[Update] Romanian court agrees to extend detention of divisive internet personality Tate by 30 days

[Yonnie3]

More info at updated story https://www.reuters.com/world/romania-detains-ex-kickboxer-andrew-tate-human-trafficking-case-2022-12-30/

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Prosecutors said the Tate brothers had been under criminal investigation since April.

"The four suspects ... appear to have created an organised crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content meant to be seen on specialised websites for a cost," the prosecutors said in a statement late on Thursday.

"They would have gained important sums of money."

Prosecutors said they had found six women who had been sexually exploited by the suspects.

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Original story

December 30, 2022
2:57 PM EST
Last Updated 17 min ago

Romanian court agrees to extend detention of divisive internet personality Andrew Tate by 30 days
Reuters

WARSAW, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Romanian court said on Friday that Andrew Tate, a former kickboxer, who was arrested together with his brother Tristan on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group, will remain in prison for another 30 days.

Reporting by Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska Editing by Chris Reese

No more at link - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/romanian-court-agrees-extend-detention-divisive-internet-personality-andrew-tate-2022-12-30/

[Bev54]

1. Good news

[SheltieLover]

2. Excellent! 👏👏👏👏

[Maraya1969]

3. Then does he go to trial? I am not understanding this since I thought he was picked up for

sex trafficking and/or rape and it would seem that they would keep him or at least give him a big bail.

Did he commit these crimes in another country?

[Silent3]

4. Perhaps he's considered too much of a flight risk for bail

I have no idea how Romanian law works, but these are violent crimes he's accused of.

In the US bail can be denied under such circumstances. Maybe in Romania it doesn't matter so much if you are rich or famous or well-connected like it would here. Or, more cynically, connections might help but they have to be Romanian connections.

[Maraya1969]

7. That is what I mean. What good does a 30 day sentence for sex trafficking?

[Yonnie3]

9. This is not a sentence

He is being held while prosecution builds the case.

[FreeState]

6. He committed the crimes in Romania

Prosecutors said that the local authorities had carried out searches of homes they believed were connected to human trafficking and rape. The authorities said they were investigating whether the suspects created a criminal group in 2021 to engage in human trafficking in Romania, the United States and Britain.

Six victims, who were allegedly coerced into performing sexual acts, were housed in buildings outside Bucharest, prosecutors said. On two separate occasions in March, one of the suspects used violence and psychological pressure to rape a victim, prosecutors said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/world/europe/andrew-tate-romania-arrest.html

[ismnotwasm]

5. Bwahahahahaha

Good.

[Kingofalldems]

8. MAGAts were crowing on Twitter about his release.

They just keep on getting owned.

[NullTuples]

11. As Greta said, should've recycled that pizza box...

[Mr.Bill]

12. Happy New Year, shithead.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. "internet personality" aka sexual offender, trafficker, rapist and criminal. Book 'em Dano. nt

[Blue Owl]

14. He's really hung

after all that rope Greta fed his klinked-up ass