The tate brothers left Romania and are facing an active criminal investigation in Florida. Here’s what we know

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Self -proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan recently Has arrived In Florida in Romania, where he faces charges of trafficking in people, triggering a concern and anger-a criminal investigation at the state level.

Andrew Tate has gained notoriety as an influencer online and has accumulated a massive content following sexist content in relation to male dominance. He and Tristan Li were previously forbidden to leave Romania after they were arrested in 2022 and accused of forming an organized criminal group and human trafficking.

The brothers, who have a dual American and British citizenship, left Romania on a private jet at the end of February after the Romanian authorities High travel restrictions on them.

The brothers denied all the crimes, and Andrew Tate made contradictory claims on X about their plans to return to Romania or to stay in Florida. Here’s how I got here.

Andrew Tate, 38 years old, has been confronted with accusations of sexism, ugly behavior and violence against women, since he was eliminated from the British reality television show in 2016, after a video that seemed to show him by attacking a woman with a belt.

Tate appealed to Social Media, where he cultivated a following supporters – Many of them are young men and boys – promoting disturbing problems on modern masculinity. His 36-year-old brother, Tristan, also appeared in a British TV TV show, “Nauda: The Island” and developed an online person similar to his brother.

Andrew’s vitriolic content forbidden from almost every social media platform, but when the Elon Musk technological mogul took Twitter in 2022, he reinstated Tate’s account.

Musk is now a high quality advisor to President Donald Trump, and Tate has 10.7 million followers on the platform, where he once claimed that women should “endure” the responsibility because they have been sexually assaulted.

Tate, a vocal supporter of Trump, often evokes the president’s name in his online refineries.

“Dads will be free, Trump is the president. The good times returned. And they will be better than ever. Keep it, ”Andrew Tate said before X.

Despite the reports that the Trump administration pressed the Romanian authorities to ease the restrictions on the brothers, the white house officials said that the US government has no direct role in bringing Tate to Florida. The Foreign Minister of Romania said He did not face pressure to raise restrictions on socializing influence.

When asked about the return of dads to the United States, Trump said he knows nothing about it.

Tristan Tate said on Friday, in a socializing post, that he intends to use his time in the US to take a break and visit with his family.

“I decided to catch some rest and break in the country of origin and meet with my family they kept. It was not easy, ”he said, referring to his legal problems abroad.

CNN addressed the father’s brothers and their representatives.

What accusations do the brothers face – and where?

The Romanian authorities arrested the father’s brothers in December 2022 and placed them under the custody of the police. Subsequently placed under house arrest and then judicial controlunder which they were not allowed to leave the country.

The Romanian prosecutors accused the father of formed an organized criminal group that stretched through Romania, the United Kingdom and the US, traffic and sexually exploiting with physical violence and coercion.

Prosecutors said that the Tate brothers recruited the victims seductive and falsely claimed that they want a relationship or marriage. Andrew Tate is also accused of raping one of the victims.

August last year, The Romanian authorities have launched a separate investigation into the charges of trafficking in minors and sex with a minor against the brothers. Andrew and Tristan Tate denied all the charges of crime, with Andrew writing X that the brothers “have always been innocent”.

In a statement issued after the brothers left the country, the Romanian prosecutors said that only the travel restrictions against the brothers were erected, while “all the other obligations remain in force, including the requirement to present themselves before the judicial authorities whenever it has been called.”

“Prosecutors in Romania have a significant discretion,” said for CNN Joseph McBride, a lawyer representing the brothers. “The Romanian prosecutor, who has long demanded that Andrew and Tristan’s movements be restricted, decided to raise these restrictions for perfectly legitimate reasons.”

He added that the brothers “are here to stay.”

The brothers are also investigated for allegations of rape and trafficking in people in the UK, where they also denied crimes.

Four women in the UK have submitted a civil trial against Andrew Tate, accusing rape and coercive control.

“We are unbelieving and we feel re-traumatized by the news that the Romanian authorities have given in the pressure of the Trump administration to allow Andrew Tate to travel … in the US,” said women in the statement previously shared with CNN.

Dads have submitted a Defamation costume In July 2023 against a Florida woman who accused of trafficking in people, rape and false prison in Romania.

Good resources customers, such as Andrew Tate, are often able to finance the disputes “Salt the Earth”, according to Craig Tincino, associate professor of clinical legal education at the University of Miami School of Law. This may include depositing defamation processes against accusers or detractors, creating legal challenges or using blocking tactics meant to distract attention from the initial problem, he said.

In court, an accuser, who may have no resources to support a long legal struggle, can also have a “cold effect” on other supposed victims who come before, said Tincino.

But wealth cannot isolate a person of responsibility if they have committed an offense, as long as prosecutors do their job, he added.

“Just because you have a ton of money and a huge bullhorn of a platform, it does not mean that you get to move away from it,” said Tincino. “Finally, it is caught.”

“I think my brother and I are largely misunderstood. There are a lot of opinions about us – all the things that deal with us on the Internet, ”Andrew told reporters outside Fort Lauderdale -Hollywood International Airport, after reaching Romania.

“It is assumed that he is innocent until he is proven guilty, as we are my brother and me,” he said.

Days later, Prosecutor General of Florida, James Uthmeier Active criminal investigation In the brothers, led by the state -level tracking office, adding that Florida has “zero tolerance for people who abuse women and girls.”

CNN has arrived at Uthmeier’s office for more information about the investigation.

“Today, the Attorney General James Uthmeier threw the Law of Ethics on the window, when he publicly took part in a pursuing process in Florida,” said McBride Tuesday X.

“When any prosecutor, even the Attorney General of a Jurisdiction like Florida, has reason to believe that a crime has been committed or is currently committed, they have every right to investigate,” said Tincino. “They are not obligatory to explain what the investigation is while investigating it.”

While few details have been launched, the fact that the national tracking office is involved suggests a wide investigation of the activity in several state jurisdictions, said Tincino.

Since then, the Tate brothers have proposed to target the Florida government, Ron Desantis, who has previously suggested that they are not welcome in his state, and Uthmeier to follow the investigation.

“This comes from a lawyer of criminal defense throughout life: to go out and say:” I am innocent until they prove guilty, so I cannot investigate “, it is only incorrectly fundamental, legal and constitutional,” said Tincino.

By Friday afterwards, Andrew Tate posted X messages that suggested he was in Las Vegas.

“Runing from our jurisdiction will not stop the continuous criminal investigation in Florida,” Uthmeier said X. “We will continue to work with law enforcement and partners around the world to fight for human trafficking and sexual abuse.”