Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan Dad, internet influencers who decapped in the United States last month while facing accusations of people in two European countries, were to return to Romania on the eve of criminal proceedings on Friday, one of them said on Friday.
The British brothers and sisters were expected to arrive at night in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, the New York Times told them.
The couple, who have millions of followers on social media and are known for their misogynistic views and for being quite a bit of their wealth, arrived in Florida on February 27 After the Romanian court increased the restrictions on the trip against them.
“Spending $ 185,000 on a private jet over the Atlantic to sign one piece of paper in Romania,” Andrew Dad wrote on Friday on X. “Innocent men don’t run. They cleaned their name in court.”
The visit of Tates of the United States polarized and launched speculations on whether President Trump, with whom the brothers openly aligned, used their influence to allow them to travel. But Mr. Trump said he knew nothing about it.
They received a cold reception of two top Florida officials, and Government Ron Desantis said they were not welcome there, and the State Attorney James Uthmeier, also a Republican, Opening a criminal investigation into them.
It was not clear how long Tates were planning to stay in Romania, where they were arrested in 2022 for accusations of luring women in the country and sexually exploiting them.
Joseph McBride, their lawyer in the United States, did not immediately respond on Friday to a comment request.
According to Romanian prosecutors, the brothers seduced several women in believing they wanted a relationship with them. Instead, women were located in a bunch near Bucharest and are forced to appear in internet pornographic videos, prosecutors said.
But the Bucharest Court returned the case in December, when he found that he had not fulfilled the conditions for the trial. Prosecutors vowed to continue to seek charges.
While the criminal proceedings were played in Romania, the British authorities followed the arrest of Tates Charges of rape and trade in people. A group of women who sued Andrew Tate there because of the claim of a sexual attack, he pressed the British government that his brother also extradited him from Romania.
And American filed a lawsuit against the brothers Last month in Florida, accusing them of luring her to Romania, conspiring that she was forcing her into sexual work and slandering her after witnessing the Romanian authorities.
Benjamin Bull, a lawyer of a woman who is a prosecutor in the civic case and chief advisor to the National Center for Sexual Exploitation, said in a statement on Friday that the lawsuit was acted.
“The Florida Court is still in charge of them no matter where they are physically placed, so we are not worried that they are returning to Romania,” he said.
The arrival of the Tate brothers into the United States divided conservatives, including those in the media. The brothers, who did not respond to the requests for the interview, appeared on the subcasties supporting Mr. Trump and were welcome Author Dan White, Executive Director of Ultimate Fighting Championship and President ally.
President’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., also stayed with his brothers in the past, calling the prison and home arrest of Andrew Tatea “Absolute craziness” in the post of social media in May 2023.
State Department and White House did not immediately respond to a comment request on Friday.
Not all conservatives have sympathetic to the brothers, who criticized commentators by Megyn Kelly and Ben Shapiro.
It was not clear whether Tates’ departure from the United States could play a role in a preliminary criminal investigation that Mr. Uthmeier, opened the Florida Attorney General, opened earlier this month.
His office did not immediately respond to a comment request on Friday. Not even a spokesman for Mr. Desantis.
While the brothers were in Florida, Andrew Tate faced Mr. Desantis because of his recent comments that they were not welcome there and that the state studied if it was competent in the matter.
“I dare to arrest me and charge me so I can clean my name in court,” Mr. Tate wrote about X. The brothers even met with rapper Yea, previously known as Kanye West, during their stay in the United States, according to their lawyer.
“I agree with everything Andrew Tate has ever said,” the rapper said on the X this month.
