Detained in Romania, Tate brothers keep delaying court case – DW – 11/04/2024
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Andrew and Tristan Tate have been under investigation for the rape and abuse of women for years. But they still haven't faced justice.

Summary

Andrew and Tristan Tate face charges in Romania for human trafficking, rape, and abuse, yet their trial has been repeatedly delayed using legal tactics to hold up proceedings.

The Tates, notorious for misogynistic and far-right views on social media, allegedly exploited women through the “lover boy” method, in which men pretend to be caring boyfriends before forcing their victims into prostitution as well as appearing in online sex channels and porn films.

Despite a 2024 court decision to proceed with a criminal trial, proceedings have stalled. Romania’s justice system, criticized for leniency toward traffickers, further complicates justice.

The Tates remain publicly popular, with Andrew even receiving applause at a Romanian festival amid these allegations.

  • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    11 days ago

    I was astonished that one of my colleagues is actually a fan of Andrew Tate. Mind you he is also based in Europe, where people tend to be more self aware.

    He actually is also into Trump and is a global warming denier, so I guess he fits the profile and still I think this is the first person I personally know who sympathizes with them.

    The far right is really on the rise and we as humanity seems to have learned absolutely nothing from history.

    • LavenderDay3544@lemmy.worldEnglish
      178·
      11 days ago

      Mind you he is also based in Europe, where people tend to be more self aware.

      Europeans are not self aware at all they just arrogantly think they are. For example they pretend their countries are any less racist than America when they aren’t, they just pretend it isn’t a problem and smear anyone who cares to claim otherwise. That’s the opposite of self aware, it’s wilful ignorance.

      • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
        184·
        11 days ago

        Have you ever been to Europe? Because I have been traveling all over the world including the US, and spent a couple of months there, and I can tell you that even though there are some really great people in the US, the amount of self entitled people there is astonishing compared to any other country I have been to.

        I am not saying there aren’t any racist or self entitled people in Europe too, of course there are, but in my opinion much less compared to the US. Simply the fact that half of your population votes for Trump and Republican policies is quite telling.

        You know the Earth doesn’t revolve around you.

        • LavenderDay3544@lemmy.worldEnglish
          54·
          11 days ago

          I am a brown person and I’ve gotten a lot more dirty looks and subtle passive-aggressive comments as a tourist in Europe travelling with my white American girlfriend than at home in the US, even in the southern states.

          As for Trump, just remember that Europeans have elected the likes of Boris Johnson and Priti Patel, Marine Le Pen made it to the final round of the French elections from what I’ve heard, AfD is on the rise in Germany, Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter who very much thinks just like him is in the Italian parliament, and Hungary keeps electing Viktor Orban.

          So are you really any better or just more stuck up like I said?