Right-wing influencer Andrew Tate and him brother Tristan don jom com Romania for private jet wey dey go United States afta prosecutor don clear dem travel wahala wey dem fit stop dem from com out. Tate paddy dem sabi dual citizenship for US and UK, but dem no fit com out Romania afta dem arrest for 2022 for human trafficking, sexual matter with minor, money laundering, and dem set organized crime group. Dem don talk say dem no do anything wey dem dey accuse dem of. Their lawyer, Ioan Gliga, talk say dem don waka com Romania for Thursday morning and dey fly go Florida. “Dem no get travel ban again… The prosecutor, because lawyers talk am, don change the restrictions wey dem put before,” Gliga talk. The decision wey Romanian authorities make to lift the ban make sense afta US plus pressure on Bucharest to ease the wahala for Tate, wey dey call himself misogynist and get strong online following, don turn cause célèbre for American right. Earlier this month, Financial Times report say, based on sources, President Donald Trump e government don pressure Romanian authorities to remove travel restrictions on Tate, first for phone call, then when Trump special envoy Richard Grenell meet Romania Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu for Munich Security Conference for Germany.
Hurezeanu later confirm say he don talk about Tate paddy dem with US officials, but he talk say nobody pressure am to lift restrictions on dem. A spokesperson for Romania Foreign Ministry tell CNN on Thursday say there be “no pressure, no solicitations” for the talks.
For statement wey dem drop on Thursday, Romanian prosecutors talk say na only travel restrictions dem don lift, but “all other obligations still dey ground, including say dem go need show face for court anytime dem call dem.”
Gliga, di lawyer, tell CNN say di Tate brothers go return to Romania in less than one month for dia next court appearance wey go happen on March 24.
But one lawyer for UK wey dey represent di alleged victims of di Tate brothers talk say, now wey dem don allow di Tates leave di country, “any talk say di Tates no go face justice for Romania na joke.”
Matthew Jury, wey dey represent British women wey don file criminal complaints of rape and sexual assault against Andrew Tate, talk say dey get “clear evidence” wey show say di allegations against am dey valid, and e talk say Bucharest don “embarrass itself.”
“Di news say pressure from di Trump Administration don make dem allow Andrew Tate and im brother Tristan leave Romania na (in) equal parts disgusting and dismaying,” Jury talk for di statement wey dem drop.
Later on Thursday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer go meet Trump for talk inside Washington, DC. Tate still dey face criminal accusations for di United Kingdom over sexual misconduct, wey im dey deny.
Jury talk say e dey hope say Starmer go use im meeting wey Trump get “to raise this matter on behalf of di plenty British women wey Tate dey alleged to don rape and sexually assault, wey fit now dey miss justice.”
Tate – wey don blow for internet fame for recent years, gathering billions of views for TikTok with im talks about male dominance, female submission and wealth – don get ban from almost all social media platforms before Trump current adviser Elon Musk take over X and bring back im account.
For Romania, di first criminal case against Tate and im brother fail for December when one Bucharest court decide say dem no go start di trial, citing flaws for di indictment.
