On Friday, a court in the capital of Romania decided to move on with the trial of influencer Andrew Tate. Tate faces charges of rape, human trafficking, and organizing a criminal organization to take advantage of women sexually.
The Bucharest Tribunal decided that Tate’s case file satisfied all legal requirements, but it did not specify when the trial would start.
Mateea Petrescu, a spokesman for Tate, announced that the decision had been appealed.
In December 2022, Tate, 37, was taken into custody in the vicinity of Bucharest, along with his brother Tristan Tate and two Romanian ladies. In June of last year, all four were formally charged by Romanian prosecutors. They have refuted the accusations.
Following the result, Eugen Vidineac, one of the brothers’ attorneys, declared, “The ruling issued by the preliminary chamber judge lacks legal basis and reasoning. We have filed a strong appeal as we believe the ruling to be unlawful.”
Another Tates attorney, Ioan Gliga, stated, “We reassert our belief in the fairness of the arguments we presented during the preliminary hearing and in the memoranda concerning the legality of the criminal investigation.” Although they did not receive the necessary attention in the preliminary hearing, we are confident that the appeal court judge panel will support us.”
Another Tates attorney, Ioan Gliga, stated, “We reassert our belief in the fairness of the arguments we presented during the preliminary hearing and in the memoranda concerning the legality of the criminal investigation.” “Although they did not receive the necessary attention in the preliminary hearing, we are confident that the appeal court judge panel will support us.”
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Tate was previously prohibited from using a number of well-known social media sites for posting hate speech and expressing sexist opinions. British and American citizenship coexist for both Tates.
Tate is a former professional kickboxer whose geographical limits were extended by the Bucharest Tribunal last month, meaning he is not allowed to leave the nation. Tate had asked for permission from a judge to travel inside the European Union beforehand.
The Tate brothers were placed under home arrest after spending three months in police custody following their apprehension. After being limited to the Bucharest Municipality and the neighboring Ilfov County, they are now free to travel across Romania.
Following the issuance of arrest warrants by British authorities in relation to claims of sexual violence in a case spanning from 2012 to 2015, the Tate brothers made an appearance at the Bucharest Court of Appeal in a different matter earlier this month.
The British plea to extradite the Tates to the United Kingdom was approved by the appeals court, but only after the Romanian legal proceedings were finished.
