Andrew Tate’s time in a Romanian prison has “taken its toll” on the influencer, preventing him from sleeping more than two hours a night, his lawyer said.
Tate, 36, was arrested in Bucharest on December 29 along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group to exploit victims.
The notorious misogynist spent three months in prison before being placed under house arrest last month after winning an appeal against a judge’s decision to extend his time in prison for a fourth time.
Tate’s lawyer, Tina Glandian, said his time in prison has “taken its toll” and he is “struggling to process” what he has been through.
But Tate posted a video of himself eating pizza behind stacks of takeout boxes as an apparent joke about his infamous arrest following an altercation with climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Tate’s lawyer, Tina Glandian, said his time in prison has “taken its toll” and he is “struggling to process” what he has been through
But Tate today posted a video of him eating pizza behind stacks of pizza boxes as an apparent joke about his infamous arrest following an altercation with climate activist Greta Thunberg
Tate, smoking a cigar while topless and wearing shorts with the American flag on them, can be seen in the video sitting in his chair eating a slice of pizza behind the stacked boxes.
Last year, Tate posted similar footage of himself eating from a pizza box in a video ranting about Thunberg saying he was “low on energy” after boasting about the “massive emissions” his supercars produce.
It was reported at the time that the pizza box footage enabled Romanian police to locate and arrest the influencer; claims that have since been rejected by authorities.
But Tate mocked his infamous “pizza box” arrest today with a video of him eating pizza alongside the caption, “Do it. I don’t live in fear.’
Meanwhile, Glandian, who also represents Tristan, told Piers Morgan Uncensored last night: “The three months in jail have definitely taken their toll and I know Andrew has told me he’s having a lot of trouble sleeping at the moment.
“He can’t sleep more than two hours a night. And you know, it’s really taken its toll, so they’re struggling with the process and what they’ve been through.”
The lawyer said the brothers are now focusing on training and regaining a “strong mind.”
They believe that a strong body is a strong mind. They’re back to their training and fitness and health and focusing on those things and relying on their lawyers and the process to play out and for them to finally clear their names,” Glandian said.
Prosecutors have said the Tate brothers recruited their victims by seducing them and falsely claiming to want a relationship or marriage.
The victims were then taken to properties on the outskirts of the capital, Bucharest, and forced to produce pornographic content for social media sites that generated large financial profits, prosecutors say.
Now that the brothers are under house arrest, Glandian said they can receive visitors to their home and communicate freely with friends and family. They can also use social media again.
Meanwhile, Glandian, who also represents Tristan, told Piers Morgan Uncensored last night, “The three months in jail have definitely taken their toll and I know Andrew has told me he’s having a lot of trouble sleeping right now.”
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan arrive on April 10 at the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), where prosecutors examine electronic equipment seized during the investigation of their case, in Bucharest, Romania.
Under court restrictions, they are barred from speaking to their two alleged accomplices, former police officers Luana Radu and Georgiana Naghel, who are also under house arrest, as well as alleged victims or witnesses.
Glandian denounced Romanian authorities for still not formally charging Tate and his brother after a year of investigation, saying it was “disturbing.”
“This month is actually the year since this research first started,” she said.
“The fact that they are still under house arrest and the fact that their freedom is still limited and that they are not free to move around as anyone would as this very lengthy investigation continues is of course significantly distressing and frustrating to them.”
Glandian added: ‘So while we took steps in the right direction a few weeks ago, we’re not quite there yet. We look forward to the day when the Romanian authorities finalize the investigation and decide not to press charges in this case.”
She said that if the case does go to court it will be difficult to get a fair trial as opinions are already being formed about the Tate brothers.
Glandian said the sheer number of people talking about Tate on social media means a lawsuit is “at risk.”
“As always with these high-profile cases, we think that often the defendant cannot get a fair trial because unfortunately there is such a presumption of guilt in these types of cases,” she said.
“A lot of misinformation is spread before the case is actually heard and opinions are formed, and often it is not based on the actual evidence
“So I think it’s very challenging to get a fair trial in circumstances like the Tate case here. But again, we are optimistic that the evidence will not support charges and that it will not come to that.”
Andrew Tate, right, and his brother Tristan arrive at the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), where prosecutors examine electronic equipment seized during the investigation of their case, in Bucharest, Romania, on April 10
Tate and Tristan moved to a converted warehouse in Romania in 2017, where they were staffed with armed guards.
In their safehouse on the outskirts of Bucharest, the Tate brothers ran a video chat studio where several women were found during a police raid in April 2022.
Romania’s anti-organized crime agency DIICOT said in a statement following the December arrests that it had identified six victims in the human trafficking case who allegedly suffered “acts of physical violence and mental coercion” and were sexually exploited by members of the alleged crime group.
The agency said victims were lured with pretenses of love and later intimidated, placed under surveillance and subjected to other control tactics while coerced into committing pornographic acts for the crime group’s financial gain.
In January, Romanian authorities descended on a property near Bucharest associated with the Tate brothers and towed away a fleet of luxury cars, including a Rolls-Royce, a Ferrari and a Porsche. They reported seizing assets estimated at $3.9 million.
Prosecutors have said that if they can prove that the owners of the cars made money from illegal activities such as human trafficking, the assets would be used to cover the costs of the investigation and compensate victims. Tate also unsuccessfully appealed the asset seizure.
Tate is also accused of the rape of a Moldovan woman, who he claims followed him from London in March 2022, which he categorically denies.
In January, he told the Bucharest Court of Appeal that the alleged victim had voluntarily moved to Romania with him in November 2021.
Tate claimed she filed a rape report almost six months later when he refused to give her money to buy a house and become a TikTok star.
And last week it showed Tate is reportedly facing the possibility of being sued by three British women who alleged he sexually assaulted them.
The legal team piece together the allegations, which will become clear once they have the money to bring a civil suit against Tate to the Supreme Court.
The women, now in their late 20s and early 30s, reportedly allege that 36-year-old Tate sexually assaulted them between 2013 and 2016, while the self-described misogynist ran an online sex business in Luton, Bedfordshire.
An investigation by British police into complaints from two women at the time resulted in no charges against Tate, who repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
The British women seeking to bring the claim against Tate say they suffered personal injury and psychiatric harm after allegedly violent sexual and physical assaults in the UK.
They are represented by law firm McCue Jury & Partners.
Tate’s views on women, masculinity and entrepreneurship, expressed in podcasts and shared online, became popular in 2022 when they were shared in short clips on social media.
He was eventually banned from several platforms for misogyny and hate speech.
Tate has repeatedly claimed that Romanian prosecutors have no evidence, claiming their case is a “political” conspiracy designed to silence him.