Andrew Tate arrest prompted by Adin Ross stream, says law firm
A livestream from fellow influencer Adin Ross prompted authorities to intervene on suspicion that Andrew Tate was going to flee Romania before going to trial.
A livestreamer may have triggered Romanian police to detain influencer Andrew Tate and serve him with a U.K. arrest warrant.
A law firm representing four of Tate’s U.K. accusers told NBC News that a livestream from fellow influencer Adin Ross prompted authorities to intervene on suspicion that Tate was planning to flee Romania before standing trial there on rape and human trafficking charges.
Tate was detained in Romania late Monday and served with a U.K. warrant in connection with allegations of rape and sexual assault that are in addition to the Romanian charges. Tate is British American, was born in the U.S. and rose to prominence while living in the U.K.
Both Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested Monday night and were to be released on Tuesday, Tate’s representative told NBC News. The brothers were initially released from house arrest in August after they were indicted on rape and trafficking charges in June. A date for the Romanian trial has not been set, but Romanian judicial authorities ruled Tuesday that the brothers can be extradited afterward to the U.K. to face sex crime charges. The Tate brothers have denied all allegations of sexual violence against them.
Adin Ross in Atlanta in 2022.Paras Griffin / Getty Images fileRoss, known to be Tate’s friend, is a popular video-game livestream personality who often makes content featuring rappers and celebrities. Twitch, the livestreaming platform owned by Amazon, permanently banned Ross in 2023 after he displayed racist and antisemitic comments left by his viewers during a livestream. At the time, Ross said he was banned from Twitch for “no reason,” then later acknowledged it was the unmoderated chat messages that led to the ban.
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