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(ANSA-AFP) - BUCHAREST, APR 1 - Controversial influencer
Andrew Tate and his brother were released on Friday after three
months detention in Romania and moved to house arrest while they
are investigated for alleged human trafficking and rape. Tate, a
British-American former kickboxer with millions of online
followers, along with his younger brother and two Romanian
women, are under investigation for allegedly "forming an
organised criminal group, human trafficking and rape". Tate, 36,
and his brother Tristan, 34, were arrested in late December, and
have been held in pre-trial detention ever since, which was
again extended last week. However, an appeals court "rejected
the prosecution's proposal to extend the pre-trial detention"
and ordered the pair be placed "under house arrest", according
to a court ruling seen by AFP. Accompanied by their Romanian
lawyers, the brothers -- who deny all charges brought against
them -- were released around midnight (2100GMT) from the police
central arrest premises in Bucharest amid chaotic scenes, an AFP
journalist reported. (ANSA-AFP).
