Andrew Tate: Brothers' custody extended by another month

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his member Tristan volition stay successful custody successful Romania for a 4th consecutive month, a tribunal has ruled.

The brothers person been detained since December and are being investigated connected allegations of rape, radical trafficking and forming an organised transgression group. Both person denied wrongdoing.

Mr Tate's lawyers accidental helium volition beryllium held until the extremity of April.

Under Romanian law, the men tin beryllium held for up to six months successful detention.

The brothers' lawyers told a tribunal successful Bucharest prosecutors had brought nary caller grounds to Wednesday's hearing.

They suggested their clients' notoriety was contributing to the determination to support them successful custody.

Lawyers person agelong argued keeping the Tates successful preventative custody is unnecessarily harsh, erstwhile different judicial options - specified arsenic location apprehension - are available.

But, judges person repeatedly disagreed and ruled 4 times this twelvemonth to support the men successful preventative detention portion investigators compile grounds against them.

As good arsenic grounds from respective women, constabulary person gathered grounds from wire-tapped conversations, some earlier and aft the Tate brothers' arrests, according to those adjacent to the case.

The probe has present been expanded to screen imaginable money-laundering activities.

No charges person yet been brought against the brothers oregon the 2 Romanian associates who were arrested alongside them.