A Romanian court has lifted all preventive judicial control measures, including mandatory police check-ins, against internet personality Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, according to The Telegraph. The final, unappealable ruling removes the remaining pre-trial restrictions stemming from the dual U.S.-British citizens' December 2022 arrest on human trafficking and rape charges, which defense lawyer Eugene Vidineac said confirms the case was built on "questionable evidence."
The brothers, who deny all wrongdoing, still face a second Romanian criminal investigation involving allegations of trafficking minors and money laundering, as well as pending extradition to Britain. In an exclusive statement to the British newspaper, Tristan Tate accused Romanian authorities of corruption and said he and his brother are currently in Uzbekistan, adding that he had faced various forms of detention for more than three years while prosecutors "were left holding absolutely nothing."
