‘Legal Probe’ Launched Into Tate Brothers Amid Rape, Trafficking Prices

Miami:

Florida’s lawyer basic stated Tuesday {that a} legal investigation has been opened into self-described misogynist influencer Andrew Tate and his brother, who flew to the southern US state final week from Romania, the place they confronted rape and human trafficking fees.

“These guys have publicly admitted to collaborating in what very a lot seems to be soliciting, trafficking, preying upon ladies world wide,” James Uthmeier stated in feedback posted on-line by a reporter with EW Scripps broadcasting.

“That is an ongoing legal investigation and we’ll use each device we’ve got to make sure that justice is served,” he stated.

Andrew Tate arrived in the USA on Thursday — the primary time he has been out of Romania since his 2022 arrest.

Prosecutors within the jap European nation allege that Tate, 38, his brother Tristan, 36, and two ladies arrange a legal group in Romania and Britain in early 2021 and sexually exploited a number of victims.

Andrew Tate, chatting with reporters after arriving in Fort Lauderdale final week, stated he and his brother have “but to be convicted of any crime in our lives ever.”

“We stay in a democratic society the place it is harmless till confirmed responsible, and I believe my brother and I are largely misunderstood,” he stated.

The federal government in Bucharest stated the Tates, who’ve British and US nationalities and have been underneath judicial supervision in Romania, have to return to court docket on March 24, with a no-show probably resulting in “preventive arrest.”

4 British ladies, who’ve accused Tate of rape and coercive management in a separate civil case in the UK, lately voiced concern that the US authorities would assist the Tates escape.

In a joint assertion, the 4 British ladies stated they “really feel retraumatized by the information that the Romanian authorities have given in to stress from the Trump administration to permit Andrew Tate to journey.”

Romanian Overseas Minister Emil Hurezeanu has stated Richard Grenell, particular envoy for President Donald Trump, raised the case on the Munich Safety Convention in February.

Trump final week denied all data of any advocacy for the Tates from his administration.

“I do know nothing about that,” Trump instructed reporters. “We’ll test it out.”

A Romanian court docket has granted a British request to extradite the Tates, however solely after authorized proceedings in Romania have concluded.

Andrew Tate moved to Romania years in the past after first beginning a webcam enterprise in the UK.

He leapt to fame in 2016 when he appeared on the “Massive Brother” UK actuality tv present, however was eliminated after a video emerged exhibiting him attacking a lady.

He then turned to social media platforms to advertise his usually misogynistic and divisive views on how to achieve success.

Banned from Instagram and TikTok for his views, Tate is adopted by greater than 10 million folks on X, the place his posts are sometimes homophobic and racist.

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