Romanian court upholds arrest of influencer Andrew Tate

A Romanian court has upheld a 30-day arrest warrant for influencer Andrew Tate on charges of organized crime, human trafficking and rape, an official said.

Amona Bolla, a spokeswoman for Romania’s organized crime agency DIICOT, said that a court in the capital Bucharest rejected Tate’s appeal against the judge’s earlier decision to extend the time. time to arrest him from 24 hours to 30 days.

The social media divisive personality waited on Tuesday for the court to rule.

Tate, 36, a British-American citizen with 4.4 million Twitter followers, was initially detained for 24 hours on December 29 along with his brother Tristan, who is charged in the same case.

Two Romanian women were also arrested.

All four immediately challenged the arrest extension that a judge granted prosecutors on December 30.