Andrew Tate will be surrendered to Britain after he faces trial in Romania, UK govt says
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate, currently facing trial in Romania along with his brother Tristan, will be surrendered to Britain after the legal proceedings, according to the British government. Security minister Dan Jarvis confirmed, in a letter seen by The Telegraph, that Tate would be handed over to the UK following the conclusion of criminal proceedings in Romania.
According to a previous ruling by judges in Romania, Andrew, 38, and Tristan, 36, can be extradited to the UK. Police in Bedfordshire, southern England, obtained a warrant for their arrest over allegations of rape and human trafficking.
Romanian authorities are investigating separate allegations of rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang. The brothers, who briefly returned to Romania and met with prosecutors in April, deny all the charges in both Romania and the UK. Tate is also being sued by four women in the UK.
The letter and confirmation given by the British minister is the first time a British official has said the Tates will be returned to the UK to face justice. Jarvis, who said the government will tackle sexual violence “in all its forms” also “expressed his deepest sympathy for all victims of these abhorrent crimes,” according to The Telegraph.
He said, however, that it was long-standing policy that the UK would neither confirm nor deny that an extradition request has been made where no arrest has been made.
“It is in the public domain that the Tates have been arrested on the UK’s request to Romania which has been accepted and processed by the Romanian courts, which have agreed that the Tates will be surrendered to the UK after the conclusion of Romanian domestic proceedings,” Jarvis continued.
He said that ultimately it would be down to the Crown Prosecution Service to initiate the extradition request.
Extradition, however, “can only happen if they are in Romania at that time,” said Matt Jury, a solicitor representing the four alleged victims who are suing the Tates. “While we welcome this significant step, the security minister is still yet to explain why the UK failed to seek extradition from the United States or the UAE when it had the chance,” he added.
Tate, a former kickboxer and self-proclaimed misogynist who first appeared on Big Brother in 2016, but rose to fame on TikTok in 2022, regularly makes inflammatory comments rejecting feminism.
The Tate brothers were first arrested in Romania in December 2022 and spent several months in prison before being placed under house arrest, a measure that was later lifted.
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