Andrew Tate, the wealth-flaunting on-line influencer identified 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 stated.
The fees associated to the arrest have been made between 2012 and 2015 and embody allegations of sexual aggression, the spokesman stated. He added that the fees had been dismissed by the Crown Prosecution Service years later.
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 predicted to decide Tuesday afternoon on whether or not to extradite the Tate brothers to Britain, the spokesman stated.
The spokesman stated the brothers “categorically reject all expenses and categorical profound disappointment that such severe allegations are being resurrected with out substantial new proof.”
Mr. Tate, who repeatedly 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 worry God.”
Mr. Tate, a former skilled kickboxer, and his brother have been individually charged in 2022 with forming an arrange legal group and fascinating in human trafficking throughout Romania, Britain and the USA.
Some particulars of these expenses have been saved confidential, however an official within the prosecutor’s workplace in Romania confirmed that Mr. Tate was additionally dealing with accusations of rape within the 2022 case. The brothers have denied the accusations in opposition to them and preserve 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 “Massive Brother” in 2016. He was kicked off the present, in line with The Solar tabloid, after a video surfaced of him hitting a lady with a belt, which he and the lady stated 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 girls “belong” to males and want males’s steering.
