The controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan travel to the US after leaving Romania, where they face accusations of rape, minors’ trade and money laundering, all of them.
The questions remain why they were allowed to travel and what would happen next with their legal cases.
Who are the brothers of Tate Andrew and Tristan?
Andrew Tate, 38, and his brother Tristan, 36, are double nationals of US UK who claim that they have earned millions from their empire on social networks.
Their internet exit was controversial even before their legal problems, and the couple attracted frequent criticism for offensive statements about women.
The police in the UK connected Andrew Tate with a “pretty scary” radicalization of boys and young men in a report 2024 on violence against women and girls.
The brothers were first arrested in Romania in 2022. They face separate, unrelated accusations of rape and trading in the UK. Both brothers also deny allegations against them in the UK.
Why do the Tate brothers travel to the US?
The brothers were banned from traveling to Romania for more than two years while under investigation.
The speculation that he would leave Romania became ahead of his trip after the couple went to social media.
They left Bucharest Airport around 03:00 Local Time (05:00 GMT) on a private jet border for Florida, sources for the BBC said.
Prosecutors said the prohibition of travel was abolished and that they were returned by passenger passports, but investigations of their alleged crimes were not dismissed.
Tates have a big American monitoring and are popular figures on the American right.
Earlier in February, some of Andrew Tate’s alleged victims said they were “extremely concerned” reports that US officials had had asked his travel limit to relax.
It came after American special envoy Richard Grenell raised his brothers with Dad with Romanian Foreign Minister Emil Hurezean at a safety conference in Munich.
Hurezean said that Grenell’s approach did not consider the “pressure form”. Grenell told the Financial Times that his support was obvious to his brothers.
Tates were loud supporters of US President Donald Trump, while his close advisor Elon Musk renovated Andrew Tate’s account on X after he bought a social media platform in 2022.
What did Tates and Trump administration say about travel?
Andrew and Tristan Tate have not yet commented on their journey to the United States, nor does Trump administration.
Will she have to return to Romania to face trial?
Cases against the Tate brothers in Romania are now being reworked by prosecutors, who have allowed them to leave the country provided they are returning – perhaps by the end of March.
The request of the couple to leave the country was accepted, prosecutors said, but their request to reject the charges against them was rejected.
The brothers face a number of civil and criminal legal cases.
The couple was accused of trading people and rape Together with two Romanian suspects in June 2023. They deny allegations.
They face separate, unrelated accusations of rape and trading in the UK. Romanian court judged last year Could be extradited to the UK After their case in Romania, he concludes.
Separately, lawyers for four women claiming to be attacked by Tates said they had brought a civil case against him in the UK Court in the UK for “damage due to injuries that suffered as a result.”
Tate’s representative said in response to “unambiguously denying all allegations.”
A separate civic case in the UK, who brothers competing, accuses the brothers and the third person to be Serial tax avoids.
What did Tate’s alleged victims say?
Four women who claim that Andrew Tate sexually abused them, they said that they were in “disbelief and felt traumatized again” news about leaving Romania.
In a joint statement, four said: “It is clear that he will not face criminal prosecution now for his alleged crimes in Romania; he will take him as an opportunity to harass and intimidate witnesses and his accusers, and he will continue to spread his violent, myzogynistic doctrine around the world.”
They also called on the British authorities to “finally take measures, do something about this terrifying situation and ensure that it faces justice in the UK.”
Matthew jury, a lawyer who represents four alleged victims, told the BBC that Trump’s administration “interferes with the procedure” in Romania and the UK.
