Funviralpark The Tate brothers were expected to physically attend the Bucharest court. Prosecutors are trying to bring the suspects to justice, and if convicted they could face years in prison.
“Whatever the judge decides [on the longer detention]we will take further steps to investigate this crime,” said Ramona Bora, a spokeswoman for the Department of Organized Crime and Terrorism Investigation (DIICOT), in a telephone interview.
Romanian prosecutors said in a statement Thursday that they had identified six people who claimed they were recruited and then sexually abused in Ilfov county, which includes the capital Bucharest.
Authorities claim the victim was coerced into participating in pornography for distribution on social media, and one of the suspects raped the victim twice in March. The statement, which did not identify either the Tate brothers by name or the suspect accused of rape, alleges the victim faced “acts of physical violence and mental coercion.”
US-born and British citizen Andrew Tate previously said he lives in Romania. Bora confirmed that the Tates were legally staying in the country, and after the U.S. embassy relayed information to Romanian authorities that a U.S. citizen was being involuntarily detained at the Ilfov home. It said an investigation was launched in April. The Bucharest embassy did not immediately respond to questions from The Washington Post early on Friday.
According to police, the four suspects formed a group in early 2021 to plot human trafficking not only in Romania, but also in the United States and the United Kingdom. In Romania, if convicted of human trafficking, he could face 3 to 10 years in prison. For rape, the penalty she has is between 5 and 10 years.
Police previously reported searching two properties in Ilfov county in April and said they seized property related to the incident. The Tates’ custody took place after police executed five search warrants against her, police said. Bora said the alleged American victim is no longer in the country. His five other victims were Romanian and Moldovan.
A spokesman for the brothers declined to comment on whether they were detained. We will help,” said a spokesperson. Tate’s talent agent said in an email that the trafficking allegations were “a hoax engineered by The Matrix.” An attorney for the Tates was not immediately identifiable.
Tweeted to Andrew Tate’s Twitter account early Friday morning. Said: “The Matrix has sent their agent.”
Photos showed Tate being escorted in handcuffs by masked law enforcement officers near DIICOT headquarters on Thursday.
In a now-deleted YouTube video reposted on Reddit, Tait believed “40%” of the reason he moved to the country was that sexual assault cases were unlikely to be investigated there.
Tate was banned from several social media sites including TikTok, Facebook and Instagram after posting misogynistic remarks. Tate’s Twitter account was revived after Elon Musk took over the company. Tate tweeted that the person who was raped was “somewhat responsible” and claimed the woman was the property of her husband, whom his fans have called him “the king of toxic masculinity.” increase.
In 2016, he was kicked out of the British version of the reality TV show Big Brother after a video surfaced that appeared to show him beating a woman with a belt. He said it was consensual.)
His detention came shortly after he tweeted to climate activist Greta Thunberg, boasting of 33 cars and “massive emissions.”Thunberg told him to take his life.
Speculation swirled Thursday night that Tate could be found after Romanian authorities posted a video corresponding to Thunberg containing a pizza box from a local location where Tate’s whereabouts were revealed. Denied that this had anything to do with the detention or its timing. “Collecting all the evidence was a daunting task,” Ms. Bora said in a months-long investigation.
