Bald Andrew Tate and his brother ‘demanded a STYLIST and a PlayStation while in custody’
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A bald Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan reportedly demanded that a hairdresser visit them in jail and that a PlayStation be placed in their cell.
Tate, 36, was arrested in December with his brother Tristan, 34, on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group to exploit women.
Yesterday, both lost their last attempt to be released, and a Romanian court upheld a third extension of their detention. They will remain in jail until at least March 29.
Since their arrest, the brothers have allegedly demanded prison officials bring them a PlayStation and a hairdresser, Romanian news reports. Slacker. But the couple have been snubbed by officials who have rejected their demands.
Tate, who before his arrest had a shaved head and proudly posed next to sports cars, apparently grew frustrated with his appearance. The millionaire, after two months in prison, has longer hair, but it is thinning it noticeably so that his bald spots can be seen.
Andrew Tate, who was balding, and his brother Tristan reportedly demanded that a hairdresser visit them in jail and that a PlayStation be placed in their cell. Pictured: Andrew Tate (left) and his brother arrive at a Romanian court on Monday.
Yesterday, the couple (pictured) lost their latest bid to be released from prison with a Romanian court upholding a third extension to their detention. They will now remain in jail until at least March 29.
Tate allegedly complained that he couldn’t shave his head because disposable razors are not allowed in the prison, and then demanded that prison officials bring in a stylist to fix his hair. But this demand was rejected.
Tate and his brother also allegedly demanded that prison officials buy them a PlayStation so they could play games in the prison cell they share.
When the British-American citizen demanded to know where the PlayStation was, prison officials told him that in custody “prisoners don’t play, they pray.”
It comes as Tate lost his latest bid to be released from prison with a Romanian court upholding a third extension to his detention yesterday.
The divisive influencer will be detained for another 30 days according to Ramona Bolla, spokesperson for Romania’s anti-organized crime agency DIICOT.
Bolla said prosecutors also won an appeal on Monday against a court decision last week to place two women arrested in the case under house arrest, rather than full detention. None of the four have yet been formally charged.
It is the third separate appeal the brothers have lost against the decisions to extend their detention while investigations continue. The four will now remain in jail until at least March 29, Bolla said.
Tate, known for his misogynistic views and who has 5.2 million followers on Twitter, arrived at the Bucharest appeal court on Monday handcuffed to Tristan.
A document explaining a previous decision to keep them in jail says the judge took into account the “particular dangerousness of the defendants” and their ability to identify victims “with greater vulnerability, in search of better life opportunities.”
Tate, who has lived in Romania since 2017, was previously banned from various social media platforms for expressing misogynistic views and hate speech.
He has repeatedly claimed that Romanian prosecutors have no evidence and claimed that his case is a ‘political’ conspiracy designed to silence him.
After the court ruled on Monday, a post appeared on Andrew Tate’s Twitter account, saying: “They use lies as weapons to keep me here.” But you can’t hide the sun forever.
DIICOT said in a statement after the December arrests that it had identified six victims in the human trafficking case who were subjected to “acts of physical violence and mental coercion” and were sexually exploited by members of the alleged criminal group.
Tate, who before his arrest had a clean-shaven head and proudly posed next to sports cars, has grown frustrated with his appearance. The millionaire, after two months in prison, has been sporting longer hair, but it’s getting noticeably thinner so you can see his bald spot.
The agency said the victims were lured under pretenses of love and then intimidated, placed under surveillance and subjected to other control tactics while being forced to engage in pornographic acts for the criminal group’s financial gain.
In January, Romanian authorities stormed a compound near Bucharest linked to the Tate brothers and seized a fleet of luxury cars that included a Rolls-Royce, a Ferrari and a Porsche.
They reported the seizure of assets with an estimated value of £3.24 million.
Prosecutors have said that if they can prove the owners of the cars made money through illegal activities such as human smuggling, the assets would be used to cover the costs of the investigation and to compensate the victims.
Tate also unsuccessfully appealed against the asset seizure.