and embody allegations of sexual aggression, the spokesman mentioned. He added that the fees had been dismissed by the Crown Prosecution Service years later.
The native police in Romania mentioned in a short assertion that the arrest warrants had been for sexual crimes and the exploitation of people in Britain. The lads had been additionally ordered detained for twenty-four hours, it mentioned.
It’s unclear which British pressure issued the warrant or why the case has been reopened.
The Bucharest Court docket of Attraction in Romania is anticipated to decide Tuesday afternoon on whether or not to extradite the Tate brothers to Britain, Mr. Tate’s spokesman mentioned.
The spokesman mentioned the brothers “categorically reject all prices and categorical profound disappointment that such severe allegations are being resurrected with out substantial new proof.”
Mr. Tate, who repeatedly makes use of numerous platforms to broadcast his virulent model of male chauvinism, posted on social media Tuesday morning, “The Matrix is afraid, however I solely worry God.”
Mr. Tate, a former skilled kickboxer, and his brother had been individually charged in 2022 with forming an arrange felony group and interesting in human trafficking throughout Romania, Britain and america.
Some particulars of these prices have been stored confidential, however an official within the prosecutor’s workplace in Romania confirmed that Mr. Tate was additionally dealing with accusations of rape within the 2022 case. The brothers have denied the accusations towards them and preserve their innocence.
It was not instantly clear when a trial in that case would start.
Mr. Tate’s profile grew after he appeared as a contestant on the British actuality present “Massive Brother” in 2016. He was kicked off the present, in keeping with The Solar tabloid, after a video surfaced of him hitting a girl with a belt, which he and the girl mentioned was consensual.
He later amassed tens of millions of followers, lots of them younger males, by claiming that males are victims of feminism and that ladies “belong” to males and want males’s steering.
As a result of Mr. Tate’s views have reached so many school-aged boys, schooling officers throughout Britain have been scrambling to mitigate his affect. In truth, some are utilizing class time to debate Mr. Tate.
Matei Barbulescu contributed reporting from Romania.
