Andrew Tate, a controversialTikTokcontent creator, has once again been denied early release from Romanian custody. The social media influencer was arrested afterRomanian authorities raided his homein Bucharest and has sought to end his detention twice, with both attempts proving unsuccessful.
It was unsurprising to many at the end of last year when notorious online figure Andrew Tate concluded 2022 in jail. The Romanian law enforcement agency DIICOT, established to handle matters related to terrorism and organized crime, raided the former kickboxer’s home due to allegations of rape and human trafficking. His initial 30-day detention was subsequently doubled, extending Tate’s time in jail until at least February 27. A lawyer tried to argue that bail should be granted given they have young children allegedly under their care. Furthermore, Tate had developed lung nodules and moved into hospital days before. Nonetheless,the first appeal was rejected.
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A Romanian news outlet, Libertatea, reported on a live blog thatAndrew and his brother Tristan, also detained during the same raid, were spotted entering the courthouse early in the morning of February 1, supposedly to file another appeal. Hours later it was announced by the Bucharest Court of Appeal that it had rejected the appeals from not only both Tate brothers but also two women believed to have been involved in their criminal activity, Georgiana Naghel and Luana Radu.
Known as “Tate’s Angels,” Radu and Naghel have been accused of aiding the brothers by coercing and controlling the victims. The conditions for at least six victims have been described as being kept like prisoners. Radu’s social media includes an image of her posing with Tate’s Bugatti, one car from a collectionthat has since been seized by Romanian authorities.
Andrew Tate was banned off of virtually all major social mediasites several months ago, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Tate’s popularity had skyrocketed in the months prior thanks to his incredibly misogynistic and sexist statements, for instance claiming that women should bear responsibility when they are sexually assaulted. Such rhetoric is against the Terms of Service for many social media platforms, which raises the question as to why he was not banned earlier. His Instagram ban left a following of 4.7 million, and he had already been removed from Twitter in 2017, before being allowed back on the platform after Elon Musk’s takeover.
