Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in connection to a human trafficking probe in Romania. The arrests were made after police raided Tate’s home early Thursday.
The Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism raided the media personality’s home in Pipera after they were accused of kidnapping two girls. According to the Romanian news outlet Libertatea, a video of Andrew and Tristan Tate being escorted out of their home was shared on social media, and Andrew has previously been accused of human trafficking.
Andrew was accused of human trafficking in April 2022, but he claimed the accusations stemmed from a swatting incident. Swatting occurs when an internet user calls an emergency number to falsely report a dangerous situation at the swatting victims’ residence. Tate claims that he was not arrested at the time.
Andrew Tate and his brother being taken into custody by Romanian authorities. pic.twitter.com/0jHoJDIkY6
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) December 29, 2022
Andrew Tate’s video in response to Greta Thunberg allowed Romanian authorities to confirm he was in the country, and arrest him in human trafficking investigation, due to the pizza chain shown in the 2-minute rant. pic.twitter.com/RJzwJvZVaP
— Pop Base (@PopBase) December 29, 2022
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“[Police] turned up, they investigated, they realized nobody was in the house against their will, there was no crime committed […] we had to go to the police station for 45 minutes for pieces of paper, we filled them in and we were let go.”
Tate’s fans reacted to the news of his arrest and his critics have different opinions about it
After news of the Tate brothers’ arrest went viral on social media, their fans were reportedly stunned and his critics were not surprised based on his views about women, relationships, and dating.
greta thunberg baiting andrew tate into responding to her tweet with a video of him eating pizza from a romanian restaurant that gave away his location and led to his arrest is the perfect end to 2022 pic.twitter.com/S9TOw8TQfm
— ʀoss 🎄 (@rosseireann) December 29, 2022
it is such an embarrassing thing to be an andrew tate fan. this man got himself arrested over beefing w a teen 😭😭😭
— OJ (@OJ_IN_TEXAS) December 29, 2022
me after hearing the news about Andrew Tate pic.twitter.com/j2Tk99ILOb
— T ROY ⭐️ (@tobiasnasty) December 29, 2022