“We are extremely concerned about reports that figures in Donald Trump’s administration are pressuring the Romanian authorities to relax travel restrictions on Andrew Tate and his brother, which would increase the risk of the Tate brothers evading justice or fleeing from the authorities in Romania and the UK,” the victims said in a statement through their lawyers, McCue Jury & Partners.
Four alleged victims of sexual violence by Andrew Tate have urged the US to stay out of Romanian criminal proceedings, after reports the Trump administration has put pressure on authorities to lift travel restrictions against the self-styled “misogynist influencer”.
On Tuesday, the British women, who say they were victims of sexual violence by the controversial social media influencer, expressed deep concern over reports of US government involvement with the case and asked for Romanian and UK authorities to be “left alone to do their jobs”.
The brothers’ case was brought up by US officials in a phone call with the Romanian government last week, according to the Financial Times, which said Trump’s special envoy, Richard Grenell, met the Romanian foreign minister at the Munich Security Conference.
In November, Tristan Tate touted the brother’s influence on the US election, posting on X: “Millions of young men in Europe and the USA have a healthy rightwing approach to politics that they would not have if Andrew Tate had never appeared on their phone screens.
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