Days after he got into an altercation with environmental activist Greta Thunberg on social media, former US and British fighter Andrew Tate was arrested this Thursday (29) in Romania on charges of human trafficking and rape. The former kickboxing champion’s posts helped the police find him.
The arrest, which took place as part of an investigation launched in April, was uncovered by the BBC and came hours after Tate released a video in which he had once again provoked the Swedish activist.
After the news of her arrest was announced, the young woman just commented, “This is what happens if you don’t recycle the pizza boxes.”
It all started on Tuesday when the former fighter, known for his violent and misogynistic comments, posted a photo of him refueling one of his supposed 33 cars and asked for Greta’s email address so he could send her “the full list.” collection of powerful vehicles and the “related enormous emissions” [de CO2]”.
The Swedish student simply replied “yes, please enlighten me” followed by an incorrect English email address which could be translated as “[email protected]”.
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The exchange of messages was accompanied by millions of Internet users on Twitter.
In the face of the controversy, Tate did not hold back and responded with a video of him appearing in front of a pizza package from a Romanian restaurant.
The prosecutor’s office and the lawyer of the former fighter, who has become a phenomenon in recent years, confirmed to Reuters that he and three other suspects were arrested this Thursday.
The four men, including the former champion’s brother Tristan, are suspected of “forming an organized group to recruit, host and exploit women by forcing them to produce pornographic content for private websites,” according to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Romania’s Organized Crime and Terrorism Investigation Directorate said in a press release that “two British citizens and two Romanians” were detained without providing the suspects’ identities. The court ordered the suspects to be detained for 24 hours after their interrogation.
The text says six victims of the group have been identified since 2021. According to the Romanian police force, they would be recruited “the darling boy method”, referring to a fake love affair with the aim of sexual exploitation.
Expelled from British BBB
Tate appeared on the British version of “Big Brother” in 2016, but was removed from the show after a video of him hitting a woman was released.
He was also banned from social media, including Twitter, for saying he was “responsible” for what happened to women who were sexually assaulted.
With the acquisition of the social network by Elon Musk, who unlocked all suspended accounts and relaxed the moderation rules on the social network, Andrew Tate was able to return to Twitter.
He then started making fun of Greta Thunberg, who has more than 5.4 million followers.
source: Noticias
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