Andrew Tate

The controversial online influencer has been accused by prosecutors of 'recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic ...

“However, Andrew and Tristan Tate have the utmost respect for the Romanian authorities and will always assist and help in any way they can.” The Tate brothers have been under criminal investigation since April. They would be detained for 24 hours, prosecutors from the anti organised-crime unit said in a statement after raiding their properties in Bucharest.

Mr Tate - who was detained alongside his brother Tristan - had his house raided in the capital, Bucharest. A lawyer for the brothers confirmed their detention, ...

"The four suspects ... He has since been reinstated. At the time of his expulsion from the show, Mr Tate said the video had been edited, calling it "a total lie trying to make me look bad". In 2016, he entered the Big Brother house but was soon removed after a video was circulated, which appeared to show him hitting a woman with a belt. He went on to gain notoriety online, with Twitter banning him for saying women should "bear responsibility" for being sexually assaulted. The former kickboxer rose to fame in 2016 when he was removed from British TV show Big Brother over a video which appeared to show him attacking a woman.

Controversial social media influencer and former kickboxer Andrew Tate was arrested along with his brother in Romania in a human trafficking case.

A spokesperson for Tate told the Daily Mirror did not provide further details regarding the arrest. "The four suspects... Tate, 36, and his brother Tristan, 34, along with two other suspects, were arrested for allegedly abducting two girls

Very controversial celeb, Andrew Tate don enta news again afta im call out climate activist, Greta Thunberg, say im get thirty three cars.

E don tok before say im tok dey "taken out of context and dem loud am" so dem go tell lies about am. For YouTube video wey im delete, e say paart of di reason im move na because, according to am, e dey easier to run from rape charges for di kontri. At di time wen dem bounce am from Big Brother House, Tate say di video bin dey edited, e say na "total lie to make me look bad".

Andrew Tate, a controversial British-American kickboxer-turned-internet personality, and his brother have been detained in Romania as part of an ...

The investigation relates to allegations of organising a criminal group, human trafficking and rape, the directorate said. Investigators identified six alleged victims who had been sexually exploited by the group, which lured the women by expressing interest in a romantic relationship before using physical violence, intimidation and surveillance to force them into producing pornographic material, the directorate said. Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism did not name any suspects but said in a statement that four individuals – two United Kingdom citizens and two Romanian nationals – are alleged to have formed a criminal group to carry out human trafficking in Romania as well as other countries including the UK and United States.

In the raid, prosecutors alleged that they located six women who were trafficked by Andrew Tate's group. His brother Tristan Tate is also implicated.

[According to Reuters,](https://www.reuters.com/world/romania-detains-ex-kickboxer-andrew-tate-human-trafficking-case-2022-12-30/) a Romanian anti-organized crime unit detained Andrew Tate, his brother Tristan and two Romanians on Thursday. [Andrew Tate,](https://www.insider.com/category/andrew-tate) the ex-kickboxer turned YouTuber popular for his anti-women views, has been detained by Romanian authorities as part of a human trafficking investigation, a day after he was publicly humiliated on Twitter by climate activist Greta Thunberg. "They would have gained important sums of money." [according to Buzzfeed News.](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ikrd/andrew-tate-hustlers-university) [said in a press release.](https://www.diicot.ro/mass-media/3829-comunicat-de-presa-29-12-2022) "They were later transported and housed in buildings in Ilfov county where, by exercising acts of physical violence and mental coercion." [In a press release,](https://www.diicot.ro/mass-media/3829-comunicat-de-presa-29-12-2022) authorities alleged that at least one woman was raped and that the operation has been based between Romania, the United Kingdom, and the US.

Tate and his brother have been detained along with two Romanians, with prosecutors claiming they "appear to have created an organised crime group with the ...

"The four suspects... Tate has denied holding misogynistic views and accused his critics of "twisting facts", although he has also described himself as the "king of toxic masculinity". He has also described how he would violently assault a woman for accusing him of cheating, saying he would "bang out the machete, boom in her face and grip her by the neck". appear to have created an organised crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content meant to be seen on specialised websites for a cost," prosecutors said. They were then taken to Romania's Ilfov county where "by exercising acts of physical violence and mental coercion - through intimidation, constant surveillance, control and invoking alleged debts - they were sexually exploited by group members by forcing them to perform demonstrations pornographic for the purpose of producing and disseminating through social media platforms material having such a character and by submitting to the execution of a forced labour". Tate and his brother have been detained along with two Romanians, with prosecutors claiming they "appear to have created an organised crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing and exploiting women".

