Andrew Tate who became infamous in a very short span of time was perhaps a victim of “Anti-social Personality Disorder”. He was arrested recently in Bucharest. A Romanian court has extended the detention of ex-kickboxer Andrew Tate for 30 days after the divisive internet personality was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group.
Tate, a British citizen who was previously banned from various social media platforms for expressing misogynistic views and hate speech, was detained late Thursday along with his British brother Tristan in the Ilfov area north of Romania’s capital, Bucharest. Two other suspects, who are Romanian, were also in custody.
Romanian anti-organized crime agency DIICOT arrested the 4 from the ‘Organised Crime Group”
All four will be kept in judicial remand for 30 days during an investigation after a judge extended their initial detention period of 24 hours, said Ramona Bolla, a spokesperson for Romanian anti-organized crime agency DIICOT. Bolla said the decision was not ultimate and that all four suspects have already appealed the extension, which is unlikely to be heard in court before next week.
- Tate has built up large following on social media
- Former professional kickboxer was detained in Bucharest
- He gained notoriety for misogynistic comments, hate speech and for having a fleet of luxury cars.
Anti-organized crime agency DIICOT announced in a statement late Thursday that the four suspects in the case were arrested on charges of being part of an organized crime group, human trafficking and rape.
Tate recruited young girls for sexual harassment and mental coercion
The agency said the British obdurate recruited women who were subjected to “acts of physical violence and mental coercion,” sexually exploited by group members and forced to perform pornographic acts intended to harvest “important financial benefits.”
The statement by DILCOT didn’t name the Tate brothers. However, the photographs published by Romanian media outlets appeared to show Tate being led away in handcuffs by masked law enforcement officers.
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The state agency has identified six people so far who were being sexually exploited by the organized criminal group, and that five homes were raided on Thursday.
Andrew Tate was an influencer in Twitter
On Friday, Andrew Tate, who has good number of fan-following in Twitter is known to express various perplexed views, tweeted that “The Matrix sent their agents,” without elaborating the conspiracy. Earlier this week, Tate posted a video on Twitter of a mountainous region of Romania, the Eastern European country where he is reported to have lived for the last five years.
Notably, Tate also was embroiled this week in a war of words with 19-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg after he tweeted a picture of himself standing next to a Bugatti and bragged that he owned 33 cars.
Police said that 11 luxury cars were discovered in the raids that were owned or used by the suspects.
Video footage from the police raid accompanying the anti-organized crime agency’s statement shows several blurred-out sports cars, wads of cash and a handgun.
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