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Romanian judge grants 30-day extension of Tate detention

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US Embassy General Consul in Romania, John Gimbel, center left, exits a police detention center in downtown Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Gimbel went to the preventive arrest facility where divisive influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, holders of dual American and British citizenship, are held on charges of being part of an organized crime group, human trafficking and rape. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A judge in Romania has granted prosecutors another request to extend by 30 days the arrest of Andrew Tate, the social media personality who has been detained in the country for weeks as prosecutors investigate a case of human trafficking case and rape, an official said Friday.

Tate, 36, a British-U.S. citizen who has 4.7 million followers on Twitter, was initially detained on Dec. 29, in Bucharest, Romania’s capital, on charges of being part of an organized crime group, human trafficking and rape. His brother, Tristan, and two Romanian women are also detained in the same case.

The Associated Press


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