Police Raid Andrew Tate's Home In Romania As New Allegations Emerge Involving Minors

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Masked constabulary officers successful Romania carried retired caller raids early Wednesday astatine nan location of divisive net influencer Andrew Tate, who is awaiting proceedings connected charges of quality trafficking, rape and forming a criminal pack to sexually utilization women.

Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, said it was searching 4 homes successful Bucharest and adjacent Ilfov county, investigating allegations of quality trafficking, nan trafficking of minors, intersexual intercourse pinch a minor, influencing statements and money laundering. The agency added that hearings will later beryllium held astatine its headquarters.

Tate’s spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu, said successful consequence to nan raids that “although nan charges successful nan hunt warrant are not yet afloat clarified, they see suspicions of quality trafficking and money laundering” and added that his ineligible squad is present. Petrescu did not reside nan allegations involving minors.

Dozens of constabulary officers and forensic unit were scouring Tate’s ample spot connected nan separator of nan superior Bucharest. “During nan full criminal process, nan investigated persons use from nan procedural authorities and guarantees provided by nan Code of Criminal Procedure, arsenic good arsenic nan presumption of innocence,” DIICOT noted successful its statement.

The 37-year-old Andrew Tate and his relative Tristan, 36, some erstwhile kickboxers and dual British-U.S. citizens who person amassed millions of societal media followers, were arrested successful 2022 adjacent Bucharest on pinch 2 Romanian women. Romanian prosecutors formally indicted each 4 past year. They person denied nan allegations.

In April, nan Bucharest Tribunal ruled that nan prosecutors’ lawsuit record against nan 4 met nan ineligible criteria and that a proceedings could start but did not group a day for it to begin. That ruling came aft nan ineligible lawsuit had been discussed for months successful nan preliminary enclosure stages, a process successful which nan defendants tin situation prosecutors’ grounds and lawsuit file.

After nan Tate brothers’ apprehension successful 2022, they were held for 3 months successful constabulary detention earlier being moved to location arrest. They were later restricted to nan Bucharest and Ilfov counties, and later to each of Romania.

Last month, a tribunal overturned an earlier determination that allowed nan Tate brothers to time off Romania arsenic they await trial. The earlier tribunal ruled connected July 5 that they could time off nan state arsenic agelong arsenic they remained wrong nan 27-member European Union. The determination was final.

Andrew Tate, who is known for expressing misogynistic views online and has amassed 9.9 cardinal followers connected nan societal media level X, has many times claimed that prosecutors person nary grounds against him and that location is simply a governmental conspiracy to soundlessness him. He was antecedently banned from various societal media platforms for misogynistic views and dislike speech.

In March, nan Tate brothers besides appeared astatine nan Bucharest Court of Appeal successful a abstracted case, aft British authorities issued apprehension warrants complete allegations of intersexual aggression successful a U.K. lawsuit making love backmost to 2012-2015. The appeals tribunal granted nan British petition to extradite nan the Tates to nan U.K., but only aft ineligible proceedings successful Romania person concluded.

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McGrath reported from Sibiu, Romania.

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