Andrew Tate, the self-styled "king of toxic masculinity", and his brother Tristan have left the US for Romania to fulfil legal obligations related to a criminal investigation against them.
The brothers are accused of forming an organised criminal group, human trafficking, trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor and money laundering. They have denied all wrongdoing.
In a post on X, Tate said: "Spending $185,000 on a private jet across the Atlantic to sign one single piece of paper in Romania. Innocent men don't run. They clear their name in court."
Andrew Tate speaks to the media upon arrival from Romania, after prosecutors lifted a travel ban related to criminal charges against him and his brother Tristan, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Image: Andrew Tate speaks to the media in the US after arriving from Romania last month. Pic: Reuters
Andrew Tate gestures, next to his brother Tristan, outside the Bucharest Tribunal in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Image: Andrew Tate gestures, next to his brother Tristan, outside the Bucharest Tribunal in January. Pic: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda
As part of preventative judicial control measures pending the investigation, the Tates are required to regularly check in with authorities in Romania. Their next check-in is due on Monday.
Their return to Romania comes almost a month after the brothers travelled to Florida after Romanian prosecutors lifted a travel ban against them.
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Florida's attorney general James Uthmeier said earlier this month that his office had opened a criminal investigation against the brothers, a move welcomed by the US National Centre on Sexual Exploitation, which represents one of Tate's alleged victims.
Tate said on X at the time that the brothers had returned to Miami to see family and had been insulted by the opening of the investigation.
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"We have no criminal record and expected a hero's welcome after being unfairly abused abroad," he wrote.
An initial criminal case against the Tate brothers failed in December when a Bucharest court decided not to start the trial and sent the files back to prosecutors, citing flaws in the indictment.
A British arrest warrant has also been issued for the Tates and they will be extradited after the Romanian trial proceedings are completed.
The allegations in Britain, which they have denied, relate to sexual aggression between 2012 and 2015.