ANDREW Tate will be forced to remain in custody for another 30 days as a court has rejected his latest bid for freedom.
The misogynistic influencer and his brother Tristan have been held behind bars in Romania for almost two months as part of a probe into human trafficking and rape allegations.
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Tate was pictured making a mysterious hand signal as he arrived at court in Bucharest this morning handcuffed to his brother.
But the court rejected his appeal against a judge’s decision last week to extend his arrest a third time for 30 days, Ramona Bolla, a spokesperson for Romanias anti-organised crime agency DIICOT, said.
The brothers have already lost two previous appeals against prior 30-day extensions that have kept them behind bars while investigations continued.
Lawyers urged a court to grant them bail at a hearing last Monday, but judges ruled it was necessary to extend warrants for the brothers’ detention again.
They are understood to have claimed Tate would have fled to Dubai allegations if freed from custody.
Tate and his brother were arrested on December 29 as part of a probe into human trafficking, rape, and organised crime.
They are accused of recruiting women on social media platforms and persuading them to travel to their £600,000 villa on the outskirts of the country’s capital.
The brothers would allegedly falsely claim to be in love with the young women, before making them perform sexual acts on webcams.
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Women were forced to film porn videos in the compound and were kept under 24/7 house arrest, according to Romanian investigators.
Tate and his brother Tristan were detained on December 29 and the former kickboxing has repeatedly whinged about being held in a cell.
It comes after Tate’s spokesman denied reports in Romania that his brother was recently rushed to hospital amid hellish conditions in their prison cell.
Tate has repeatedly whinged about life holed up in a cell
In an email to subscribers, he moaned about the “blistering cold” while being “locked in a box”.
And in another, Tate launched a thinly veiled attack on his supporters from his jail cell, saying he needs “better people”.
He also branded prison an “animal house” as he told how inmates brawl with guards.
Tate also revealed his prison workout routine, claiming to do 500 squats and 500 press-ups a day.
The Tate brothers have maintained their innocence on all allegations, and claim their detention is part of a conspiracy to silence them.
Andrew has threatened to sue a woman who accused him of trafficking for £249million to “shut down” the case against him.
One-time Big Brother contestant Tate spent years creating a warped empire promoting toxic worldviews which have infected legions of fans through TikTok.
His influence has had a worrying spread amongst teenage boys, with one UK MP saying he is “brainwashing” children.
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