Andrew Tate says he is feeling 'positive' as he leaves court
Andrew Tate says ‘God has put us on this path’ and says he is feeling ‘positive’ as he leaves court following house arrest appeal
- Tate and his brother’s arrest already extended for another 30 days last month
- Decision on whether it will be extended again is due around midday tomorrow
- READ MORE: Why has Andrew Tate been charged? What happens to him now?
Disgraced influencer Andrew Tate said he is ‘positive’ as he left court in Romania today after making a fresh appeal against his extended house arrest.
Tate’s arrest was already extended for another 30 days last month and the verdict on whether this would be extended again is due around midday tomorrow.
He told reporters outside the Bucharest court where he and his brother Tristan Tate made their appeal today: ‘God has put us on this path to try and awaken the world to perhaps the predatory crime this girl likes to indulge in.
‘And, in the end justice shall be served. So, all in all we are very positive.’
The brothers were accompanied by bodyguards and their legal team as they walked out of the court.
Tate’s (pictured in centre) arrest was extended for another 30 days last month and the verdict on whether this would be extended again is due around midday tomorrow
He told reporters outside the Bucharest court where he and his brother Tristan Tate (centre, Andrew left and Tristan right) made their appeal today: ‘God has put us on this path to try and awaken the world to perhaps the predatory crime this girl likes to indulge in’
Tate further said that the Romanian court had a ‘job to do’ in examining the evidence and coming to a conclusion, adding: ‘I trust in them to do exactly that and to be fair’
Tate further said that the Romanian court had a ‘job to do’ in examining the evidence and coming to a conclusion, adding: ‘I trust in them to do exactly that and to be fair.’
‘And after that there is going to be another conversation as to whether women can go around and accuse, seven, eight, nine, ten people of kidnapping on repeat whenever they don’t get the handbag they want and if there’s going to be any consequences to that. We will see,’ the controversial British influencer said.
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Last month, upon hearing that his arrest had been extended for a further 30 days, Tate wrote: ‘They’ve just decided I must remain on house arrest into month 8 – this can continue indefinitely.
‘I haven’t been outside in 7 months,’ he added.
The Tate brothers have been indicted on human trafficking and rape charges last month and are under house arrest after being detained in the country last year.
The anti-organised crime prosecution’s unit (DIICOT) ‘ordered the indictment’ of the four defendants for offences, including ‘setting up an organised criminal group… trafficking in persons… rape’, they said.
DIICOT prosecutors have ordered the confiscation of assets from the Tate brothers including 15 luxury cars, luxury watches and about $380,000 they held in cryptocurrency, the agency’s statement said.
Reacting to the news, Tate, 36, wrote on Twitter: ‘I’m sure this case has absolutely nothing to do with stealing my wealth.’
A spokesperson for the Tate brothers told MailOnline that while the indictment was ‘entirely predictable, we embrace the opportunity it presents to demonstrate their innocence and vindicate their reputation’.
The four were held in police custody from December 29 until March 31 before a Bucharest court put them under house arrest.
The brothers were accompanied by bodyguards and their legal team as they walked out of the court
Last month, upon hearing that his arrest had been extended for a further 30 days, Tate wrote: ‘They’ve just decided I must remain on house arrest into month 8 – this can continue indefinitely. ‘I haven’t been outside in 7 months,’ he added
Andrew Tate has also been charged with raping one of the victims, while his brother Tristan has been charged with instigating others to violence. The brothers and female associates have denied all allegations of abuse and trafficking
Andrew Tate has also been charged with raping one of the victims, while his brother Tristan has been charged with instigating others to violence. The brothers and female associates have denied all allegations of abuse and trafficking.
The trial will not start immediately, and could take several years.
Under Romanian law, the case gets sent to the court’s preliminary chamber, where a judge has 60 days to inspect the case files to ensure legality.
The Tate brothers, former kickboxers who have US and British nationality with millions of online followers, are the highest-profile suspects to be sent to trial in Romania for human trafficking.
Prosecutors have said the Tate brothers recruited their victims by seducing them and falsely claiming to want a relationship or marriage.
This accusation was laid out in a press release in June about the indictment.
Tate’s videos on social media fascinate millions – particularly teenage boys. Giving tips on how to be successful along with misogynist and sometimes violent maxims, the 36-year-old Briton has said women cannot be independent and blames those who are raped or assaulted.
His controversial output has made him one of the world’s best-known influencers.
The Tate brothers (pictured), former kickboxers who have US and British nationality with millions of online followers, are the highest-profile suspects to be sent to trial in Romania for human trafficking
Prosecutors have said the Tate brothers recruited their victims by seducing them and falsely claiming to want a relationship or marriage. This accusation was laid out in a press release in June about the indictment
Tate (pictured December 29 as he was arrested) was held in police custody from December 29 until March 31 before a Bucharest court put them under house arrest
The Tate brothers – along with Romanian women Luana Radu and Georgiana Naghel (pictured in February handcuffed and being led into court) – are currently under house arrest after being detained in the country last year
In 2022, the words ‘Andrew Tate’ were among the most searched on Google. But many adults only learnt of his existence in recent months, despite his influence on young men in the English-speaking world and beyond.
READ MORE: Andrew Tate and his brother are charged with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit woman in Romania: Influencer claims trial is about ‘stealing my wealth’
He went viral in December after he launched a bizarre Twitter attack on climate change activist Greta Thunberg.
‘Please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions’, he wrote to her, posting a photo of him filling a Bugatti with petrol.
Thunberg’s crushing reply referencing his ‘smalld*ckenergy’ was retweeted over 570,000 times.
Tate was born in the United States in 1986 and has US citizenship, according to his website. But after his parents separated, he grew up with his mother and brother in Luton, an economically depressed town north of London.
He has lived in Romania for several years. Before his rise to fame on social media and subsequent arrest, Tate was a professional kickboxer who gained the title of world champion.
He first came to wider attention by appearing as a contestant on the ‘Big Brother’ reality show in the UK in 2016. But he was quickly ejected after a video emerged showing him hitting a woman. After that he focused on building his online presence.
In August last year, he was banned from social media platforms, including Instagram and TikTok, for misogynist messages. His Twitter account was allowed back, however, after Elon Musk bought the company.
Tate founded the so-called Hustler’s University, where he promises to teach paying students ‘the secrets that ONLY the wealthiest people know’.
Tate and his brother Tristan were once ‘broke as a joke’ but are now ‘self-made multi-millionaires’, he writes on his site.
Romanian police officers wait to enter Andrew Tate’s and his brother Tristan’s residence, on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania, to check if they are present at the location, April 1
Flaunting his muscles, cigars and fast cars, Andrew Tate’s videos on social media fascinate millions – particularly teenage boys
He went viral in December after he launched a bizarre Twitter attack on climate change activist Greta Thunberg, along with this picture of him filling a Bugatti with petrol. Thunberg’s crushing reply referencing his ‘smalld*ckenergy’ was retweeted over 570,000 times
He runs a paid social networking platform called his ‘war room’, whose ‘mission’ he describes as helping ‘all men to become the very best versions of themselves’.
‘All men should be strong’, he repeatedly states.
However, his comments on women have proved the most controversial.
‘There’s no such thing as an independent female’, he said in a podcast. ‘Unless she has a man directing her. She’s gonna f*ck it up’.
He also said: ‘I’m a realist and when you’re a realist, you’re sexist’.
He describes how he would hit a woman who accused him of cheating on her and says that women who are assaulted or raped are to blame. But his Twitter messages since his arrest have been very different.
He now quotes Nelson Mandela and the Koran. Having declared himself an atheist, he said in October that he had converted to Islam.
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