A Romanian appeals court has halted the human trafficking trial against Andrew Tate and his associates, citing procedural errors by prosecutors.
An appeals court in Romania ruled Thursday that the human trafficking case against influencer Andrew Tate , his brother and two Romanian women cannot go to trial because of multiple legal and procedural irregularities on the part of the prosecutors. The ruling comes two years after Andrew Tate , 38, and his brother Tristian Tate, 36, were arrested, along with the two women.
The four are accused of human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, and Andrew also faces an additional rape charge. The decision by the Bucharest Court of Appeal is a huge setback for Romania´s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, but it does not mean the Tates and the two women walk free – the case has not been closed, and there is also a separate legal case against the brothers in Romania. The court effectively returned case to the prosecutors, who can now bring forth new evidence to back up their charges, or amend and change the existing ones. In November, the same court gave prosecutors five days to amend their case file or withdraw it. The request for the appeals court to review the case was made by Tate’s defense team. His spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu, said the court’s decision “confirms the lack of credible evidence or consistency in the accusations” by the prosecutors. “The review revealed significant procedural flaws and raised serious concerns about the integrity of the investigative process, further undermining the credibility of the prosecution’s case,” she said. Romanian prosecutors last year formally indicted the Tate brothers and the two Romanian women, and earlier this year, the Bucharest Tribunal ruled that a trial could start but did not set a date. All four deny the allegation against them. After Thursday’s ruling, Andrew Tate said prosecutors “had years to build their case” and to “tear apart my life … and yet, they have nothing.” “They threw me in jail, took my money, my cars, and every ounce of my freedom”,
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