Prosecutors were carrying out forensic searches of Tate's phones and laptops, as him and his brother Tristan were taken to the Bucharest HQ of the organisation that tackles organised crime and terrorism.
along with two Romanian women, Diicot said in a statement that it had identified six victims who were subjected to"acts of physical violence and mental coercion".'They know we have done nothing wrong', proclaimed Andrew Tate. Pic: AP
It alleged how the victims were kept under surveillance and pressured into engaging in pornographic acts for substantial financial gains. A lawyer for the brothers, Iona Gliga, said last Friday that he considered the ruling by a judge that they stay in detention until February as"totally unjustified"."I find it very hard to believe that someone has the physical capacity to study the file in such a short time, as only yesterday it reached the tribunal."
Andrew Tate, who has reportedly lived in Romania since 2017, was previously banned from various social media platforms for expressing misogynistic views and hate speech.
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