 "Romania detains Andrew Tate over UK sex offence charges: police")
Police in Romania have detained controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan on suspicion of committing sex offences in the UK, they announced on Tuesday.
Romanian authorities said in a statement they executed “two European arrest warrants issued by the UK judicial authorities for the committing of sexual offences, of exploitation of persons on the territory of the UK”.
Police reported that a court in Bucharest had mandated their 24-hour detention.
Tate, a self-described misogynist with a sizable internet following, and his brother are both facing trial in Romania on separate counts of rape, human trafficking, and organising a criminal organisation to abuse women sexually.
In a statement on Tuesday, Tate’s representative stated that the two were “under arrest” and that the warrants had been “issued by (the) Westminster Magistrates Court”.
Tate was served with legal documents by British law firm McCue Jury and Partners in June 2023, following claims of sexual assault against him. The attorneys for the four women threatened Tate with a lawsuit in English courts.
The women, now in their late twenties and early thirties, say the offences took place between 2013-2016, when Tate was based in the UK.
A statement from the UK law firm representing them said allegations “including violent rapes, serious physical assault, and controlling and coercive behaviour.”
Tate’s spokesperson said that Andrew and Tristan Tate “unequivocally deny all allegations and decry what they perceive as an exploitative use of the legal system”.
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