Andrew Tate's obscene £750,000 car collection seized in police raid after 'sex-trafficking' arrest | The Sun
ANDREW Tate's obscene £750,000 car collection has been seized by cops after his home was raided in a sex trafficking probe.
The disgraced influencer, 36, has reportedly had eight of his supercars confiscated after he and his brother Tristan were detained at their Romanian lair last week.
Tate and his brother Tristan are accused of being involved an alleged organised crime ring that sexually exploited at least six women.
As part of the probe, Romanian cops have seized a number of cars from their £600,000 luxury home.
The shamed brothers have a fleet of supercars worth more than £5million that includes Ferraris, Porches and a Mercedes B63 Brabus.
Tate – who said he has a collection of 33 cars – also owns a rare Bugatti Chiron, costing £3.4million.
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According to Cancan, cops seized a BMW X6, a Rolls Royce Wraith, an Aston Martin Vanquish, a Porsche Carrera and an old Lada – worth more than £750,000 – as part of the sex trafficking probe.
It is expected the brothers' mansion will also be seized by police.
The plush compound appeared to be filled with guns, cash, knives and cars before it was raided by cops.
Tate moved to Romania around five years ago and previously suggested he did so to avoid as much interference as possible from cops.
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It is understood he upped sticks around the time police in the UK were investigating accusations that he had abused a woman.
Since setting up home in the country, Tate and Tristan have repeatedly flaunted their luxury concrete compound on social media.
The 2,000sqm mansion boasts a massive chessboard in tribute to their late father Emory Tate, an International Master, as well as an indoor pool and home cinema.
Pictures from inside the bolthole also reveal lavish leather sofas and glass cases to display his kickboxing belts.
Footage also shows a high-tech security room filled with several live CCTV feeds and a huge balcony at the top of the home.
Last Thursday was the second time their home has been raided as part of the sex trafficking investigation, after cops arrived at his door back in April.
Tate and Tristan are accused of recruiting women on social media platforms and persuading them to travel to their £600k villa on the outskirts of the country's capital Bucharest.
The brothers would allegedly falsely claim to be in love with the young women, before making them perform sexual acts on webcams.
Women were forced to film porn videos in the compound and were kept under 24/7 house arrest, according to Romanian investigators.
Neighbours of the Luton-raised brothers claim dozens of young men from Britain and the US travelled to the secretive site where at any one time at least eight women were performing on webcam sites.
Tate and his brother are being held in a "hellhole" Romanian jail cell as prosecutors announced they were being remanded in custody for 30 days.
Controversial Tate initially gained fame after a short-lived appearance on Big Brother.
He was dumped from the reality show after alleged footage of him beating a woman emerged online.
Since then he has sparked revulsion and outrage with a wave of content online.
Washington DC-born Tate was accused of spreading hate towards women as he built his profile.
The influencer was banned from Twitter in 2017 for violating its terms of service with his controversial comments.
He has previously referred to women as "property" and said they should bear "some responsibility" if they are sexually assaulted.
In August, Tate was banned from a range of other social media sites.
TikTok banned him for misogyny, while Meta said he violated their policies around "Dangerous Individuals and Organisations".
He is also banned on YouTube.
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Tate has denied accusations of misogyny and claimed that many of his clips are "taken out of context".
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