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Bucharest:
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania on British sex crimes charges, police said on Tuesday.
Romanian authorities said in a statement that they had executed “two European arrest warrants issued by British judicial authorities for the commission of sexual offenses and exploitation of persons in the UK”.
Police said a Bucharest court ordered them to be held for 24 hours.
Tate, a self-described misogynist with a massive online presence, and his brother are awaiting trial in Romania on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal ring to sexually exploit women.
A spokesman for the Tate said in a statement on Tuesday that the pair had been “arrested”, adding that warrants were “issued by Westminster Magistrates’ Court”.
In June 2023, lawyers for the four women threatened Tate with legal action in British courts over sexual assault claims and provided the former kickboxer with legal documents from British law firm McCue Jury and Partners.
The women, now in their late 20s and early 30s, said the offenses took place between 2013 and 2016, when Tait was living in the UK.
A statement from the British law firm representing them said the charges “include violent rape, serious assault and controlling and coercive behaviour”.
A spokesman for Tate said Andrew and Tristan Tate “unequivocally deny all allegations and condemn what they see as exploitation of the legal system.”
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