Andrew Tate’s time in a Romanian jail has ‘taken its toll’ and left him ‘unable to sleep more than two hours a night’, his lawyer reveals as the influencer posts video mocking his infamous ‘pizza box’ arrest
- Andrew Tate is under house arrest on suspicion of human trafficking and rape
- His lawyer Tina Glandian has told how his time in jail ‘took a toll’ on influencer
Andrew Tate’s time in a Romanian jail has ‘taken its toll’ on the influencer and left him unable to sleep more than two hours a night, his lawyer said.
Tate, 36, was arrested on December 29 in Bucharest along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group to exploit victims.
The notorious misogynist spent three months in prison before being put under house arrest last month after winning an appeal against a judge’s decision to extend his time in jail for a fourth time.
Tate’s lawyer, Tina Glandian, said his time in prison has ‘taken its toll’ and he’s ‘struggling to process’ what he’s been through.
But Tate posted a video of himself eating pizza behind piles of takeaway boxes as an apparent jibe at his infamous arrest following a spat with climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Tate’s lawyer, Tina Glandian, said his time in prison has ‘taken its toll’ and he’s ‘struggling to process’ what he’s been through
But Tate today posted a video of himself eating pizza behind piles of pizza boxes as an apparent jibe at his infamous arrest following a spat with climate activist Greta Thunberg
Tate, smoking a cigar while being topless and wearing shorts with the American flag on them, is seen in the video sitting down on his chair and eating a slice of pizza behind the stacked boxes.
Last year, Tate posted similar footage of himself eating from a pizza box in a video where he ranted about Thunberg who had said he had ‘small d*** energy’ after he boasted about the ‘enormous emissions’ his supercars produce.
It was reported at the time that the images of the pizza box allowed Romanian police to locate the influencer and arrest him; claims which have since been denied by authorities.
But Tate mocked his infamous ‘pizza box’ arrest today with a video of him eating pizza alongside the caption: ‘Do it. I don’t live in fear.’
Meanwhile, Glandian, who also represents Tristan, told Piers Morgan Uncensored last night: ‘The three months in jail certainly took a toll on them and I know Andrew has told me, he right now has a lot of trouble sleeping.
‘He can’t sleep more than two hours a night. And you know, it really took a toll so they’re struggling with the process and what they’ve been through.’
The lawyer said the brothers are now focused on training and regaining a ‘strong mind’.
‘They believe a strong body is a strong mind. They’re back to their training and fitness and health and focusing on those things and trusting their attorneys and the process to play out and for them to eventually clear their names,’ Glandian said.
Prosecutors have said the Tate brothers recruited their victims by seducing them and falsely claiming to want a relationship or marriage.
The victims were then taken to properties on the outskirts of the capital, Bucharest, and coerced to produce pornographic content for social media sites that generated large financial gain, prosecutors say.
Now the brothers are under house arrest, Glandian said they are able to have visitors over to their home as well as free reign on communicating with friends and family. They are also allowed to use social media again.
Meanwhile, Glandian, who also represents Tristan, told Piers Morgan Uncensored last night: ‘The three months in jail certainly took a toll on them and I know Andrew has told me, he right now has a lot of trouble sleeping.’
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan arrive outside the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), where prosecutors examine electronic equipment confiscated during the investigation in their case, in Bucharest, Romania, on April 10
Under the court restrictions, they are not allowed to speak to their two alleged accomplices, former police officer Luana Radu and Georgiana Naghel, who are also under house arrest, as well as any alleged victims or witnesses.
Glandian slammed the Romanian authorities for still not formally charging Tate and his brother after a year of investigations, saying it is ‘troubling’.
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‘This month actually marks the one year since this investigation first began,’ she said.
‘The fact that they’re still on house arrest and the fact that their liberty is still restrained and they’re not free to move about the way anybody would while this very prolonged investigation continues, is obviously substantially troubling and frustrating to them.’
Glandian added: ‘So even though a few weeks ago, we took steps in the right direction, we’re still not all the way there. We’re looking forward to the day that the Romanian authorities conclude the investigation and decide that they won’t be seeking an indictment in this case.’
She said that if the case does go to trial, it will be difficult for it to a fair trial as opinions are already being formed about the Tate brothers.
Glandian said that the sheer number of people talking about Tate on social media means a trial would be ‘jeopardised’.
‘As always with these high profile cases, we believe often times the defendant can’t get a fair trial because there is such unfortunately a presumption of guilt in these types of cases,’ she said.
‘There is a lot of misinformation spread prior to the case actually being heard and opinions are formed, and a lot of times again it’s not based on the actual evidence
‘So I think it is very challenging to have a fair trial under circumstances such as the Tate case here. However, again we are optimistic that the evidence is not going to support an indictment and that it won’t come to that.’
Andrew Tate, right, and his brother Tristan arrive outside the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), where prosecutors examine electronic equipment confiscated during the investigation in their case, in Bucharest, Romania, on April 10
Tate and Tristan moved into a converted warehouse in Romania in 2017, which they staffed with armed guards.
At their safehouse on the outskirts of Bucharest, the Tate brothers had a video chat studio where several women were found during a police raid in April 2022.
Romanian 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 were allegedly subjected to ‘acts of physical violence and mental coercion’ and sexually exploited by members of the alleged crime group.
The agency said victims were lured with pretenses of love and later intimidated, placed under surveillance and subjected to other control tactics while being coerced into engaging in pornographic acts for the financial gain of the crime group.
In January, Romanian authorities descended on a compound near Bucharest linked with the Tate brothers and towed away a fleet of luxury cars that included a Rolls-Royce, a Ferrari and a Porsche. They reported seizing assets worth an estimated $3.9 million.
Prosecutors have said that if they can prove the cars’ owners gained money through illicit activities such as human trafficking, the assets would be used to cover the expenses of the investigation and to compensate victims. Tate also unsuccessfully appealed the asset seizure.
Tate is also accused of raping a Moldovan woman, who he alleges followed him from London, in March 2022, which he categorically denies.
In January, he told the Bucharest Court of Appeal that the alleged victim moved to Romania with him voluntarily in November 2021.
Tate claimed she filed a rape allegation nearly six months later when he refused to give her money to buy a house and become a TikTok star.
And last week, it emerged that Tate is reportedly facing the possibility of being sued by three British women who claimed he sexually abused them.
The legal team who are putting the allegations together, which it will make clear once they have the money to bring civil action against Tate in the High Court.
The women, now aged in their late 20s and early 30s, reportedly claim that Tate, 36, sexually abused them between 2013 and 2016, as the self-described misogynist ran an online sex firm from Luton, Bedfordshire.
An investigation by British police forces into complaints made by two women at the time resulted in no charges being brought against Tate, who repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
The British women looking to bring the claim against Tate say that they have suffered personal injury and psychiatric harm after alleged violent sexual and physical assaults in the UK.
They are being represented by law firm McCue Jury & Partners.
Tate’s views on women, masculinity and entrepreneurship, voiced in podcasts and shared online, became popular in 2022 as they were shared in short clips around social media.
He was ultimately banned from various platforms for misogyny and hate speech.
Tate has repeatedly claimed Romanian prosecutors have no evidence and alleged their case is a ‘political’ conspiracy designed to silence him.
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