How Andrew Tate is passing the days in prison – from squats to remote lesson with his followers
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As Andrew Tate languishes in a Romanian prison accused of sex trafficking, he maintains a rigid routine of exercise, meditation and prayer.
He also continues to teach ‘students’ remotely through his ‘learning platform’ The Real World, and responds to hundreds of letters he receives daily, he claims.
Tate’s loyal supporters, made up mostly of young men, pay $49.99 (£40) per month to access community chat groups and ‘step-by-step’ lessons Tate is now creating behind bars.
Tate, 36, shared some insight into his daily routine today while also chiding fans he believes are falling behind and not trying hard enough in their lives.
“If my days in this cell are more productive than yours, you should be mad at yourself,” he said. ‘It means you are failing.
‘How will you achieve greatness if you don’t even surpass a man in a jail cell? Hard work. You can’t afford to fail any longer.
As Andrew Tate languishes in a Romanian prison accused of sex trafficking, he maintains a rigid routine of exercise, meditation and prayer.
Tate, 36, shared some insight into his daily routine today while also chiding fans he believes are falling behind and not trying hard enough in their lives.
Tate said that despite his “extremely limited freedom of action,” he completes 500 squats and 500 push-ups each day.
‘I practice my tiger paw technique. Walk 10km. Write and complete lessons for students within The Real World. Read and answer hundreds of letters,” she added.
‘Please read my Qur’an. And then start my day of strict and long meditation. You have all your freedom of movement. You have unlimited information and accessibility at your fingertips.’
Tate has amassed a cult following who support him as Romanian authorities investigate allegations of trafficking and rape.
He claims he has about 200,000 paying customers through his The Real World platform, which appears to be a rebrand of his company Hustlers University.
At $49.99 per month, around £40, the business would bring in £96 million a year if it has as many clients as it says.
To protect their anonymity, members refer to themselves as ‘G’s’ and Tate as ‘Top G’, and many share stories of desperation, looking to make a quick buck to cover medical bills or end paycheck-to-paycheck life cycles.
Tate has amassed a cult following who support him as Romanian authorities investigate allegations of trafficking and rape.
Tate denies the allegations that the Romanian authorities are currently investigating.
But there are others drawn to the group by Tate’s divisive rhetoric about escaping the ‘matrix’ and his misogynistic views.
Tate and his younger brother Tristan have been in custody since Dec. 29, when they were arrested on charges of rape, human trafficking and setting up an organized crime group.
They are being held with Luana Radu, 32, a former police officer in Bucharest, and Georgiana Naghel, 28, a model believed to have been dating Tate for nearly a year. The two models are under house arrest.
The Tate brothers have repeatedly called for their release from prison pending further investigation, but have so far been kept in custody by Romanian courts.
A judge granted a further 30-day extension to the detainer earlier this week amid concerns he is too dangerous to be released.
Tate said that despite his “extremely limited freedom of action,” he completes 500 squats and 500 push-ups each day.
Tate and his younger brother Tristan have been in custody since Dec. 29, when they were arrested on charges of rape, human trafficking and setting up an organized crime group.
Tate claims that he is “in custody to make me mentally ill” and claimed that his arrest was part of a ploy to make him “succumb”.
Prosecutors can ask the courts to extend the detention of suspects up to 180 days.
While Tate maintains his innocence, Romanian DIICOT prosecutors said in a statement that they had identified six victims in the human trafficking case. No charges have been filed.
They claim that the alleged victims were kept under constant supervision against their will in the armed safe house near Bucharest and forced to make pornographic content to share online.
The police allege that the women were sexually exploited, physically abused and mentally coerced (‘through intimidation, […] control and invocation of alleged debts’) by members of the group for profit.
Prosecutors say they recruited victims by seducing them and falsely saying they wanted to marry or be in a relationship.