Andrew Tate news – latest: Influencer loses appeal over police detention for 30 more days

Andrew Tate and his co-accused were able to spot women with “increased vulnerability” for recruitment to their sexually exploitative operation, a judge said.

Explaining a 20 January decision to extend the influencer’s detention period for nearly one month, a judge said they took into account the “particular dangerousness of the defendants” and their capacity to identify victims “with an increased vulnerability, in search of better life opportunities”, a document seen by the Associated Press showed.

Mr Tate, his brother and two Romanian women were arrested on allegations of rape and human trafficking.

Andrew Tate has given Channel 4 “full access” to his life for a new documentary from the team behind Leaving Neverland.

The former kickboxing world champion, who amassed millions of followers for his misogynistic online content, is currently under arrest in Romania facing allegations of human trafficking and being part of an organised crime gang, along with his brother Tristan.

On Monday, Channel 4 announced it has commissioned a 60-minute documentary investigating Tate, 36, and his rise to fame.

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Police officers escorted Andrew Tate who is handcuffed to his brother Tristan Tate to the Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania.

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are due to appear in court later today in Romania.

Their lawyers are set to argue that the brothers should be released due to a lack of evidence.

It comes after a court ruling earlier this month extended the brothers’ detention until 27 February.

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2022 was the year of “anti-woke.” This was the year that saw Elon Musk spend $44Bn on Twitter to defeat “the woke mind virus”, the year of Florida’s “Stop Woke Act”, of the American right siding with Putin over Ukraine because of his “anti-woke” credentials (read, overt homophobia). Woke is in the daily lexicon of both MPs and the press.

Famous bow-tie wearer Tim Stanley accused the literal Conservative Party of going woke in the Telegraph. Education is woke, bikes are woke, the Church of England is woke, seeing a black Santa is woke. It’s hard to find things that someone hasn’t called “woke” this year.

Hartley-Brewer was simply going with the trend – and with her job description – when she sided with Tate against climate activist Greta Thunberg, writes Phil McDuff:

Extremely Online men and their toxic fellow travellers have discovered a novel way of avoiding the consequences of their own actions, turning to one of the biggest sci-fi movies of the 1990s for inspiration.

Logan Paul this week joined the inauspicious company of Andrew Tate and Elon Musk in blaming “The Matrix” for his own personal misfortunes.

Paul, a professional wrestler, podcaster, sports drink entrepreneur and one of the most popular YouTubers in the US, tweeted: “the matrix is real. pray you never become its target”.

It is not clear what prompted Paul’s tweet, but the 27-year-old has been on the back foot for weeks as he faces criticism over accusations of scamming investors and abandoning his pet pig.

Paul, it should be noted, has spoken out forcefully against Tate’s misogyny, which makes his decision to join the ranks of the red-pilled so confusing.

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When influencer Andrew Tate was arrested in Romania during a police raid, he was detained alongside three other people - one of them, his brother.

Tristan Tate, who is also a former kickboxer turned social media influencer, was detained in December as part of an investigation into human trafficking and rape by Romania’s anti-organised crime agency Didcot.

While the headlines around the arrest focused on the more famous Andrew Tate, his brother is less well known.

Thomas Kingsley looks at everything we do know about him as the investigation into his alleged offences continues.

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Two Romanian teenagers have stated that Andrew Tate used social media to approach them before his arrest, the BBC reports.

16-year-old Daria Gusa was still at school when she received an Instagram DM from Andrew Tate, almost 20 years her senior.

“It just read ‘Romanian girl’ and he put some flirty emoji,” Daria told the BBC, showing screenshots. “I was confused because I [only] had 200 followers, and it was a private account.”

She never replied to the message, but some of her friends did.

“It was obvious we were high-school girls,” Daria furthered.  ”We had our high school in our bio and everything. I think he was just trying to find girls who were as innocent or naïve as possible, in my opinion.”

Daria is now at university in the UK. As the daughter of a politician, she feels confident in speaking out about her experiences but notes that many young men have accused her of lying.

She states that many of these young men idolise Andrew Tate, something she sees as a “big problem.”

Daria isn’t alone: another teenager recounted similar experiences to the BBC of being approached by Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan online, recounting receiving the same opening message as Daria.

The girl was invited to Tristan Tate’s car, and later to a party. She declined both invitations.