Andrew Tate arrested

Mr Tate - who was detained alongside his brother Tristan - had his house raided in the capital, Bucharest. A lawyer for the brothers confirmed their detention, ...

"The four suspects ... He has since been reinstated. At the time of his expulsion from the show, Mr Tate said the video had been edited, calling it "a total lie trying to make me look bad". In 2016, he entered the Big Brother house but was soon removed after a video was circulated, which appeared to show him hitting a woman with a belt. He went on to gain notoriety online, with Twitter banning him for saying women should "bear responsibility" for being sexually assaulted. The former kickboxer rose to fame in 2016 when he was removed from British TV show Big Brother over a video which appeared to show him attacking a woman.

MAGA influencer and former professional kickboxer Andrew Tate — along with his brother Tristan and two other suspects — was detained on Thursday under ...

Tate's arrest comes a day after he made headlines for engaging in a heated exchange of words online with 19-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. "His [ridiculous video](https://twitter.com/Cobratate/status/1608212791009374208?s=20&t=YHh0uBWP_ho2MVtUvDM5IA) yesterday featured a pizza from a Romanian pizza chain, Jerry's Pizza, confirming he was in the country. [Elon Musk](https://www.salon.com/2022/12/28/im-not-cis-says-elon-musk-in-twitter-thread-about-gender-and-pronouns/) after having been banned in 2017 for tweeting that "rape victims 'bear some responsibility' for putting themselves in a position to be assaulted," according to [CNET](https://www.cnet.com/culture/andrew-tate-is-back-on-twitter-heres-why-hes-still-banned-almost-everywhere-else/#:~:text=Back%20in%202017%2C%20he%20was,perpetrators%20of%20violence%20against%20women.). [NBC](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/andrew-tate-brother-detained-romania-trafficking-case-rcna63683?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma), "The four suspects appear to have created an organized crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content meant to be seen on specialized websites for a cost." [MAGA](https://www.salon.com/2022/12/12/2022-was-a-year-for-maga-republicans-here-are-the-gops-5-biggest-faceplants/) influencer and former professional kickboxer Andrew Tate — along with his brother Tristan and two other suspects — was detained on Thursday under suspicion of human trafficking and rape.

The internet personality will be detained for 24 hours after officials searched properties tied to the case.

"Victims were recruited by British citizens by misrepresenting their intention to enter into a marriage/cohabitation relationship and the existence of genuine feelings of love," the press release states. Andrew rose to fame as a contestant in the reality TV show Big Brother (UK). The woman contacted her ex-boyfriend, who reported the crime to the U.S. The American woman told investigators she met Tristan through a social media network and convinced her to buy a plane ticket to Romania. [Romanian daily newspaper](https://www.gandul.ro/actualitate/exclusiv-fosta-politista-ridicata-de-diicot-in-dosarul-de-trafic-de-persoane-deschis-pe-numele-fratilor-tristan-si-andrew-tate-femeia-ar-fi-lucrat-pentru-cei-doi-19899738?utm_source=video_homepage&utm_medium=clicks_video&utm_campaign=video) Gândul reported one of the suspects is a former policewoman. [a lawyer for Andrew](https://news.sky.com/story/controversial-social-media-influencer-andrew-tate-arrested-in-romania-12776569), 36, confirmed to Sky News he and his brother, Tristan Tate, were detained.