Andrew Tate Is Charged With Human Trafficking in Romania

Andrew Tate, a former professional kickboxer and online personality who frequently made misogynistic comments to his large following on social media sites, has been remanded into custody for 30 days by a judge in Romania after the police charged him and three others with human trafficking, rape and forming an organized criminal group.

Prosecutors with the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism in Romania said in a statement on Thursday that police served search warrants at five homes and detained four suspects, including two Britons and two Romanians.

They did not name any of the four suspects but alleged that the four suspects formed an organized criminal group that stretched from Romania to Britain, and the United States, for the purpose of committing the crime of human trafficking.

Late Friday, a judge in Bucharest ordered all four parties to be held for an additional 30 days. A lawyer for Tate, Eugen Vidineac, said he was “disappointed” in the outcome and that an appeal had been filed. An appeal’s judge will decide whether Tate will remain in prison for the entire 30 days, Vidineac said, adding that a decision could come as soon as today.

Ramona Bolla, a spokeswoman for the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism, confirmed the charges. It was unclear whether the other two people were acquaintances of Tate or his brother.