The Tate brothers, who declare themselves as misogynists, have returned to Romania where they are confronted with accusations of rape and human trafficking.
Tate, 38, and Tristan, 36, who are dual U.S. and British citizens, were arrested in Romania in late 2022 and formally indicted last year.
They are charged with participating in a criminal ring that lured women to Romania, where they were allegedly sexually exploited.
Tate was also charged with rape. The brothers deny all of the allegations against them.
Their plane landed at Bucharest Airport shortly before 1am local time.
‘Spending 185,000 dollars on a private jet across the Atlantic to sign one single piece of paper in Romania,’ Tate posted on X.
‘Innocent men don’t run. They clear their name in court.’
Upon reaching their home close to the capital city, Tate reiterated their stance by telling the media that they came back because ‘innocent individuals do not flee from challenges’.
Andrew Tate (R) and his brother Tristan (L) speak to the media as they arrive in Romania from the U.S.
Tate gave an impassioned speech to the press, saying ‘innocent men don’t run’
Reporters swarm around a car transporting the brothers back to their Bucharest residence
‘After enduring numerous hardships, we are looking forward to our day in court to prove our innocence and to demonstrate that we should have never even faced legal proceedings,’ he expressed.
‘We should have never gone to jail. We should have never had our assets seized. We should have never had our names slandered.
‘Anyone who believed any of this garbage has a particularly low IQ.’
The figurehead of the online masculinist movement travelled to Florida with his brother last month, marking the first time they had left the eastern European country since their 2022 arrest.
The brothers remain under judicial control, which requires them to appear before legal authorities in Romania when summoned.
Eugen Vidineac, one of their lawyers in Romania, said the Tates are due to check in with a surveillance officer on Monday.
After they arrived in the states on March 4, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier opened a criminal investigation into the brothers.
They have ‘publicly admitted to participating in what very much appears to be soliciting, trafficking, preying upon women around the world’, said Uthmeier.
The brothers were arrested in Romania in late 2022 and formally indicted last year (Pictured: Tristan)
They are charged with participating in a criminal ring that lured women to Romania, where they were allegedly sexually exploited
A day after the investigation was opened, Tate said online: ‘I didn’t commit any crime and they’re trying to find one because they don’t like me.’
In a separate civil case in the UK, four British women have accused Tate of rape and coercive control.
The lifting of their two-year travel ban came after a Bucharest court in December ruled that a case against the brothers could not go to trial because of multiple legal and procedural irregularities by prosecutors.
The case, however, remained open.
Tristan said after returning to Romania: ‘I think it’s very telling that we were investigated for two and a half years and we were dragged in front of the media, into prison, out of prison, all this time.
‘And in December, a judge said there’s not enough evidence for this to even go to trial.’
In August, Romanian authorities launched a second case against the brothers, investigating allegations of human trafficking, the trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, influencing statements and money laundering.
They have denied those charges as well.
The brothers deny all the allegations against them (Pictured: The pair attend a mixed martial arts event on March 8, 2025, in Las Vegas)
Andrew Tate posts a video on March 4, 2025, captioned: ‘First day of Freedom in Miami’
Tate, a former professional kickboxer and influencer who has amassed more than 10 million followers on X, has repeatedly claimed that prosecutors in Romania have no evidence against him and that there is a political conspiracy to silence him.
‘There are a lot of people in the world today that do not have faith in Romanian institutions but we’re going to restore that faith by coming home, as American citizens, going to court and getting the not guilty that we deserve,’ he said.
‘If a court needs to speak to us, we’ll be there because we’re innocent.’
Tate moved to Romania years ago after first starting a webcam business in the UK.
He leapt to fame in 2016 when he appeared on the Big Brother UK reality television show but was removed after a video emerged showing him attacking a woman.
He then turned to social media platforms to promote his misogynistic and divisive views on how to be successful.
In March last year, the brothers appeared at the Bucharest Court of Appeal after UK authorities issued arrest warrants over allegations of sexual aggression in a case dating from 2012 to 2015.
The Romanian court has granted a British extradition request, but only after legal proceedings in Romania have concluded.
