A Raid on Andrew Tate's House Led to the Manosphere Influencer Getting Arrested Again
Andrew Tate and his brother were one of six people arrested. Charges include producing pornography with minors.
Published Aug. 22 2024, 12:06 p.m. ET
On July 5, 2024, an excited Andrew Tate announced that after being forced to stay in Romania for three years, he and his brother Tristan Tate were allowed to leave the country. In a video uploaded to X (formerly Twitter), he called the case a sham and then said he could go anywhere he wanted. This decision was later overturned.
The former kickboxer and his brother are "awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women," per the Associated Press. To no one's surprise, in August 2024 Tate was arrested again. Romanian authorities conducted a raid on his house and promptly took the self-described misogynist into custody. What did he allegedly do now? Here's what we know.
Andrew Tate was arrested again.
Romania's anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, searched four homes in Bucharest and nearby Ilfov county on Aug. 21. They were investigating "allegations of human trafficking, the trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, influencing statements, and money laundering," per the AP.
Tate, his brother Tristan, and four others were arrested and held for 24 hours during the searches, reported Arab News. "The Tate brothers have been issued a proposal for 30 days preventative arrest by the Romanian DIICOT," said a lawyer for the siblings in a statement. Preventative arrest is the "practice of incarcerating accused individuals before trial on the assumption that their release would not be in the best interest of society," per Britannica.
DIICOT claims that two of the accused individuals were using the "loverboy method" to coerce 34 victims into making pornography. This method involves convincing someone you are in a relationship with them in order to convince them to do whatever you want. Said pornography was sold online, which resulted in a profit of $2.8 million.
There is also a claim that one defendant forced a 17-year-old to produce pornography in Britain and Romania, which earned the defendant $1.5 million. DIICOT alleges this same defendant was sexually assaulting a 15-year-old. While Tate and his brother were being arrested, he told the media, "What I’ve done wrong, who knows?"
