An appeals court in Bucharest, Romania upheld a previous decision to hold Tate — and three other defendants — for at least 30 days
A Romanian court has rebuffed Andrew Tate’s attempt to appeal the 30-day arrest period handed down against him at the end of last year, The Associated Press reports.
The controversial men’s rights personality, and his brother Tristan, were detained by Romanian prosecutors on suspicion of human trafficking, rape, and forming an organized crime group at the end of December. The pair were initially detained for 24 hours, but on Dec. 30, a judge granted prosecutors’ request to extend that arrest period for 30 days.
On Tuesday, Jan. 10, the Bucharest Court of Appeal rejected all the appeals against the extension. Four appeals were filed, ostensibly one for each Tate brother and two for the Romanian women who were also taken into custody. All four defendants reportedly appeared at the courthouse but were taken away a few hours before their appeals were rejected.
A rep for Tate did not immediately return Rolling Stone’s request for comment.
With the decision to uphold the arrest warrant extension, prosecutors can now try to broaden that period even further, up to 180 days, for each person charged. In approving the initial extension, a Romanian judge said the possibility of the Tate brothers “evading investigations cannot be ignored,” adding that they could “leave Romania and settle in countries that do not allow extradition.”
The Romanian anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, has accused Tate and the other defendants of “acts of physical violence and mental coercion.” They suspect the Tate brothers of running a human trafficking organization, luring women to their property with the promises of romantic relationships, before coercing them into working in their webcam studio. Tate has previously bragged about turning girlfriends into adult performers and has extolled the “pimp” lifestyle.
Along with arresting the Tate brothers, prosecutors have also seized at least 15 luxury cars and over 10 properties or parcels of land owned by companies registered to them. A spokesperson for DIICOT told Insider that the cars would help “sustain the cost of the investigation” and may go towards paying alleged trafficking victims.
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