Judges order prosecutors to withdraw or amend indictment against self-styled ‘misogynist influencer’
Andrew Tate gives a thumbs up on arriving with his brother Tristan, right, at the appeal court in Bucharest, Romania, in October.Andrew Tate gives a thumbs up on arriving with his brother Tristan, right, at the appeal court in Bucharest, Romania, in October.In a setback for the country’s anti-organised crime prosecuting unit, Diicot, the Bucharest court of appeal said on Tuesday it “considered some of the defence’s objections valid” and had found several flaws in the indictment.
Tate, a dual British-US citizen, has been banned from various social media platforms for misogynistic views and hate speech but has more than 10 million followers on X, where he promotes an ultra-masculine lifestyle that critics say denigrates women.: “The prosecution knew they were lies. We knew they were lies … They tried to break us. They wanted us destroyed, they wanted us afraid … It was a game of killing us with lies before a judge exposed the truth.
The brothers were among six people taken into custody then, when authorities ordered them placed under house arrest. They have denied all of the charges in the second case, too, which is not affected by Tuesday’s appeals court ruling. In the second case, Diicot alleges that two defendants used the “loverboy” method – convincing people they are in a romantic relationship – to force 34 women into making pornography that was sold online for almost $3m .
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