Case against Andrew Tate and brother cannot go to trial, appeal court rules
Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, and two women are accused of human trafficking and sexually exploiting women.
An appeals court in Romania ruled on Thursday that the human trafficking case against influencer Andrew Tate, his brother and two Romanian women cannot go to trial because of multiple legal and procedural irregularities on the part of the prosecutors.
The ruling comes two years after Andrew Tate, 38, and his brother Tristan Tate, 36, were arrested, along with the two women.
The four are accused of human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, and Andrew Tate also faces an additional rape charge.
The decision by the Bucharest court of appeal is a huge setback for Romania’s anti-organised crime agency, DIICOT, but it does not mean the Tates and the two women will walk free – the case has not been closed, and there is also a separate legal case against the brothers in Romania.
The court effectively returned the case to the prosecutors, who can now bring forth new evidence to back up their charges, or amend and change the existing ones.
In November, the same court gave prosecutors five days to amend their case file or withdraw it.
The request for the appeals court to review the case was made by Tate’s defence team.
