Controversial social media influencer, Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate were released on Friday after three months of detention in Romania and moved to house arrest while they are investigated for alleged human trafficking and rape.
Tate, a British-American former kickboxer with millions of online followers, along with his younger brother and two Romanian women, are under investigation for allegedly “forming an organised criminal group, human trafficking and rape”.
Tate, 36, and his brother Tristan, 34, were arrested in late December, and have been held in pre-trial detention ever since, which was again extended last week.
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However, an appeals court “rejected the prosecution’s proposal to extend the pre-trial detention” and ordered the pair be placed “under house arrest”, according to a court ruling seen by AFP.
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Accompanied by their Romanian lawyers, the brothers — who deny all charges against them — were released around midnight (2100 GMT) from the police central arrest premises in Bucharest amid chaotic scenes, an AFP journalist reported.
“Freedom at last,” a smiling Andrew Tate said said to whoops and hollers from supporters as he arrived at his house. “It’s a little bit emotional, I’ve been in one room since last year.”
