His lawyer said Andrew Tate’s time in a Romanian prison had “taken a toll” on the influencer and left him unable to sleep more than two hours a night.
Tate, 36, was arrested on December 29 in Bucharest along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized criminal 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 prison term for the fourth time.
Tate’s attorney, Tina Glandian, said his time in prison had “taken a heavy toll” and that he was “struggling to process” what he had been through.
But Tate posted a video of himself eating pizza behind stacks of takeaway boxes as an apparent mockery of his infamous arrest after a row with climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Tate’s attorney, Tina Glandian, said his time in prison had ‘taken a heavy toll’ and that he was ‘struggling to process’ what he had been through.
But today Tate posted a video of himself eating pizza behind stacks of pizza boxes, apparently as a mockery of his infamous arrest after a row with climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Tate, smoking a cigar while topless and wearing shorts with an American flag, appears in the video sitting in his chair and eating a slice of pizza behind stacked boxes.
Last year, Tate posted similar footage of himself eating out of a box of pizza in a video where he rants about Thunberg who said he had “a little energy” after he bragged about the “huge emissions” his supercars produced.
It was reported at the time that photos of the pizza box made it possible for the Romanian police to locate and arrest the influencer; The allegations have since been denied by the authorities.
But Tate poked fun at his infamous “pizza box” arrest today with a video of him eating pizza along with the caption: “Do it. I don’t live in fear.
Meanwhile, Glandian, who is also representing Tristan, told Piers Morgan Uncensored last night: ‘The three months in prison has definitely taken its toll on them and I know Andrew told me, he’s currently having major sleep problems.
He cannot sleep more than two hours a night. And, you know, it took a huge toll so they struggle with the process and what they went through.
The lawyer said the brothers are now focused on training and regaining a “strong mind”.
They believe that a strong body is a strong mind. They are back to their training, fitness and health and focus on those things and trust their lawyers and the playing process and finally clear their names.
Prosecutors said the Tate brothers recruited their victims by seducing them and falsely claiming they wanted a relationship or marriage.
Prosecutors said the victims were then taken to property on the outskirts of the capital, Bucharest, and coerced into producing pornographic content for social media sites that generated significant financial gain.
The brothers are now under house arrest, Glandian said, and are able to have visitors to their home as well as free to communicate with friends and family. They are also allowed to use social media again.
Meanwhile, Glandian, who is also representing Tristan, told Piers Morgan Uncensored last night: “The three months in jail definitely took their toll on them and I know Andrew told me, he’s now having major sleep problems.”
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan arrive outside the Directorate for Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), as prosecutors examine electronic equipment confiscated during the investigation of their case, in Bucharest, Romania, on April 10.
Under court restrictions, they were not allowed to speak to their alleged accomplices, former police officers Luana Radu and Georgiana Nagel, who are also under house arrest, as well as any alleged victims or witnesses.
Glandian criticized Romanian authorities for not formally charging Tate and his brother after a year of investigations, saying it was “disturbing”.
“This month actually marks the first year since this investigation was first launched,” she said.
“The fact that they are still under house arrest and the fact that their freedom is still restricted and that they are not free to move the way anyone might move while this very protracted investigation is going on is obviously very upsetting and frustrating for them.”
Glandian added: “So even though a few weeks ago we took steps in the right direction, we still are not quite there. We look forward to the day when the Romanian authorities finish their investigation and decide that they will not seek an indictment in this case.”
She said that if the case went to trial, it would be difficult for her to get a fair trial as opinions were already being formed about the Tate brothers.
Glandian said the sheer number of people talking about Tate on social media meant the trial would be “at risk”.
“As is always the case with these high-profile cases, we often believe that the defendant cannot get a fair trial because there is unfortunately no such presumption of guilt in these types of cases,” she said.
“There is a lot of misinformation that spreads before a case has actually been heard and opinions formed, and oftentimes not based on actual evidence.”
So I think it’s very difficult to get a fair trial under circumstances like the Tate case here. However, we are again optimistic that the evidence will not support the indictment and that it will not amount to that.
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan arrive outside the Directorate for Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), as prosecutors examine electronic equipment confiscated during the investigation of their case, in Bucharest, Romania, on April 10.
Tate and Tristan They moved into a converted warehouse in Romania in 2017, which was staffed by armed guards.
In their safe house on the outskirts of Bucharest, the Tate brothers had 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 after the December arrests that it had identified six victims in the human trafficking case who were alleged to have been subjected to ‘acts of physical violence and mental coercion’ and sexually exploited by members of the alleged crime group. .
The agency said the victims were lured under the pretense of love and later intimidated, placed under surveillance and subjected to other control methods while being forced to engage in pornography for financial gain for the criminal group.
In January, Romanian authorities descended on a compound near Bucharest linked to the Tate brothers and pulled over a fleet of luxury cars that included Rolls-Royces, Ferraris and Porsches. They reported the seizure of assets valued at approximately $3.9 million.
Prosecutors said that if they can prove that the car owners obtained money through illegal activities such as human trafficking, the assets would be used to cover investigation expenses and compensate victims. Tate also unsuccessfully appealed the forfeiture of the assets.
tight as charged He raped a Moldovan woman, who he claims caught up with him from London, in March 2022, which he categorically denies.
In January, he told the Bucharest Court of Appeal that the alleged victim moved with him to Romania voluntarily in November 2021.
Tate alleged she filed a rape claim nearly six months later when he refused to give her money to buy a house and become a TikTok star.
And last week, it came out Tate is said to face possible prosecution by three British women who have alleged he sexually assaulted them.
The legal team putting the allegations together, who will clear it up once they have the money to file a civil case against Tate in the Supreme Court.
The women, now in their late 20s and early 30s, are reportedly alleging that Tate, 36, sexually abused them between 2013 and 2016 as the self-described misogynist ran an online sex business from Luton, Bedfordshire.
An investigation by British police forces into the complaints brought by two women at the time resulted in no charges being brought against Tate, who repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
British women looking to bring a case against Tate say they suffered personal injury and psychological harm following alleged violent sexual and physical assaults in the UK.
They are represented by the law firm McCue Jury & Partners.
Tate’s views on women, masculinity, and entrepreneurship, expressed on the podcast and shared online, became popular in 2022 as they were shared in short clips on social media.
It was eventually banned from various platforms for misogyny and hate speech.
Tate repeatedly claimed that Romanian prosecutors had no evidence and alleged that their case was a “political” plot designed to silence him.
