{"id":29769,"date":"2023-02-21T20:58:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T20:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=29769"},"modified":"2023-02-21T20:58:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T20:58:45","slug":"romanian-court-extends-andrew-tate-detention-by-30-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/02\/21\/romanian-court-extends-andrew-tate-detention-by-30-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian court extends Andrew Tate detention by 30 days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ndrew Tate \u2013 the influencer and professed misogynist \u2013 is to be held for another 30 days in Romania after a court in Bucharest extended his detention while he is being investigated for alleged sexual assault and exploitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former kickboxer, 36, and his brother, Tristan, 34, are being investigated by Diicot, Romania\u2019s organised crime agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"b323cddf-e742-4f19-b7fc-7c2042d5c273\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2023\/feb\/11\/the-truth-about-andrew-tate-his-home-is-less-hollywood-hideaway-more-rundown-meat-factory\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/60f86d340e5fcf7d88172d4e7b05bc642287e2df\/0_1595_5063_3038\/master\/5063.jpg?width=460&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=79db9622cee15f0ae206b9b6a3925e91\" alt=\"An illustration in red and orange of Andrew Tate smoking a cigar with burning dollar bills raining down around him\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two female Romanian suspects, who were arrested at the same time as the Tate brothers, were to be moved to house arrest. All four deny wrongdoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romanian prosecutors, who can apply to detain suspects for up to 180 days during investigations, successfully applied for the detention to be extended by another 30 days after the granting of a similar extension earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tate\u2019s lawyer, Eugen Vidineac, has previously said there is \u201cno evidence\u201d against his client and that Tate was merely \u201cplaying a character\u201d on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After appearing in court earlier this month, Tate, a British-American national, said: \u201cAsk them for evidence and they will give you none, because it doesn\u2019t exist. You\u2019ll find out the truth of this case soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors have accused the Tates of seducing women by falsely claiming to want a relationship and then forcing them to produce pornographic content under duress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Tate is also accused of raping one of the women last March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two women \u2013 Georgiana Naghel and a former police officer, Alexandra Luana Radu \u2013 are suspected of having acted as the brothers\u2019 accomplices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors have so far identified six alleged victims, including minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tates have been in custody since 29 December after Diicot officers searched their villa over allegations of sex trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January an appeal court rejected their demand for release after prosecutors argued that given their \u201cfinancial capacity\u201d the brothers could \u201cevade investigation, leave Romania and settle in countries that do not allow extradition\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As well as guns, knives and large sums of cash, investigators have seized 10 Romanian properties belonging to the Tates and 15 luxury cars \u2013 including three Porsches, two Ferraris, an Aston Martin and a Lamborghini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The authorities said they had confiscated goods and money worth a total of 18m lei (\u00a33.2m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tate appeared on the reality TV show Big Brother in 2016 and became notorious for his misogynistic remarks and hate speech, sparking concern over how he was influencing teenage boys. He has said women are partially responsible for being raped and that they \u201cbelong\u201d to men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was eventually banned from all major social media platforms, but reinstated on Twitter last November after Elon Musk bought the company. Tate now has 5.1m followers on the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ndrew Tate \u2013 the influencer and professed misogynist \u2013 is to be held for another 30 days in Romania after a court in Bucharest extended his detention while he is being investigated for alleged sexual assault and exploitation. 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