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Judge extends Andrew Tate’s detention
Former kickboxer and influencer Andrew Tate has been in prison since December 2022. And stays there for the time being – he, on the other hand, continues to protest his innocence.
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Andrew Tate is suspected of human trafficking and rape. He remains in custody in Romania for the time being while the public prosecutor’s office continues their investigation.
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Muslim women tell how their ex-partners or male relatives are influenced by Tate.
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The controversial influencer was photographed with a copy of the Koran on his way to a court hearing on January 26, 2023. He claimed to have converted to Islam last October.
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Javad Hashmi, an Islamic scholar at Harvard University, believes that Andrew Tate has discovered an easily persuasive audience among young Muslims.
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Many of these men struggled with their identity because they felt socially and financially excluded from systemic Islamophobia and racism.
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Andrew Tate and his brother are accused of human trafficking, rape and founding a criminal organization.
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They have been in custody since the end of December last year.
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A court has again extended the detention by 30 days.
Pre-trial detention would have expired on February 27, and Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan could have been released. However, the court in Romania, where the British-American influencers was arrested in December 2022, sees it differently. As the “Guardian” reports, the detention was again extended by 30 days. In Romania, prosecutors can keep suspects in pre-trial detention for up to 180 days while investigations are ongoing.
Only in early February Tate had lost an appeal against his pre-trial detention in Romania and had to remain in prison. A spokeswoman for the agency to combat organized crime, Ramona Bolla, said at the time that the appeals court in Bucharest had rejected Tate’s request. He had appealed against a judge’s January 20 decision to extend his detention for a second time by 30 days.
Tate, 36, and his younger brother Tristan were arrested on 29 December in Romania on suspicion of international human trafficking and rape. Tate and his brother maintain their innocence. The truth will soon come to light, according to the influencer.
Two Romanian women under investigation in the same case who were arrested in December have since been placed under house arrest.
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(DPA)