Andrew Tate: Influencer appears in court to appeal detention

Influencer Andrew Tate has appeared successful tribunal successful Romania to entreaty his detention aft much than a period successful custody.

Handcuffed to his member Tristan, helium shouted to waiting reporters that helium was innocent.

The brace person been held since precocious December arsenic constabulary analyse allegations of rape and exploitation, which some men deny.

Last month, a justice extended their detention until the extremity of February.

Police person not yet laid immoderate charges against the brothers, who moved to Romania 5 years ago.

Filing an entreaty against the custody hold connected Wednesday, Andrew's lawyer Ioan Gliga told journalists that helium had "new evidence" to refute prosecutors' arguments.

"The victims contradict immoderate wrongdoing - it's lone successful the minds of the prosecution that a transgression has been committed," helium said.

A verdict successful the entreaty is expected aboriginal today.

Also contiguous successful tribunal was a caller ineligible advisor hired by the Tate brothers from the United States. Tina Glandian has acquisition successful representing high-profile figures specified arsenic Mike Tyson and Chris Brown, and specialises successful planetary quality rights.

There is speculation that her assignment could bring a caller attack to the Tates' ineligible team, arsenic they effort to unafraid the brothers' merchandise from preventative custody.

The brothers - who person some US and British citizenship - person besides employed a communications specializer to respond to media involvement successful the case.

In explaining his determination to support the Tates successful custody for different month, a justice past week issued a powerfully worded statement, describing "the capacity… of the defendants to workout imperishable intelligence power implicit the victims... including by resorting to changeless acts of violence".

The grounds of alleged victims, helium said, "revealed a signifier of action" that lent their reports credibility. He besides highlighted what helium said was the "particular dangerousness" of the Tate brothers, successful "their quality to target… susceptible victims".

Since then, section media person reported that 4 complaints were made by alleged victims astatine a constabulary presumption adjacent the Tate compound - astatine slightest 1 of them arsenic acold backmost arsenic 2021. At slightest 1 of the complaints was reportedly not acted connected until the Tate probe was underway.

The Police Inspectorate said successful a connection that it had "started checks" into the actions of officers there, to find if immoderate ineligible measures should follow.