Andrew Tates human trafficking trial can proceed, Romanian court rules Andrew Tate

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All four defendants will remain under house arrest for 30 days, the court ruled, but the decision can be appealed within 48 hours. "The ruling issued by the preliminary chamber judge lacks legal basis and reasoning," Eugen Vidineac, one of the brothers' lawyers, said after the decision. "We have filed a strong appeal as we believe the ruling to be unlawful." Under Romanian law, the Bucharest court's preliminary chamber needed to inspect the case files and evidence to ensure legality.

Andrew Tate’s human trafficking trial can proceed, Romanian court rules

On Friday the court said the process had been completed and the criminal trial could start. Authorities for alleged sexual violence and physical abuse, but the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to prosecute him. The alleged victims then turned to crowdfunding to cover their legal costs as they pursue a civil case against him. The appeals court, where the Tate brothers appeared in handcuffs on Tuesday escorted by police, also ordered them immediately released, spokesperson Mateea Petrescu said. The online influencer and his brother, Tristan Tate, must remain in the country while they await trial on charges of human trafficking, a court in Bucharest ruled. Under Romanian law, the case is now with the Bucharest court's preliminary chamber, where a judge has 60 days to inspect the case files to ensure legality.

Andrew Tate temporarily released from house arrest before human-trafficking trial

The Tates lost their last appeal on July 6 against a prior house arrest extension. The legal case had been discussed for months in the preliminary chamber stages, a process in which the defendants can challenge prosecutors' evidence and case file. The authorities have searched the Tate brothers’ homes in Romania, under the belief that the properties were connected to human trafficking and rape.

Andrew Tate sues woman accusing him of human trafficking

The brothers, who hold dual citizenship in Britain and the United States, have denied the allegations. Last month, the Bucharest Tribunal extended geographical restrictions against Tate, a former professional kickboxer, stipulating he cannot leave the country. Tate had requested that he be able to travel within the European Union with the prior approval of a judge. The 37-year-old influencer was arrested in December 2022 near the Romanian capital along with his brother and two Romanian women. Friday's ruling by a court in Bucharest comes almost 10 months since he and his brother Tristan were first charged - and can be appealed. Citizen who has 5.5 million Twitter followers, was initially detained in late December in Romania’s capital Bucharest, along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women.

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Under the new measure, the four suspects can leave the house, but not Bucharest and the surrounding Ilfov county. They are also banned from trying to approach the alleged victims. Romania's Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), has accused the four defendants of forming an organized crime group to carry out human trafficking in Romania, the U.K. DIICOT alleges that the four defendants formed a criminal group in 2021 to "commit the crime of human trafficking" in Romania, as well as in the United States and Britain.

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The Reuters news agency quoted a written ruling by the Bucharest Court of Appeals as saying that it "replaces the house arrest measure with that of judicial control for a period of 60 days from August 4 until October 2." Seven female victims in the case, DIICOT said, were lured with false pretences of love and transported to Romania, where the gang sexually exploited and subjected them to physical violence. The Tate brothers, who have dual US and British citizenship, have been under house arrest since April pending an investigation into abuse of seven women, who prosecutors say were lured through false claims of relationships. Prosecutors have said that if they can prove the cars' owners gained money through illicit activities such as human trafficking, the assets would be used to cover the expenses of the investigation and to compensate victims.

They were later restricted to the areas of Bucharest Municipality and nearby Ilfov County. The legal case in Romania is still being discussed in the preliminary chamber stages, a process in which the defendants can challenge prosecutors' evidence. The Bucharest Court of Appeals said in a statement that Mr. Tate and his younger brother, Tristan Tate, must stay in Romania under probation for 60 days while awaiting trial. The Tate brothers and two Romanian women were indicted in Romania in June on charges of engaging in human trafficking across Romania, Britain and the United States, of rape and of forming an organized criminal group in 2021. The authorities have said they are investigating whether the suspects created a criminal group in 2021 to engage in human trafficking in Romania, the United States and Britain.

