Romanian court orders return of Andrew Tate’s luxury cars

BUCHAREST:

Internet personality Andrew Tate is set to recover luxury cars worth around four million euros ($4.43 million) that were seized by prosecutors pending a second criminal investigation into charges of human trafficking, a Romanian court ruled on Tuesday.

Tate was placed under house arrest in August pending a second investigation into charges of forming an organized criminal group, human trafficking, trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor and money laundering. money.

Prosecutors are also investigating his brother Tristan and four other suspects, who are under court supervision, a lighter preventive measure than Tate’s house arrest. All have denied any wrongdoing. As part of the investigation, prosecutors also seized cars and other property, and the Tates contested the seizure.

The cars include two McLarens, four Ferraris, a Maybach, a Maserati and a Lamborghini, his representatives said. The Tates’ defense attorney, Eugen Vidineac, welcomed the decision, saying in a statement that it “could not have been any different, given the details of the case.”

The Tate brothers, who hold dual American and British nationality, were already indicted in mid-2023 in a separate case of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. The lawsuit is awaiting a challenge before the Bucharest Court of Appeal.

A self-proclaimed misogynist, social media influencer Tate gained millions of fans by promoting an ultra-masculine lifestyle that critics say denigrates women.