Andrew Tate Was Freed From Detention In Romania And Placed Under House Arrest

Tate’s appeal, which contested a judge’s decision to extend his detention for a fourth time for 30 days, was successful in getting a favourable ruling from the Bucharest Court of Appeal. An appeal to switch Andrew Tate’s detention to house arrest has been successful, an official announced on Friday. Tate is the divisive internet personality who has spent months in a Romanian jail on suspicion of organised crime and human trafficking.

What Happened To Andrew Tate?

Tate, a 36-year-old dual US-British resident, was first taken into custody in December 2022 and had 5.4 million followers on Twitter. Tate’s appeal, which contested a judge’s decision to prolong his detention for a fourth time for 30 days, was successful, according to Ramona Bolla of the Bucharest Court of Appeal.

Tate, a 36-year-old dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States with 5.4 million Twitter followers, was first arrested in late December in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women. All four were successful in their appeal on Friday and will now be under house arrest until April 29, according to Bolla. The four have not yet been officially charged.

Tate, a professional kickboxer who has lived in Romania since 2017, had previously been blocked from using a number of social media sites due to the expression of hate speech and s**ist beliefs. He has asserted time and time again that Romanian prosecutors lack proof and that their case is a “political” plot to silence him.

Arrested For Human Trafficking

After the arrests in December, DIICOT released a statement in which it claimed to have named six victims in the human trafficking case who were allegedly assault exploited and subjected to “acts of physical violence and mental coercion” by members of the alleged crime group.

According to the agency, victims were seduced under the guise of love and subsequently intimidated, put under surveillance, and subjected to other forms of control while being forced to commit inappropriate acts for the criminal organisation’s financial gain.