Bucharest, Romania — A court in Romania's capital on Friday ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Tribunal ruled that prosecutors' case file against Tate met the legal criteria but did not set a date for the trial to begin. Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who has spent months in a Romanian jail on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, has won an appeal to replace his detention with house arrest, an official said Friday. BUCHAREST, Romania — Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who has spent months in a Romanian jail on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, has won an appeal to replace his detention with house arrest, an official said Friday.

They were then under house arrest until August when courts placed them under judicial control. In January, a Romanian court rejected an appeal by Andrew Tate to ease the judicial control measures. “The court notes the legality of evidence management by … prosecutors, and rules that the case can go to trial,” the court said, adding the ruling could be challenged on appeal. Under Romanian law, the case then sat with the Bucharest court’s preliminary chamber, which needed to inspect the case files and evidence to ensure legality.

Andrew Tate’s arrest has not prevented him from posting to social media, where he had previously said that women “belong” to men, should stay at home and need men’s direction. He has also portrayed men as victims of feminism and false rape accusations. If the defendants violate the terms of their judicial obligations, the court reading states, they can be returned to house arrest or preventive arrest. The court’s decision says all four defendants will be subjected to geographical restrictions limiting them to the territories of Bucharest Municipality and the nearby Ilfov County unless they get prior approval from a judge.

The women have said they intend to commence proceedings against him. The brothers are seeking at least $5m (£3.9m) in the lawsuit, which was filed in Palm Beach county against the woman, her parents, another woman who lived at the Tates’ Bucharest estate and a male friend of the woman. The women were allegedly controlled by "intimidation, constant surveillance" and claims they were in debt, prosecutors said. They must also check in regularly with the police and are banned from trying to approach the victims. After a court hearing in June, Mr. Tate thanked his supporters and accused the news media of lying. They were not the first wealthy men who had been “unfairly attacked,” he said, adding that, “I look forward to being found innocent,” Mr. Tate said.

DIICOT requested this week that judges extend the house arrest measure as they filed their investigation. Under Romanian law, judges have 60 days to decide whether the case is sent to trial, but nonetheless often takes longer. As the brothers left the detention facility in Bucharest on Friday, Tristan Tate told reporters that the judges had made the right decision. Ramona Bolla, a spokeswoman for the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism in Romania, said that the authorities were continuing to investigate. Under Romanian law, the trial must start by June, which would be six months after the Tate brothers were accused of crimes.

The Bucharest court's decision came after prosecutors formally indicted 36-year-old Tate in June, along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women, in the same case. All four were arrested in late December near Bucharest and have denied the allegations against them. Andrew Tate, a wealth-flaunting online influencer known for his male chauvinism and misogynistic views, has been indicted in Romania for human trafficking and forming an organized criminal group. Citizens, won an appeal on March 31 to be moved to house arrest after spending three months in police detention.

Andrew Tate has been released from house arrest in Romania and placed under judicial control, a lighter restrictive measure, while he awaits trial on charges of human trafficking, after a Romanian court ruling. Andrew Tate, left, and his brother Tristan leave a police detention facility in Bucharest, Romania, after his release from prison on Friday. Prosecutors cannot challenge the appeal court's decision, which was final, Bolla added. The Bucharest Court of Appeal ruled in favor of Tate's appeal, which challenged a judge's decision last week to extend his arrest a fourth time for 30 days, said Ramona Bolla, a spokesperson for Romania's anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT.

He amassed a following of millions, many of them young men, across social media and appeared on podcasts boasting of get-rich-quick schemes and making demeaning comments about women. Mr. Tate has claimed that men are victims of feminism and that women “belong” to men and need men’s guidance. He has also described ways in which he would physically attack women and called them partly responsible if they were raped.

In January, Romanian authorities descended on a compound near Bucharest linked with the Tate brothers and towed away a fleet of luxury cars that included a Rolls-Royce, a Ferrari and a Porsche. Tate, a Muslim convert, also tweeted in response to the ruling, condemning charges that were "based on nothing" and which a judge had deemed "weak and circumstantial". Breaking these rules could lead to them returning to house arrest, or preventative detention.