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What you need to know about the controversy of Tristan and Andrew Tate when you return to the USA

The controversial influencer Andrew Tate, 38, and the 36 -year -old Tristan Tate ended up in the United States this week, while in Romania in Romania were still examined for a number of allegations, including human trafficking.

The Tate of Brothers, both former kickboxers, are often connected to the “manosphere”, a social media movement that tries to increase men and make feminism too invalid. The two, who are two US citizens, were accused by critics of embodied toxic masculinity and misogyny.

The brothers, who have been there in Romania since December 2022, arrived on Thursday after a Romanian in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, According to her speaker, the travel ban was lifted.

The news of their return to the USA was met by many, including Florida Governor Ron Desantis, with shock and surprise, who said the state was “not a place where they are welcome with this type of behavior. In an explanation after landing, Andrew Tate said that they were “convicted of a crime in our lives. We have not won the planet anywhere. “

Some speculated that the Foreign Ministry or the White House contributed to increasing the travel ban. A Trump official and the Foreign Ministry rejected it on Thursday to make a comment. Joseph McBride, the US brothers' lawyer based in the USA, said NBC News that he would not comment on whether the Foreign Ministry or the White House was involved.

Here is what is still to know.

Who are the Tate brothers and why are they controversial?

Andrew Tate's online announcement began in 2016 during his short stay on the reality TV show “Big Brother”. He was launched from the show after the sun had released a video in which he seemed to hit a woman with a belt that he said he was mutual.

The counter -reaction towards him continued in 2017 when he tweeted that women should “assume a certain responsibility for sexually attacked attacks, since they should apparently accuse other statements criticized for the abuse and harassment they receive.

His rhetoric pulled widespread criticism online. In August 2022, Tate from Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok and YouTube was banned due to violation of the platforms guidelines. Andrew Tate released his critics in 2022 in 2022 and said that he played an “online character”.

In November 2022 Andrew Tates Twitter account was stopped by Elon Musk. He currently has almost 11 million followers on the platform, which are now known as X.

Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate arrive at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on February 27.Alon Skuy / Getty Images

Andrew Tate previously carried out a subscription-based online course called Hustler's University 2.0, which People described online as a pyramid scheme. Tate denied a pyramid scheme in an explanation to NBC News and said he had carried out a “partner program that like Amazon or Spotify or any of others”.

Tristan Tate, also a former kickboxer, was co-modern with a podcast with his brother named “Tate Speech”.

The podcast has not had a new episode since 2022.

What are the accusations against the Tate of Brothers?

In 2022, the brothers were arrested together with two Romanian women near Bucharest, Romania's capital. All four were charged by Romanian prosecutors last year.

The brothers examine criminal accusations of having formed an organized criminal group as well as human trafficking, trade in minors and money laundering. You have denied any misconduct.

The Romanian management for the investigation of organized crime and terrorism (Diicot) said in a statement that the public prosecutor had “prevented an application to change the obligation to prevent the accused Romania”. The Associated Press reported that judicial control measures remained. The agency has not expanded who had made the request.

In 2023, the Tate of Brothers submitted a defamation lawsuit in the USA in Palm Beach County Circuit Court against a Jane Doe who accused her and another woman to have given the Romanian authorities and to dismantle them and incorrectly to lock them up.

At the beginning of this month, a US woman submitted a contrast against the brothers in a district court in Palm Beach County, Florida, and claimed them against it. Jane DOE claims that the brothers' actions have caused their severe emotional stress and requests financial compensation in an amount that is to be determined in the procedure, as well as a court order that prohibits the brothers Tate to contact, bother or defame them “.

In March 2024, the brothers in Romania were arrested by the British authorities in a case of 2012-15 due to allegations of sexual aggression in Great Britain due to allegations of sexual aggression.

A court in Romania's capital issued an application by the British authorities to deliver Andrew Tate, but it was only concluded after the legal proceedings against him in Romania.

The British government has not commented on developments.

What was the reaction to the US arrival of the Tate of Brothers?

Matthew Jury, a lawyer and representative of some alleged victims of Andrew, wrote in a post on X that the Tate brothers are “abandoned by his authorities, equally disgusted and dismayed”.

In Florida, Desantis said that he had found “through the media” from the upcoming arrival in Florida in Florida.

“We have no participation in it,” said Desantis.

He added that it was under the responsibility of the federal government “whether they want to return his entry to the United States”.

“Florida is not a place where you are welcome with this type of behavior,” said Desantis.

In a declaration submitted to X, the Attorney General of Florida James Uthmeier wrote that he instructed his office to “work with our state law enforcement companies in order to carry out a provisional examination of these people”.

“Florida has no tolerance towards human trafficking and violence against women. If one of these alleged crimes triggers Florida's jurisdiction, we will take them to account, ”wrote Uthmeier.

Some Republicans in Florida were enthusiastic about the return of the Tate of Brothers.

“As a freedom of speech, the act was not officially convicted of crimes and are welcome to speak to our group,” wrote the young Republicans of Tampa Bay in an X -Post.

What happens next?

The brothers of Tate would still be expected to appear before the court authorities in Romania, and Diicot warned that a violation of their obligations could “cause judicial control to be replaced by a stricter withdrawal of the freedom measure”.

McBride, the couple based in the USA, said the Tate brothers are planning to return to Romania at the end of March to meet prosecutors. You will then return to the USA, he said.

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Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate arrive at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on February 27.Alon Skuy / Getty Images

“You feel safe in America for several reasons, the primary that Donald Trump is the president,” said McBride in an explanation. “As a result, they are happy to call America their home again.”

With regard to the defamation of Florida of the Tate of Brothers, McBride said that a hearing from Zoom is expected to be held on Thursday. He said the time of the hearing was a coincidence and nothing with her journey. McBride has not given the purpose of this hearing.

The jury, the lawyer based in Great Britain, said in his post to X that “the British authorities have to take measures immediately to secure their delivery to the UK, for indictment for the crimes of human trade and the rape they are said to have committed in this jurisdiction.”