Andrew Tate went from small-time celebrity (Big Brother contestant, kickboxer, influencer) to a household name for his misogynistic videos, social media bans, and high-profile arrests in Romania.
He is being held on suspicion of rape and human trafficking, charges he denies.
It’s been a hiatus for a few months of controversial Twitter posts, court dates and spats with climate activist Greta Thunberg.
This is what led to TateThe arrest of and what has happened since he was arrested.
April 2022: the first raid
On April 11, Romanian police searched Tate’s home in connection with their investigation into allegations of human trafficking and rape.
Romania’s Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism, known as DIICOT, has pointed to this raid as evidence that its investigation has been ongoing for months, and Tate’s arrest in December was unrelated to the pizza boxes. which are shown in a clapping video directed at Greta Thunberg (more on that later).
August 2022: Social media bans
Tate is banned instagram, facebook Y Youtube for violating the “dangerous individuals” rules and violating the hate speech rules.
This brought her tally of social media bans to five. He was banned from Twitter in 2017 (but allowed to do so again in November 2022) and TikTok doesn’t allow him to have an account, though that hasn’t stopped videos of him racking up millions of views on the platform.
It was relaunched in the streaming platform Rumblewho describes himself as “immune to cancel culture”.
Tate has been banned from various social media platforms.
December 27, 2022 – Row of Greta Thunberg
Tate goads climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter, sharing a photo of himself standing next to a Bugatti, bragging about his 33 cars and asking for her email address so he can send details of his “huge emissions.”
Ms. Thunberg’s response: He presents a fake email address that mocks him and ends with the words “getalife.com”. – became one of the most liked tweets in history.
December 28, 2022 – Pizza Applause Video
It continues with a video in which he smokes a cigar and tells Ms. Thunberg to “get a life.” She walks past a stack of Romanian-branded pizza boxes, sparking the theory that the video tipped off her location to the police.
There is no evidence that this is the case, although Ms. Thunberg took the opportunity to do some digging.tweeting: “This is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes.”
December 29, 2022 – the arrest
tate is arrested, along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women. They were detained on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and formation of an organized crime group.
They were initially detained for 24 hours, which was later extended to 30 days. In January, 30 more days were added, allowing them to be celebrated until February 27.
January 10, 2023 – court appearance
the tate brothers appear in court in Bucharest. Them lost its appeal against the court prolonging his detention.
A document explaining the judge’s motivation for the extension said that “the possibility that they will evade investigations cannot be ignored” and that they could “leave Romania and settle in countries that do not allow extradition.”
His lawyers also argued, unsuccessfully, that the court should return possessions seized during his arrest, including property, land and a fleet of luxury cars.
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Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan faced further questions in Bucharest following forensic searches of their mobile phones and laptops.
January 12, 2023 – home invasion
Police raid another seven homes with the goal of uncovering more evidence in the Tate investigation.
January 14, 2023: seized luxury cars
Romanian authorities confiscate several luxury cars from Tate’s villa. The cars, which included a Rolls-Royce and a BMW, were taken from the house and transported by police to a secret storage facility.
January 25 and 26, 2023 – brothers questioned
the brothers passed two days being interrogated at the Bucharest headquarters of the organization that fights organized crime and terrorism, known as Diicot.
When the couple arrived on the second day, Tristan Tate told reporters: “What evidence is there? There is none.”
Andrew Tate protested his innocence as he left, saying, “There’s no evidence in my file because I didn’t do anything wrong.”
Diicot spokeswoman Ramona Bolla said it was taking time to review the “multiple devices” seized.
