Andrew Tate remains in prison in Romania as he loses another appeal after being charged with rape and human trafficking

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan today lost their appeal against a Romanian court’s decision to deny them bail and put them behind bars on charges of sex trafficking.

Tate (36) was arrested on 29 December in Bucharest together with Tristan and two Romanian women on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and the formation of an organized crime group to exploit victims.

Earlier this month, all four appeared at a bail hearing. Tate had hoped to be released from prison and placed under house arrest after nearly three months behind bars. But that bail application was refused by a judge and all four appealed the decision.

And today a judge refused their appeal against the decision to refuse them bail, the Tate spokesman told MailOnline.

Last week, Tate and Tristan said they were “speechless” after a Romanian court ruled that the misogynist influencer must serve another 30 days in prison for sex trafficking.

Tate (36) was arrested on December 29 with his brother Tristan on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and the formation of an organized crime group to exploit women.

A judge granted prosecutors a fourth 30-day extension after their March 22 arrest, meaning all four – the Tate brothers and Luana Radu, 32, and Georgina Naghel, 28 – will remain in custody until April 21, Tate told MailOnline’s spokesperson. None of the four have been formally charged.

Last week, Tate and Tristan criticized the judge’s decision, saying their image had been “irreparably damaged” by Romania’s criminal justice system, while insisting it would “take years” to rebuild its reputation.

Their spokesperson told MailOnline at the time: “The court has decided to extend the preventive detention of the Tate brothers. We are speechless with the news.

“The interaction with the judge was extremely dynamic and for the first time the brothers had the opportunity to give all the legal guarantees that they did not pose any risk of escape,” they said.

“You are the first to shed light on this matter. The considerable material damage they suffered is dwarfed by morale.

“Your image is irreparably damaged and it will take years to rebuild reputation, trust and loyalty with the general public.”

The brothers are appealing against the decision to extend their detention by 30 days. This appeal will be heard on Friday.

Prosecutors said the Tate (pictured) and Tristan recruited their victims by seducing them and falsely claiming they wanted a relationship or marriage

Last month, Tate, accused of recruiting young women and forcing them to create pornographic content online, lost another appeal against a judge’s earlier decision to extend his sentence a third time.

In a document explaining a previous decision to keep them in prison, the judge noted the “particular danger of the accused” and their ability to identify victims “with increased vulnerability who are looking for better life chances” in taken into account

Prosecutors can still seek a total of 180 days in jail, meaning if the judge decides to extend Tate’s sentence further, he won’t be released until at least June 27.

Prosecutors said the Tate brothers recruited their victims by seducing them and falsely claiming they wanted a relationship or marriage.

The victims were then taken to properties on the outskirts of the capital, Bucharest, and forced to produce pornographic content for social media sites, which yielded huge financial gains, prosecutors said.

earlier this month, Tate denied having cancer after confirming he has a “dark spot on his lung”.

Tate’s Twitter account said the scar on his lung was “from an old fight” after medical details were released last week.

“I don’t have cancer. My lungs contain exactly 0 smoke damage. In fact, I have a lung capacity of 8 liters and the vital signs of an Olympic athlete,” the update reads.

“On my lung is nothing but a scar from an old fight. True warriors are marked both inside and out,” the post added, in a style that has become typical of Tate’s social media posts since his incarceration.

Former police officers Luana Radu (left) and Georgiana Naghel (right) are suspected of helping the Tate brothers with the crimes for which they are being investigated

Tate and Tristan Moved to a converted warehouse in Romania in 2017, where they were manned by armed guards.

In their vault on the outskirts of Bucharest, the Tate brothers operated a video chat studio where several women were found in a police raid in April 2022.

Romania’s anti-organized crime agency DIICOT said in a statement after the December arrests that it had identified six victims in the human trafficking case who allegedly suffered “acts of physical violence and psychological coercion” and were sexually assaulted by members of the alleged criminal group. was exploited.

The agency said the victims were lured with pretenses of love and were later intimidated, monitored and subjected to other control tactics while being forced to commit pornographic acts for the criminal group’s financial gain.

In January, Romanian authorities raided a property linked to the Tate brothers near Bucharest and hauled away a fleet of luxury cars, including a Rolls-Royce, a Ferrari and a Porsche. They seized assets estimated at $3.9 million.

Prosecutors said if they can prove that the owners of the cars made money from illegal activities such as human trafficking, the assets will be used to help cover the costs of the investigation and compensate victims. Tate also unsuccessfully appealed the asset seizure.

Tate is also accused of raping a Moldovan who he claims followed him from London in March 2022, which he categorically denies.

In January, he told the Bucharest Court of Appeal that the alleged victim voluntarily moved with him to Romania in November 2021.

Tate claimed she filed a rape report almost six months later when he refused to give her money to buy a house and become a TikTok star.

“My case is not a criminal one, but a political one. It is not about justice or fairness. It’s about attacking my influence on the world,” read a message posted on his Twitter account on Sunday.

Tate’s views on women, masculinity and entrepreneurship, expressed on podcasts and shared online, gained popularity in 2022 when they were shared in short clips on social media.

He was eventually banned from various platforms for misogyny and hate speech.

Tate has repeatedly claimed that Romanian prosecutors have no evidence and claims her case is a “political” conspiracy intended to silence him.