By Emily Caulkett-
Controversial social media influencer, Andrew Tate, has been charged with rape, human trafficking and forming organised crime group to sexually exploit women, it was announced today.
The Tate brothers were first arrested on 29 December, 2022 when Romanian police raided Tate’s mansion and he remained in custody until 31 March, after which he was placed under house arrest.
The Tate brothers were first arrested at their home in Bucharest in 2022, and recently announced that they were looking at more serious charges than initially thought.
The indictment deposited with the court in Bucharest court says that the four defendants formed an organised criminal group in 2021 to commit human trafficking in Romanian and other countries, including the US and the UK.
Seven alleged victims are named in the document who were allegedly recruited by the Tate brothers through dodgy promises of love and marriage.
All four individuals are currently under house arrest, and have all denied the charges.
A Romanian a judge now has 60 days to analyse the case files before it can be sent to trial. A trial on the case is expected to last several years and will not start immediately.
In 2016, Andrew Tate, a British-American former kickboxer, was removed from British TV show Big Brother over a video which appeared to show him attacking a woman.
Andrew Tate gained notoriety for posting internet content containing unarguably misogynistic views.
He was recently engaged in a row with the BBC over allegations of rape, and was confrontational with the female reporter, whom he claimed he was giving relevance by inviting him to his home to interview him.
At the time he claimed the allegations from the BBC were fictitious.