Tate brothers, accused of sexual crimes, arrive in the US under suspicion of pressure from Trump

BarcelonaAfter more than two years without being able to leave Romania – where they were investigated for being part of a criminal network – the brothers and influencers Far-right politicians Andrew and Tristan Tate arrived in Florida in the United States on Thursday. The news comes after a Romanian court's suspicious decision to allow them to leave the country, sparking rumors about a possible intervention by the administration of Donald Trump, with whom the brothers share beliefs.

The private jet on which the controversial Tate flew influencers, who are accused of rape, child trafficking and money laundering, landed in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday morning. After getting off the plane, self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate told reporters that he and his brother felt “misunderstood,” and insisted that the allegations against him are a conspiracy and that he has done nothing wrong.

Their arrival even caught Florida Governor and former Republican primary opponent of Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, by surprise, who said he learned of the brothers’ arrival through the media. Florida is “not a place where [they] are welcome,” the governor warned.

Why have they left?

It is not known for certain what the factor was that swayed the prosecutors' decision to allow the Tates to leave Romania, but several media outlets suggest that the United States played a key role. A lawyer representing four alleged victims of the Tates has said that the United States has played a key role in the investigation. influencers The Tate brothers' lawyer, who has repeatedly denied the allegations, successfully fought an indictment in a Bucharest court, which ruled in December that the case did not meet the requirements for a trial and sent it back to prosecutors. "Recently, a prosecutor has decided that since there are no active charges in court, he will release us and go back," Tate said. "It's a democratic society, you're supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, as in the case of my brother and I."

The case, however, is not closed, and the Romanian prosecution hopes that they will influencers return to Romania to continue the trial. In fact, according to their lawyer, the brothers are planning to travel in March to meet with the prosecution, a version that Andrew Tate has not wanted to confirm. The lawyer of the controversial content creators has also explained that the election of Donald Trump is the main reason why the brothers, who have dual US and UK citizenship, now felt safe to make America their home again.

Far-right propagators

Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested three years ago by Romanian authorities accused of being part of a network of trafficking women forced to participate in recordings of pornographic material that was then distributed on the Internet for financial gain. modus operandi, according to police, consisted of pretending that he or his brother wanted to start a romantic relationship with the victims and then taking them to a house near Bucharest where they were held by force and sexually exploited. The gang, according to the Romanian anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, intended to use them for "the purpose of obtaining significant financial benefits." Tate allegedly used that money to maintain the high standard of living that he boasted about on social media. Romanian police believe that the group operated on "Romanian territory, but also in other states such as the United States and Great Britain."

In addition to committing crimes, the ganginfluencer has been heavily criticised for spreading misogynistic content to young people in the UK. In an interview on YouTube, he stated: "I'm a realist, and when you're a realist, you're a sexist. There's no way you can see reality and not be a sexist." In the same video, he described women as "inherently lazy" and said there are "no independent women."