- Tate has built a large following on social media.
- The former professional kickboxer was detained in Bucharest.
- He gained notoriety for vulgar comments, hate speech.
BUCHAREST: A Romanian court agreed late on Friday to extend the detention of Andrew Tate by 30 days after the divisive internet figure. arrested On suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group.
The former professional kickboxer and his brother Tristan were detained for the first 24 hours on Thursday along with two Romanian suspects, anti-organized crime unit prosecutors said after the raid. Properties In Bucharest
After that, the prosecution requested the court to extend his detention.
Commenting On the court’s decision, Tate’s lawyer, Yevgeny Constantin Widenek, told reporters: “From our point of view, there is no basis for this very strict security measure, but it is the judge’s discretion.”
Prosecutors said the Tate brothers had been under criminal investigation since April.
“The four suspects appear to have formed an organized crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic material specifically for the purpose of sexual exploitation,” prosecutors said in a statement. To be seen on websites.” Late on Thursday
“They must have made a lot of money.”
Prosecutors said they found six women who were sexually abused by the suspects.
Tate, who was born in the United States, holds American and British citizenship. The US State Department confirmed that it is aware of the matter. The UK Foreign Office said it had not been contacted for consular assistance on the matter.
Defamation
Tate gained notoriety for lewd comments and hate speech. He has said that women are partly responsible for rape and they are related to men.
His social media promotion of a very masculine, luxurious lifestyle has earned him a large online following, mostly among young men. He is often seen in videos with expensive sports cars, private jets and exotic vacations.
Many social media platforms banned him for his comments, but his Twitter account was reactivated in November after Elon Musk took over the platform. In one of his tweets after returning to Twitter, Tate said he was going to California to tell Musk he was “a legend.”
Climate activist Greta Thunberg took to Twitter before his arrest this week to tell Tate to “get a life” after he told her he owned 33 cars with “very high emissions”.
Tate hit back Wednesday with a video in which she asked someone out of the shot to bring her pizza and make sure the boxes were “not recycled.”
After online speculation that the brand of pizza featured in the video helped police confirm Tate’s presence in Romania, Thunberg said on Twitter: “This is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes. Is”.
However, a representative from the Anti-Organised Crime Unit said it was not the case that Tate’s arrest was made as a result of the pizza boxes.
Tate, a former contestant on UK reality show Big Brother, runs ‘Hustler University’, which claims to have more than 160,000 subscribers who pay a subscription to learn about topics such as cryptocurrency, investing and business. are