Influencer Andrew Tate released from house arrest pending human trafficking and rape trial
- The decision at the Bucharest Court of Appeal comes after Tate and his brother appealed against house arrest as the criminal case against them continues
- Seven female victims were said to have been lured and transported to Romania by Tate’s gang who allegedly sexually exploited and subjected them to violence
Andrew Tate, the divisive internet influencer who is charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, won an appeal on Friday to be released from house arrest, his spokesperson said.
Tate won’t be able to leave the country. He also will not be allowed to be “in close proximity with any of the other defendants, any of the witnesses or any of the alleged victims and their immediate family,” his spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu, said in a statement.
“This positive outcome gives us confidence that more favourable developments are on the horizon,” Petrescu said.
The decision at the Bucharest Court of Appeal comes after prosecutors formally indicted the 36-year-old Tate in June along with his brother, Tristan, and two Romanian women in the same case. All four were arrested in late December near Bucharest and have denied the allegations against them.
The court’s decision says all four defendants will be subjected to geographical restrictions limiting them to the territories of Bucharest Municipality and the nearby Ilfov County unless they get prior approval from a judge.
Standing outside his large home near Bucharest on Friday, Andrew Tate told the media “We’ve been completely innocent since the beginning of this.”