DISGRACED influencer Andrew Tate has been released from house arrest pending a trial over claims of abuse and trafficking, a Romanian court has ruled.
The former kickboxer, 36, has been held on house arrest in Bucharest since March alongside his brother Tristan over sex trafficking claims.
However, he won an appeal in court in Bucharest and is set to be placed under judicial control.
After his release, the misogynist said on Twitter: “After 10 months. 3 in jail, 7 at home. After 15million euro of asset seizures. After an inditement based on nothing. The file was passed to a Judge who has ruled it weak and circumstantial.
“I have been released from house arrest but must remain within Romania. Now. To the Mosque. Alhamdulillah.”
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Tate brothers deny all charges
Andrew and Tristan strongly deny all charges against them and have been fighting to be released ever since.
The duo were released from the hellhole jail after winning an appeal to be moved to house arrest in March.
In June, Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT). had requested that judges extend the house arrest measure after the agency filed its investigation.
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Why was Andrew Tate arrested?
The two brothers were arrested in December. after they were accused of recruiting women on social media platforms and persuading them to travel to their on the outskirts of Bucharest.
Andrew has also been charged with rape and Tristan has been charged with instigating others to violence.
The indictment says the two brothers and two Romanian suspects Georgiana Naghel and Luana Radu formed an organised criminal group in 2021 for human trafficking in Romania.
Prosecutors allege seven female victims were recruited by Tate through false promises of marriage or a relationship, known as the “loverboy method”.
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Disgraced Tate has previously lost a series of appeals
Tate previously lost a series of appeals against a judge’s decision to be kept on house arrest in Bucharest.
Last month a court ruled the duo should remain under house arrest for 30 more days over sex trafficking claims.
Tate immediately launched a furious rant against the judges’ ruling on Twitter, claiming: “They’ve just decided I must remain on house arrest into month 8 – this can continue indefinitely.”
“I haven’t been outside in 7 months,” he added.
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Andrew Tate RELEASED from house arrest
Andrew Tate has been released from house arrest, pending a trial, a Romanian court has ruled.
The former kickboxer, 36, has won an appeal in court in Bucharest and is set to be placed under judicial control.