Andrew Tate has left Romania, as travel restrictions on the controversial influencer have been lifted.
Tate, alongside his brother Tristan, was arrested three years ago and faces trial on allegations of rape, trafficking minors and money laundering, all of which the pair have denied.
Sources in Bucharest have told local media and the BBC the brothers left by private jet from Baneasa airport, heading in the direction of the US.
In response to the charges against them last year, the media team for the Tate brothers said: “While this news is undoubtedly predictable, we embrace the opportunity it presents to demonstrate their innocence and vindicate their reputation.
Andrew Tate is reportedly en route to the US
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Andrew Tate and brother Tristan were placed under house arrest after spending three months behind barsReutersIt comes as Romania’s foreign minister said he had not come under pressure from President Donald Trump’s envoy to lift restrictions on the social media influencer.
The Financial Times reported earlier this week that sources said US officials had brought up the case of the brothers, both former kickboxers with dual US and British citizenship, in a phone call to the Romanian government.
Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu told Euronews that he had had an informal chat with Trump’s special envoy Richard Grenell in a hallway during last week’s Munich conference.
Hurezeanu cited Grenell as saying he remained interested in the fate of the Tate brothers, adding: “I did not perceive this statement as pressure, just a repeat of a known stance.”
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Andrew Tate has denied any wrongdoingReutersAccording to a lawsuit filed earlier this month, a woman in the US accused the Tates of conspiring to coerce her into sex work, luring her to Romania and defaming her after her testimony to Romanian authorities.
The civil complaint in Florida was reported earlier by the New York Times, which said it marked the first suit against the brothers to be filed in the United States..
The Tate brothers had previously sued her for defamation in 2023. The suit by her alleged that the brothers attempted to “bully and harass” her through the defamation case.
The New York Times reported that the 23-year-old and her parents were granted anonymity by the court because of safety concerns.
Andrew Tate (L) and Tristan Tate leave the Bucharest Court of Appeal
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Andrew Tate is a self-proclaimed misogynist Getty ImagesJoseph D. McBride, a lawyer representing them, was quoted as saying there was no evidence that his clients had engaged in human trafficking and that the truth was on their side.
In January, a Romanian court lifted a house arrest order against Andrew, replacing it with a lighter preventative measure pending the outcome of a criminal investigation.
He was under house arrest after August when prosecutors started a second criminal investigation against him, Tristan, and four other suspects.
A first criminal case had failed in December when the Bucharest Court of Appeals ruled against Andrew Tate on trial and sent the case back to prosecutors.