Romanian prosecutors said they have detained divisive internet personality Andrew Tate on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized ...

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Small dick energy. Immense small dick energy. Others argue that how insecurity can make people vicious is a grave subject, and the term ‘small dick energy’ is difficult to take seriously for a constructive discussion. While the exact origins of the word are unclear, it was all over the internet in 2018, when American singer Ariana Grande put out and then deleted a tweet about her then fiance Pete Davidson. Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet has big dick energy in oodles, as does Joe March from Little Women. The opposite of this is ‘big dick energy’ – a confidence, even swagger, that comes from security, and not from an urge to dominate. Shah Rukh Khan’s character in Kal Ho Na Ho has big dick energy. Big dick energy is often held as the opposite of toxic masculinity: it is a force, but positive and non-threatening. The focus is on energy – people with small dick energy are petty, insecure, and cover it up with hollow swagger at best and random cruelty at worst. What are some of the criticisms of the term? Since then, this tweet has received 424K retweets and 91.4K quote tweets. As Thunberg’s reply went viral (it has 2.5 million likes already), Tate went into a meltdown, putting out more hateful tweets about the activist and proving her point.

Romanian prosecutors said on Thursday they have detained divisive internet personality and former professional kickboxer Andrew Tate on suspicion of human ...

"The four suspects ... Register for free to Reuters and know the full story Tate has said women are partially responsible for being raped and that they belong to men.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has said that Andrew Tate's Twitter spat with her inadvertently led to his arrest in Romania .

After feuding with Thunberg on Twitter, Tate was detained by Romanian authorities.

"I understand the argument that banning people like Tate from mainstream platforms pushes them toward more niche areas of social media and online space where radicalization goes to grow," Cousineau said. 19, Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted that it was "Freedom Friday" as he reinstated deleted accounts for the likes of Jordan Peterson and Kathy Griffin. In an old YouTube video, Tate said that "40% of the reason" he moved to Romania is because of more relaxed sexual assault laws. You won't find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of Internet." Tate was kicked off the show after a video appearing to show Tate beating a woman with a belt, threatening her with violence if she "texts him again." "Andrew Tate isn't much different from many of the other men-focused right, far-right and alt-right grifters that have come before him," said Luc Cousineau, co-director of research at the Canadian Institute for Far-Right Studies. The move to block Tate from social media has been criticized by some. Cousineau said that big tech's banning of Tate could reduce his impact but not erase it, as sites like Rumble provide a refuge for speech deemed hateful on other platforms. The short story is that 35-year-old Tate is a self-help personality who revels in misogyny. "We've been removing violative videos and accounts for weeks, and we welcome the news that other platforms are also taking action against this individual." "He's mobilizing a sense not only of insecurity, but anger." [charges of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-30/andrew-tate-arrested-romania-after-greta-thunberg-feud/101817042), after a raid on two Romanian properties, according to a statement from a [Romanian anti-organized-crime unit](https://www.diicot.ro/mass-media/3829-comunicat-de-presa-29-12-2022).

A lawyer for Andrew and Tristan Tate told CNN that the brothers were expected to appear in court later Friday. He stressed that Andrew Tate was not under arrest ...

Authorities also said one of the suspects raped a victim on two separate occasions in March 2022. It’s unclear who is being detained in the video. Before it was taken down, his TikTok account racked up about 11.6 billion views. A man can be seen being patted down by police. “He was not arrested. They did not name any of those detained.

Tate, a highly controversial social media celebrity, started his week as the butt of a joke by Greta Thunberg and ended it by reportedly getting arrested in ...

[Local media report](https://www.gandul.ro/actualitate/anchetatorii-au-descins-in-casa-din-pipera-a-luptatorului-tristan-tate-fost-iubit-al-biancai-dragusanu-ar-fi-sechetrat-o-femeie-alaturi-de-fratele-sau-19775283?utm_source=video_homepage&utm_medium=clicks_video&utm_campaign=video)s confirmed by various U.S. He'll be held in detention while authorities investigate, but the decision could be appealed at anytime, said a spokesperson for the Romanian anti-crime agency. [An investigation from The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-star) discovered that hundreds of Hustler University members repackage Tate clips on platforms like TikTok every day. On Tuesday, he posted a photo of himself standing next to a Bugatti, captioned by the text, "Hello @GretaThunberg. Midway through the video, he gestures off camera, asking someone to bring him pizza. The statement didn't name Tate directly, though an accompanying video of the arrest appeared to show Tate, who is British, being led away in handcuffs. Tate said the video was a "total lie" that had been edited to make him look bad. outlets claim that Romanian police raided Tate's Romanian residence once earlier, on April 11, after claims that an American woman was being held captive at the house. More than 3 million users liked the post. His Twitter account was reinstated this November after Elon Musk took ownership of the platform. Email me at [email protected]." He's been described as

