Andrew Tate not a Dubai flight risk, lawyer says

Andrew Tate volition not effort to evade the Romanian ineligible strategy by fleeing abroad, his lawyer has said, arsenic helium appeals against a determination to widen his detention for a 3rd time.

Mr Tate plans to question to Dubai if released, but lone for aesculapian examinations, his lawyer told the BBC.

Reports successful Romania, seemingly based connected Mr Tate's phone-tapped conversations, claimed helium was a formation risk.

Mr Tate and his member Tristan were arrested successful Romania successful December.

They are accused of quality trafficking, rape and forming an organised transgression group, and are being held successful pre-charge detention.

Both men person denied immoderate wrongdoing.

The Tate brothers arrived astatine tribunal successful Bucharest connected Monday to entreaty against their latest detention order.

The reports successful Romania, which outline telephone calls allegedly made by the brothers from custody, are thought to person been portion of the lawsuit made by prosecutors for extending their detention.

Their detention had antecedently been upheld until 27 February, and has present been extended for different 30 days.

After filing an entreaty against that continued detention, 1 of the Tates' lawyers, Eugen Vidineac, told the BBC that, portion the brothers' telephone calls successful custody were being tapped, thing they had discussed was illegal.

"There is nary formation risk," helium said.

"It was a treatment betwixt Andrew and his secretary, saying that - if helium was freed by the judges nether these conditions - helium volition spell to Dubai [for aesculapian examinations]", helium added.

It was not an effort to flight Romanian justice, helium said. A determination connected their entreaty is owed connected Monday.

In 2016, Mr Tate, a erstwhile kickboxer, was removed from British TV amusement Big Brother implicit a video which appeared to amusement him attacking a woman.

He went connected to summation notoriety online, with Twitter banning him for saying women should "bear responsibility" for being sexually assaulted. He has since been reinstated.

Despite societal media bans helium gained popularity, peculiarly among young men, by promoting what helium presented arsenic a hyper-masculine, ultra-luxurious lifestyle.