Andrew Tate has boasted about the apparent return of $40 million in assets after claiming a “lack of evidence” allowed him to recover his “supercars,” “gold bars” and $3 million in cash.
The controversial influencer’s possessions were confiscated after he was arrested in Romania in August on new allegations of trafficking and sex with a minor.
Tate, 37, and his brother Tristan, 36, are being investigated over allegations that a 17-year-old girl was trafficked to Britain and forced to “perform sexual acts to produce pornographic material.”
Romanian officers also claimed that, since December 2020, an accused had “sexual relations” with a 15-year-old boy.
The decision to return Tate’s assets was reportedly made in a court ruling after his possessions were confiscated by Romania’s Directorate of Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) on August 1.
On the social media platform due to lack of evidence.”
‘All my supercars. Gold ingots. $3,000,000 in cash. All.’
Andrew (left) and Tristan Tate (right) face accusations of human trafficking, including trafficking of minors, sexual relations with a minor, forming an organized criminal group, money laundering and statements of influence.
Footage from August shows the moment Andrew Tate (left) insisted there is “no evidence” against him as elite Romanian officers led him to the back of a prison van.
A Ferrari sports car belonging to Andrew Tate is removed from his property on a transport platform by Romanian law enforcement officers in January 2023.
Romanian police officers take away a Lamborghini sports car belonging to Andrew Tate in January 2023.
A Romanian police officer drives Andrew Tate’s Ferrari sports car in January 2023.
The Tate Brothers’ lawyer, Eugen Vidineac, welcomed the decision in a statement. He US Sun reported for the first time.
He called the decision “legal and well-founded,” adding: “The decision could not have been different, considering the details of the case.”
Lawyer Ioan Gliga said: “This put an end to appalling abuse by the authorities in relation to the confiscation of assets.”
In August, Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested amid accusations of “sex with a minor” and “trafficking.”
The video shows the moment a furious Tate insisted there was “no evidence” as elite Romanian officers led him to the back of a prison van.
Tate was accused of having formed an organized criminal network in early 2021 in Romania and Great Britain, together with his brother Tristan.
Romanian authorities launched a new raid on Tate’s home near Bucharest in the early morning hours of August.
In September, three women in the United Kingdom claimed to have been raped by the Tate brothers as new allegations against the couple continued to emerge.
Tate previously insisted there was no evidence against him during his arrest.
In September, two women told the BBC they were raped by Andrew Tate, and one claimed she was strangled until she passed out, before waking up to find he was still having sex with her.
Andrew Tate is led to the back of a prison van by elite Romanian agents in August.
Two women told the BBC they were raped by Andrew Tate, and one claimed he strangled her until she passed out, before waking up to find he was still having sex with her.
A third woman alleged that she was raped by Tristan Tate and that he held her by the neck while he did so.
Talking to him bbcTwo women not involved in the Romania case came forward with detailed allegations of rape and sexual violence.
One woman, called Anna, said she went on several dates with self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate in Luton in 2013, before returning home.
She claimed they kissed, before Tate told her: “I’m just debating whether I should rape you or not.”
She alleges that he then grabbed her by the neck, “smashed” her against his bed and raped her, while strangling her “extremely hard.”
She added that Tate sent her a series of disturbing messages afterwards, telling her: ‘Am I a bad person? Because the more you didn’t like it, the more I enjoyed it.
MailOnline has contacted the Romanian courts for comment.