Influencer Andrew Tate Released From House Arrest While He Awaits Human Trafficking and Rape Trial

Influencer Andrew Tate Released From House Arrest While He Awaits Human Trafficking and Rape Trial
Andrew Tate walks in his yard after being released from house arrest and put under judicial control measures, on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania, on Aug. 4, 2023. Alexandru Dobre/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BUCHAREST, Romania—Andrew Tate, the internet influencer who is charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, won an appeal on Friday to be released from house arrest, his spokesperson said.

Mr. Tate won’t be able to leave the country. He also will not be allowed to be “in close proximity with any of the other defendants, any of the witnesses or any of the alleged victims and their immediate family,” his spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu, said in a statement.