Andrew Tate leaves Bucharest court docket in handcuffs amid human trafficking allegations
Romanian authorities have seized luxurious automobiles from Andrew Tate’s compound as a part of a legal inquiry into alleged human trafficking.
A number of automobiles, together with a Rolls-Royce, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, have been taken from the Tate compound on the outskirts of the capital, Bucharest, on Saturday to be transported to a storage location.
Earlier this week, prosecutors stated that they had seized 15 luxurious automobiles and greater than 10 properties and houses belonging to the suspects in Bucharest and the counties of Prahova and Brasov to forestall the property being offered or hidden.
Anti-organised crime prosecutors detained Tate, his brother Tristan and two Romanian feminine suspects on 29 December on fees of forming a legal gang to sexually exploit six ladies. They’ve denied wrongdoing.
The previous kickboxer lately misplaced an attraction in opposition to a choose’s earlier determination to increase his arrest from 24 hours to 30 days.
He was seen this week for the primary time since his arrest, strolling into court docket in handcuffs together with his brother.
Andrew Tate’s luxurious automobiles towed by Romanian authorities as a part of legal investigation
Andrew Tate’s luxurious automobiles towed by Romanian authorities as a part of legal investigation
Joe Middleton15 January 2023 07:00
ICYMI: Andrew Tate loses attraction in opposition to detention in human trafficking and rape case
On-line misogynist Andrew Tate has misplaced his attraction in opposition to a choose’s determination to increase his arrest interval from 24 hours to 30 days on fees of being a part of an organised crime group, human trafficking and rape.
Ramona Bolla, a spokesperson for Romanian anti-organised crime company DIICOT, stated a Bucharest appeals court docket late on Tuesday rejected an attraction by Tate, his co-accused brother Tristan and two Romanian ladies arrested in the identical police operation.
Prosecutors can now request detentions of as much as 180 days for the 4 suspects.
Joe Middleton15 January 2023 06:00
Who’s Tristan Tate? All we learn about Andrew Tate’s brother arrested in human trafficking raid
When influencer Andrew Tate was arrested in Romania throughout a police raid, he was detained alongside three different folks – considered one of them, his brother.
Tristan Tate, who can be a former kickboxer turned social media influencer, was detained in December as a part of an investigation into human trafficking and rape by Romania’s anti-organised crime company Didcot.
The 4 suspects, together with the Tate brothers, will probably be held for 30 days after a choose prolonged their preliminary detention interval of 24 hours, stated Didcot spokesperson Ramona Bolla. Prosecutors say they discovered six ladies who had been sexually exploited by the suspects.
Joe Middleton15 January 2023 05:00
I’m a instructor – that is what my 15-year-olds are saying about Andrew Tate
In our termly equalities assembly on the secondary faculty the place I educate, we often focus on the broad issues we’re making an attempt to deal with as a workers physique., writes Matt Adams.
This week, it was completely different. Moderately than speaking about systemic points and the way they have an effect on our college students, reminiscent of racism, homophobia and ableism, we ended up speaking about one man. That man was Andrew Tate.
After discussing the controversial influencer who appeared in court docket this week, we determined that – because of his continued attain on social media – it could be greatest to carry assemblies throughout all the college years to verify they’re being sensible concerning the content material they’re consuming on-line.
Joe Middleton15 January 2023 04:00
ICYMI: Andrew Tate’s Twitter continues to succeed in tens of millions of followers regardless of arrest
Misogynist web character Andrew Tate has been held by police in Romania since 29 December however his Twitter account has continued to put up the previous kickboxer’s explicit model of conspiracy-laden content material to his 4.5 million followers.
A number of tweets have referenced the controversial influencer’s arrest alongside his brother on fees of human trafficking, rape and organised crime, with cryptic references to a so-called “Matrix” that’s claimed to be working in opposition to him.
Different tweets comply with the sample established after Mr Tate’s once-banned account returned final 12 months, with a mixture of spiritual citations, challenges to the masculinity of his followers, warnings in opposition to alleged powers that be and promotions for his different content material.
Joe Middleton15 January 2023 03:00
That is why younger males are nonetheless listening to Andrew Tate
In case you’re nonetheless unfamiliar with Andrew Tate, you’re one of many fortunate ones. Wherever it’s you’re sheltering, I hope it’s heat, snug and you’ve got sufficient tinned meals for the foreseeable, writes Clint Edwards.
Tate sells himself as a hyper-masculine, ultra-wealthy, red-pilled lothario, who’s prepared to show his younger Padawans the methods of the world, ladies, and of the secrets and techniques of his personal success.
He presents younger males the within monitor on life. A ticket to the dream they didn’t fairly know that they had. Briefly, he’s promoting them a blueprint of the right way to be a person. And with a dearth of options, they’re greater than prepared to purchase it.
Joe Middleton15 January 2023 02:00
How Andrew Tate grew to become the poster boy of the hard-right
Andrew Tate ought to have been anathema to the oldsters who spend half their time telling us they’re not far proper. However, as an alternative, he grew to become a well-dressed, rich caricature of a profitable “alpha male”, conducting high-profile TV interviews with folks like Piers Morgan, writes Katherine Denkinson.
Certain, video might have emerged in 2016 exhibiting him hitting a lady with a belt and resulting in his expulsion from the Large Brother home (in an announcement, each he and the girl featured within the clip stated they have been pals and that the actions depicted have been consensual).
He may have claimed that, as soon as married, a lady turns into a person’s property – however his attain, affect and masterful command of social media seemingly made up for all that. TalkTV, GB Information et al nonetheless platformed him.
Joe Middleton15 January 2023 01:00
Labour MP says Andrew Tate’s affect on younger boys provokes ‘incel tradition’
Labour MP says Andrew Tate’s affect on younger boys provokes ‘incel tradition’
Joe Middleton14 January 2023 23:59
ICYMI: College holds Andrew Tate assemblies over fears of ‘poisonous misogynist’s affect on youngsters’
Social media posts by Andrew Tate may function a “gateway drug” to youngsters who go on to view extra damaging content material, academics have warned.
At one faculty the pinnacle of performing arts Matt Adams determined to carry “Andrew Tate assemblies” because of fears over what pupils within the influencer are uncovered to on-line.
Mr Adams teaches at a west London faculty, and advisedThe Impartial boys he had spoken to would both assist Tate outright, make excuses for him or declare he had been misquoted.
Joe Middleton14 January 2023 23:27
That is what Andrew Tate means for Muslim ladies like me
Is it him? That shiny bald head, manicured beard, and gradient “I’m a star” sun shades are unmistakeable. A four-minute clip of Andrew Tate, a controversial determine who is understood for making vulgar and inflammatory statements about ladies, has infiltrated the intimate boundaries of my smartphone by a forwarded WhatsApp video, writes Hafsa Lodi.
Previous to this, I’ve actively averted researching or discussing Tate, regardless of his notoriety on social media – I’d hate to provide any extra airtime to the self-proclaimed misogynist who’s already probably the most steadily googled folks on the web.
However this time I give in, and a fast search leads me to the unique video, posted on YouTube a 12 months in the past by a “male self-improvement” podcast that hosts “Womanizer Wednesdays”. Within the three-hour interview, Tate spews some twisted and simplistic statements about Islam in his obvious try to reward the faith.
Joe Middleton14 January 2023 22:20