Internet personality and former kickboxer Andrew Tate and his brother were detained by police in Romania on Thursday on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group, according to reports.
Reuters reported that Romanian prosecutors confirmed that Tate and his brother Tristan Tate were detained and will remain so for 24 hours with two other suspects from Romania.
Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are escorted by police officers out of the Bucharest Directorate of Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) headquarters after being detained for 24 hours, in Bucharest, Romania, December 29, 2022.
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Prosecutors from the organized crime unit issued a statement on the matter after raiding the properties of Tate and others in Bucharest.
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“The four suspects… appear to have created an organized crime group for the purpose of recruiting, harboring and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content intended for viewing on specialized websites for a fee,” prosecutors said. “They would have earned significant sums of money.”
The two brothers have been under investigation for criminal activity since April, Reuters reported.
Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are escorted by police officers out of the Bucharest Directorate of Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) headquarters after being detained for 24 hours, in Bucharest, Romania, December 29, 2022. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS
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According to the complaints, prosecutors said six women claimed to have been sexually exploited by the suspects.
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Tate spoke to Fox’s Tucker Carlson in August after Tate claimed Big Tech pulled him off the platform because “much of the population agreed with very traditional masculine values.”
“… I have a very traditionally masculine life. I have fast cars, a big house, lots of money and a beautiful girlfriend, and they thought this was very, very threatening,” Tate told Carlson. “And for some reason, they decided it’s better if they wipe me out of the internet and replace me with someone who’s more aligned with whatever they’re trying to pretend to be.”
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Tate has been accused of sexism and receiving criticism from the left after defending traditional gender roles.
Tate also fell out with climate activist Greta Thunberg this week on Twitter after bragging that he owned 33 cars with “huge emissions”. Thunberg responded by telling Tate to find a life.
