Controversial internet celebrity Andrew Tate, known for holding extreme and misogynistic views, has been arrested in Romania amid a human trafficking probe, ...
Video broadcast by local media appeared to show Tate being arrested. At the time, Meta said his accounts were removed for violating the company's policies "on dangerous organisations and individuals". The agency said two British citizens and two Romanian citizens were detained but did not name the individuals involved.
The controversial online influencer has been accused by prosecutors of 'recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic ...
“However, Andrew and Tristan Tate have the utmost respect for the Romanian authorities and will always assist and help in any way they can.” The Tate brothers have been under criminal investigation since April. They would be detained for 24 hours, prosecutors from the anti organised-crime unit said in a statement after raiding their properties in Bucharest.
Men's rights internet personalities and brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been detained at their Romania villa by authorities.
[Greta Thunberg](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/greta-thunberg-andrew-tate-twitter-takedown-1234653407/). Andrew tweeted a list of his luxury cars before asking Thunberg to “please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions.” The climate activist responded, “Yes, please do enlighten me. [misogynistic](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/andrew-tate-paying-tiger-king-legal-fees-1234619387/) views about women, sexuality, and rape culture. And fake or not, he has built a financial empire on some pretty harmful takes, a clear contradiction from the “bible verses and charitable donations” he seems to think his content is all about. At the time no arrests were made, but authorities said the investigation was ongoing; police reported finding one American woman and one Romanian woman in the villa. While Andrew [remains banned](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/andrew-tate-banned-instagram-facebook-1234578232/) from most popular social media sites like Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok, his Twitter account was recently reinstated when the platform was taken over by Elon Musk. “Somehow I am the villain, when all of my posts were bible verses and charitable donations.” While Tate says he’s just playing a character, there are thousands of hours of content behind his beliefs. At the time, a spokesperson for the U.S State Department said they were “aware of reports of a U.S. “I like being free.” citizen held against their will in Romania, ”but had no further comment.” The brothers were not arrested during this incident. Following several of his bans in August, Andrew told Rolling Stone in a statement that many of his controversial comments were made in jest and were part of a “character” he was portraying online. “The four suspects …
Romanian prosecutors say they have detained divisive internet personality and former professional kickboxer Andrew Tate on suspicion of human trafficking, ...
"The four suspects … It was in response to this that Tate then posted a video, smoking a cigar in a bathrobe before a a box of pizza is placed in front of him. Earlier this week, the British national was told to get a life by climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter after he told her he owned 33 cars with "enormous emissions."
Self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have reportedly been arrested and taken into custody by Romanian authorities.
Tate’s arrest comes a day after being roasted by teen activist Greta Thunberg, and his attempt to hit back at her may have led police to his home. The two British men have been detained for 24 hours, and are being investigated on rape and human trafficking allegations. Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested by authorities at their villa residence in Romania and taken into custody, according to reports by Romanian media.
Andrew Tate has been reportedly arrested in Romania by anti-terrorism authorities, just one day after a public spat on Twitter with Greta Thunberg.
Tate rose to fame in 2016 as a guest on the British reality show “Big Brother,” on which he drew criticism for homophobic and racist comments made on Twitter. [in a statement](https://www.diicot.ro/mass-media/3829-comunicat-de-presa-29-12-2022) but did not name the suspects. According to Romanian news channel Antena 3 CNN, a former policewoman was also searched and questioned for her alleged involvement in the case. The brothers were questioned at DIICOT for five hours and then released, but inquiries continued, per Libertatea. He was detained along with his brother, Tristan Tate, on suspicion of forming an organized crime group that exploits girls for adult videos, according to Romanian newspaper [Libertatea](https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/surse-perchezitii-diicot-tristan-tate-andrew-tate-sechestrare-fete-tristan-tate-bianca-dragusanu-4394856/amp). DIICOT confirmed the raid