Andrew Tate, the wealth-flaunting on-line influencer recognized for his misogynistic views, and his brother, Tristan, have 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 have 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 quick assertion that the arrest warrants have been for sexual crimes and the exploitation of people in Britain. The lads have been additionally ordered detained for twenty-four hours, it mentioned.
It’s unclear which British power issued the warrant or why the case has been reopened.
The Bucharest Court docket of Enchantment 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 costs and specific profound disappointment that such critical allegations are being resurrected with out substantial new proof.”
Mr. Tate, who frequently 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 concern God.”
Mr. Tate, a former skilled kickboxer, and his brother have been individually charged in 2022 with forming an arrange legal group and interesting in human trafficking throughout Romania, Britain and the USA.
Some particulars of these costs have been stored confidential, however an official within the prosecutor’s workplace in Romania confirmed that Mr. Tate was additionally going through accusations of rape within the 2022 case. The brothers have denied the accusations in opposition to them and keep 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 “Large Brother” in 2016. He was kicked off the present, in response to The Solar tabloid, after a video surfaced of him hitting a girl with a belt, which he and the lady mentioned was consensual.
He later amassed hundreds of thousands of followers, most of the 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, training officers throughout Britain have been scrambling to mitigate his affect. Actually, some are utilizing class time to debate Mr. Tate.
Matei Barbulescu contributed reporting from Romania.