BUCHAREST, Romania — A court in Romania’s capital Thursday placed the divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate under house arrest for 30 days, as prosecutors investigate a sprawling new case that involves allegations of human trafficking of minors and sex with a minor.
Outside the court after the judge issued his house arrest measure, Andrew Tate told reporters that many of the alleged victims in the new case have statements in the Tate brother’s defense.
After the Tate brothers’ arrest in December 2022, they were held for three months in police detention before being moved to house arrest.
Last month, a court overturned an earlier decision that allowed the Tate brothers to leave Romania as they await trial.
In March, the Tate brothers also appeared at the Bucharest Court of Appeal in a separate case, after British authorities issued arrest warrants over allegations of sexual aggression in a U.K. case dating back to 2012-2015.
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Andrew Tate, Tate, Tristan Tate, Tristan, Mateea Petrescu, ’, “, DIICOT, Daniel Mihailescu, ”, ” DIICOT
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Prosecutors, Tate, Getty, European Union
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BUCHAREST, Romania, Romania’s, Bucharest, Ilfov county, U.S, Romanian, AFP