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Social Media Personality Detained in Romania on Trafficking, Rape Charges

by Reuters

   Romanian authorities have arrested divisive social media personality
   Andrew Tate on suspicion of human trafficking and rape.

   Prosecutors in Bucharest asked a court Friday to extend by 30 days
   Tate's detention.
   Tate, a former professional kickboxer, was detained along with his
   brother and two other men.
   Tate did not comment but his attorney confirmed he had been detained.
   Tate has been barred from some media platforms because of his
   misogynistic comments and hate speech.
   Reuters reports that prosecutors say they found six sexually exploited
   women when they detained the four men.
   Tate recently was involved in an online exchange with 19-year-old
   environmentalist Greta Thunberg, after he said he owned 33 cars.