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Andrew Tate and his brother, who is exposed to criminal charges in Florida in Romania

Key points
  • The brothers got up in Florida after their travel ban was lifted from Romania.
  • The crime is charged in Romania for human trade, rape and other crimes.
  • The governor of Florida, Ron Desantis, said the brothers were not welcome in the state.
This article contains references to rape and sexual assault.
The controversial internet figures Andrew and Tristan Tate, which are suspended in Romania, have left the country and arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after a travel ban was lifted against them.
The brothers, who held the double US British citizenship, are charged in Romania of human trafficking, which forms an organized criminal gang to take advantage of women, and in Andrew Tte's rape.

They are also examined for additional crimes, including the trade of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, the influence of statements and money laundering. You have denied all allegations.

Legal dispute in Romania

The crime was first arrested at the end of 2022 near Bucharest and officially charged in 2024. While a Romanian court decided in April that a court proceedings could continue, it did not set a date.
The brothers had been excluded from Romania since the end of 2023, although a court had briefly lifted the restriction in July 2024 before an appellate court reinstated them again.

In December in December, a Romanian court ruled that legal and procedural errors in the event that it was brought to trial but was not rejected. A second examination, which was introduced in August 2024, remains active.

Andrew Tate was arrested with his brother and two women in 2022. Source: AAP, EPA / Robert Ghement

Despite these legal challenges, the Romania approved anti-organized crime authority, Diicot, recently an inquiry to change the travel ban so that the brothers can leave the country. However, judicial control measures remain, so that they must appear before the authorities.

Her departure reports that a US official in Donald Trump's administration had expressed interest in his case at the Munich Security Conference. Romanian Foreign Minister insisted that this did not represent political pressure.

Arrival in Florida and US reactions

After Andrew Tate had landed in Florida, he told reporters: “We have never prevailed in advance on the planet” and insisted that he and his brother were victims of false accusations. He did not explain why they had come to Florida or whether Trump was involved in lifting their travel ban.
Trump himself said he knew nothing about the case.

The Republican governor of Florida, Ron Desantis, made it clear that he did not welcomed the brothers. He said that reporters Florida was “not a place where you are welcome with this kind of behavior” and said that the state's attorney general had checked what the legal jurisdiction of Florida could have.

Other legal problems

The legal problems of the crime extend beyond Romania. At the end of 2024, a British court ruled that due to unpaid taxes, the authorities could confiscate more than £ 2.6 million ($ 5.2 million).
In addition, the courts in Romania approved an application in Great Britain in March 2024 against the brothers for allegations for sexual aggression from 2012-2015, although this would only come into force after completing their legal proceedings in Romania.

Andrew Tate, a former kickboxer, received millions of online supporters by promoting lifestyle for an ultra-masculine lifestyle, which was often criticized as misogystical. It was banished by several social media platforms for hate speeches, although X has restored his account under Elon Musk.

In the contents of Andrew Tate, instructions were recorded, the men encouraged to attack women physically, with statements like “It is the machete, boom on their face”.
Despite its existence, that it is silenced by a political conspiracy, his legal problems continue to increase, with the investigation now comprising several countries.
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