Romanian prosecutors officially indicted Andrew Tate on Friday on charges including trafficking minors and money laundering after years of investigation.
Prosecutors also indicted Tate for sex with a minor, witness tampering and his brother Tristan for complicity, years after they first began investigating them.
The Tate brothers, former kickboxers with dual US and British citizenship, were arrested in Miami in late July after Britain requested their extradition. They have denied any wrongdoing.
Self-proclaimed ‘misogynist’ Andrew rose to fame following his appearance on Big Brother in 2016. The brothers have since amassed a following of millions online, prompting their views on masculinity and wealth.
Andrew first charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking and forming an organised criminal group to sexually exploit women in 2023. His brother and two Romanian associates also faced charges, and all denied the allegations.
The brothers were put under house arrest in August 2024 when Romanian prosecutors launched a second criminal investigation over allegations of trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor and money laundering.
The pair have been held in federal custody in the United States since July of this year while awaiting the outcome of a separate extradition request from the British authorities over criminal charges of rape, assault and sex trafficking.
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