BUCHAREST, ROMANIA (AP) – Andrew Tate, the divisive Internet influencer who is charged in Romania with human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to exploit women, won an appeal yesterday to be released from house arrest, his spokesperson said.
But Tate won’t be able to leave the country.
The decision at the Bucharest Court of Appeal comes after prosecutors formally indicted the 36-year-old Tate in June along with his brother, Tristan, and two Romanian women in the same case.
All four were arrested in late December near Bucharest and have denied the allegations against them.
The court’s decision said all four defendants will be subjected to geographical restrictions limiting them to the territories of Bucharest Municipality and the nearby Ilfov County unless they get prior approval from a judge.
“After 10 months. Three in jail, seven at home. After EUR15 million of asset seizures. After an indictment 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,” a post on Andrew Tate’s Twitter read after yesterday’s ruling.