Andrew Tate's Romanian pizza in his Greta Thunberg clap-back video adds new conspiracy theory to Pizzagate canon.

[blown apart](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9044879/Prince-Andrews-sex-slave-alibi-falls-apart-Explosive-dossier-blows-hole-Pizza-Express-excuse.html)? Although maybe the avalanche of You can get it in any part of the world. Right-wing trolls began to push the baseless idea that these were coded references to the sex trafficking and ritual abuse of children by a ring of Satanic pedophiles, and that Comet Ping Pong was a base of operation for this nefarious cabal of depraved elites. he had occasionally tweeted about [enjoying pizza](https://files.catbox.moe/8yw80x.jpg). Most recently, they were interested to learn that Twitter’s co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey used the [Andrew Tate](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/andrew-tate-tristan-tate-detained-romania-human-trafficking-1234654248/), 36, and climate activist [Greta Thunberg](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/greta-thunberg-andrew-tate-twitter-takedown-1234653407/), 19, were engaged in a Twitter spat at year’s end, weeks after Tate had been reinstated on [Elon Musk](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/elon-musk/) following a five-year suspension. There would be a poetic quality to such comeuppance, since pizza has been a long-running theme of the panic — often stoked by right-wing conspiracy theorists like Tate himself — over human trafficking. [detained](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/andrew-tate-tristan-tate-detained-romania-human-trafficking-1234654248/) by Romanian authorities, who had raided the pair’s villa in Bucharest. As soon as the siblings were taken into custody, an internet rumor spread that Andrew had given away their location with the pizza gag, since the boxes were clearly from Jerry’s Pizza — a Romanian brand with more than 20 restaurants. It’s just that Romanian media drew no connections between the raid and the pizza, or the dust-up with Thunberg. An investigation proceeded, but the country’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) waited until the Tates returned to Bucharest to descend on the property once more and serve warrants, which they did Thursday.

Three streamers, including Adin Ross and Sneako, have used their platform to suggest Tate should be "pardoned" and freed after his arrest in Romania.

[According to Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/romania-detains-ex-kickboxer-andrew-tate-human-trafficking-case-2022-12-30/), prosecutors said, "The four suspects appear to have created an organized crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing, and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content meant to be seen on specialized websites for a cost." [Twitter feud](https://www.insider.com/greta-thunberg-andrew-tate-twitter-response-controversy-2022-12) with 19-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg, leading it to draw even more attention on the platform. Niko Kenn De Balinthazy, better known as Sneako, who was banned from YouTube earlier this year, went live on the alternative video platform Rumble on Thursday with a stream titled "FREE ANDREW AND TRISTAN TATE." [speculate that the pizza box](https://www.insider.com/greta-thunberg-mocks-andrew-tate-about-his-arrest-pizza-boxes-2022-12) was what led Romanian authorities to confirm that he was in the country and arrest him, although the viral theory has not been verified. [sparked backlash](https://twitter.com/HUN2R/status/1608851016115716096) for suggesting, with no evidence, that "the government" was trying to frame Tate. [Tweets about the news have received millions of views](https://twitter.com/RobertMackey/status/1608615778466795521), and terms relating to Tate have been trending.

Andrew Tate's fortune as former US kickboxer is debatable as some websites post some information, however, fans of the controversial celebrity argue that ...

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“The four suspects appear to have created an organised crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing, and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content meant to be seen on specialised websites for a cost,” DIICOT said in a statement. On December 29, Tate was detained in Romania on charges of human trafficking, rape, and forming an organized crime group. [A post shared by ANDREW TATE Though he claimed that the video had been edited, Tate has been in the news since then due to his controversial comments and misogynistic remarks. The 36-year-old American-British kickboxer has won the ISKA Kickboxing World Championship Crown and also does commentary for Real Xtreme Fighting, a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion company in Romania. Tate tweeted about having “33 cars” and even boasted about their “enormous emissions”, all the while asking for Thunberg’s email ID.

