Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan today took their first step towards recovering £10 million worth of assets, including several luxury cars and properties.
Bucharest's Court of Appeal today overturned a decision to seize their assets, in what Tate's spokesman described as an “important” ruling for the brothers.
Tate, 37, his brother Tristan, 35, and two Romanian women – Luana Radu and Georgiana Naghel – were charged in June with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women – charges they deny.
Since then, Romanian authorities have seized the brothers' sports cars, including Porsches and Ferraris, fourteen luxury watches and several homes in Bucharest.
But the city's Court of Appeal today overturned the decision to seize the assets worth £10 million. The brothers will now have to return to court at a later date to decide whether they will receive the assets – and how much.
Describing the ruling as 'decisive', Tate's spokesperson told MailOnline: 'This outcome marks an important victory for Tate and a testament to the legal process.'
Andrew Tate (L) and Tristan Tate (R) walk away from the Bucharest Court of Appeal on December 22
Pictured: Andrew Tate poses next to a Bugatti Chiron in a now famous photo after he used it to taunt environmental activist Greta Thunberg shortly before his arrest
In January 2022, vehicles including a Rolls-Royce, BMW and Mercedes-Benz were taken away
Eugen Vidineac, Tate's lead lawyer, said: “We welcome today's decision and applaud the judge for what we consider to be a legally correct and justified ruling.”
Tate's sports cars – a monstrous fleet of three Porsches, two BMWs, two Ferraris, one Aston Martin, one McLaren, one Lamborghini and five Mercedes – were seized as part of the 2022 human trafficking and sexual exploitation investigation.
Tate is also known to have posed with a few extremely high-end motorcycles, including a Rolls-Royce Wraith and a Bugatti Chiron, both of which were also seized.
Other luxury items seized by investigators include fourteen luxury watches – two Hublot, three Patek Philippe, one Cartier, three Audemars Piguet, one Akribos, two Rolex, one Ulysse Nardin and one Breitling – as well as several parcels of land and houses in and around the country. around Bucharest.
One of the houses has eight bedrooms and covers 424 square meters, while the other has four bedrooms and covers 153 square meters, the source said.
In August, Romanian prosecutors released files detailing the allegations against the Tate brothers.
There are seven female victims in the case, Romanian prosecutors say, who were lured under false pretenses of love and transported to Romania, where the gang sexually exploited them and subjected them to physical violence.
Across hundreds of pages of reported testimony and evidence, several women describe how they were allegedly verbally and physically abused by Tate and Tristan while being forced to create pornographic content online.
One woman told prosecutors that 36-year-old Tate would rape her while holding her head so she couldn't move and threatened to get her pregnant and lock her in a house because she sent him negative messages, according to records obtained by the police were seen. BBC.
The alleged rape victim told prosecutors she was “crying and scared because she thought (Andrew Tate) was capable of anything.” She claims that during one attack, Tate ordered her to take off her clothes while keeping her shoes on and then “slapped her in the face.”
Another woman who worked for Tate alleged that the misogynistic influencer tried to force them to have group sex with women and when she refused, he told her, “Shut up, whore, you'll do as I say.”
Tate employees would also be fined 10 percent of their earnings from OnlyFans, PornHub and other sites for minuscule infractions – such as crying or wiping their nose during a live performance on the webcams or taking a long break. It meant an alleged victim owed the Tate brothers £3,412 in debt.
The prosecution's files not only contain a series of allegations of rape, human trafficking and exploitation of women, but also detail how subscriptions to Tate and Tristan's online groups appear to earn them $5 million (£3.9 million) a month.
Georgiana Naghel allegedly told the women she would “break your teeth” or they would “end up in the morgue,” according to transcribed text messages. Naghel is accused of assaulting a woman, a claim she denies.
The women who create pornographic content for the Tate brothers' webcam company claim their income was controlled by the two men.
Former police officer Luana Radu (left) and Georgiana Naghel (right) are suspected of assisting the Tate brothers
Tate is seen in front of several luxury cars on his property in Romania
The alleged victims claim they were fined 10 percent by the Tate brothers for the smallest details, such as crying while on live, wiping their nose while on camera or pausing for too long.
One victim claimed that Tate, who had allegedly talked to her about love and marriage, had tried to coerce her into group sex. She reportedly told Tate in a transcribed message, “I will not have sex with girls. I'm not going to do this.'
Then she added, “Honey, I have to drink for this.” I can't do it without drinking.'
Tate allegedly replied, “Don't be boring…I want to see you submit to me…Shut up, whore, you'll do as I say.”
In a text message, Tate also allegedly said he was the “leader” of the adult content industry.
Tristan Tate also appeared to say in audio messages from 2020 that he did not want the women to access their accounts on PornHub and OnlyFans.
“I don't want them to have the passwords, I don't want them to have anything,” Tristan allegedly said. “I don't want you telling them they have OnlyFans, I want that money to be used by me and you, fuck them.”
In another part of the transcript of the audio message, Tristan allegedly said: 'Most of all, I'm going to enslave these bitches…I'm going to make them work more hours and hours and hours…I'm working these bitches like slaves …SLAVE work. At least 10 to 12 hours a day.'
The files also reference how subscriptions to the Tate brothers' War Room and Hustler's University, which apparently help men “become the best versions of themselves,” mean the brothers earn as much as $5 million a month in fees.
Tate, who is accused of spreading conspiracy theories online and has amassed 7.2 million Twitter followers, has repeatedly claimed that prosecutors have no evidence against him and that there is a political plot to silence him.
The plaintiff claims that the Tate brothers have no income “from lawful activities.” Instead, starting in 2018, they acquired “numerous properties,” “15 of the rarest and most expensive cars” worth around £3 million, as well as jewelry and $400,000 in cryptocurrency.
The Tate brothers have denied the allegations against them.