Andrew Tate, a 35-year-old former kickboxer, reality show participant, and podcaster, calls himself an "alpha male" and "absolute misogynist" and has ...

It was then sold online, bringing in money that the suspects used to buy cars, houses and cryptocurrency. As it turned out, the police had been investigating for some time, but couldn’t get any further because Tate was out of the country. The last “victim” of Tate was supposed to be the famous eco-activist Greta Thunberg, but everything turned out the other way around. In his Twitter, Tate decided to troll Greta. [shared ](https://www.gandul.ro/actualitate/exclusiv-fosta-politista-ridicata-de-diicot-in-dosarul-de-trafic-de-persoone-deschis-pe-numele-fratilor-tristan-si-andrew-tate-femeia-ar-fi-lucrat-pentru-cei-doi-19899738?utm_source=video_homepage&utm_medium=clicks_video&utm_campaign=video)by Romanian newspaper Gândul, Tate can be seen being escorted out of a luxury villa that appears to be the same one featured in some of his videos. [statement](https://www.diicot.ro/mass-media/3829-comunicat-de-presa-29-12-2022), the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) stated that six people had been identified as having been sexually exploited by a group of attackers.

Long before he was the butt of a viral joke from climate activist Greta Thunberg or accused of human trafficking, Andrew Tate claimed he was bored growing ...

Tate’s return to the platform set up the online confrontation with Thunberg, in which Tate [tweeted ](https://twitter.com/Cobratate/status/1607677190254235648)that he wanted to send the climate activist “a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions.” TikTok, the platform where he grew his audience the most, also kicked him off for promoting content, the company [says](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/21/andrew-tate-tiktok-instagram/?itid=lk_inline_manual_29), “that attacks, threatens, incites violence against, or otherwise dehumanizes an individual or a group.” YouTube suspended him for hate speech and covid misinformation after he [amassed millions of dollars in ad revenue](https://counterhate.com/blog/youtube-rakes-in-millions-in-ad-revenue-from-videos-of-misogynist-andrew-tate/). Despite the online speculation that Romanian authorities were able to locate Tate after he posted a video in response to Thunberg containing a pizza box from a local spot that gave away his location, authorities denied that the video played any role. The string of controversial behavior continued in 2017, when he falsely asserted that depression “ [isn’t real](https://www.insider.com/andrew-tate-tiktok-ban-fanpages-misogynistic-content-circulating-2022-8).” While his father told the Tribune that he wished his son would pursue other interests, Tate said that he played so much because he was “bored all the time and that’s the only thing I want to do most.” He was kicked off the reality television show after a video surfaced that appeared to show him hitting a woman with a belt. In July, Tate’s name was a bigger search term on Google than some of the search engine’s most significant queries, including former president Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian and covid-19, [Forbes ](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2022/08/19/now-tiktok-investigating-ex-kickboxerinfluencer-andrew-tate-after-instagram-and-facebook-banned-him/?sh=33866ad623c8)reported. [Sky News](https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-andrew-tate-self-styled-king-of-toxic-masculinity-and-butt-of-greta-thunbergs-jokes-12776832), adding that “probably 40 percent of the reason” he moved to the country was because it might be easier to evade rape charges. “I know that I’m in the position to turn Andrew into a Bobby Fischer, but it’s a common-sense dilemma,” his father, Emory A. The statement, which did not name the Tate brothers, alleges that the victims faced “acts of physical violence and mental coercion.” He largely gained attention on TikTok — one of the many platforms that has now banned him for his repeated misogynistic remarks — where videos tagged #AndrewTate were viewed roughly 13 billion times as of August, according to (A lawyer for the Tates could not immediately be identified Friday.)

The controversial influencer is detained in an investigation into rape and human trafficking.

In 2016, he was removed from British TV show Big Brother over a video which appeared to show him attacking a woman. He has since been reinstated. The account also retweeted Matrix memes posted by Twitter owner Elon Musk.

DIICOT said it identified six people who were sexually exploited by the organized criminal group, and that five homes were raided on Thursday.

She said the claims are “funny, but no.” - Photographs published by Romanian media outlets appeared to show Tate being led away in handcuffs by masked law enforcement officers. Bolla said the decision wasn’t final and that all four suspects have already appealed the extension, which is unlikely to be heard in court before next week. Two other suspects, who are Romanian, were also in custody.