ANDREW TATE REPORTEDLU ARRESTED IN ROMANIA FOLLOWING POLICE RAID.

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan’s home was raided by Romanian authorities, specifically the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism, on the morning of 29 December, reports Romanian media and the two have reportedly been taken into custody.

Andrew Tate with his brother, Tristan.
As the news broke, a clip emerged that showed Tate being led out of the villa in police custody, but no further context has been given at this time.

WHO IS ANDREW TATE ? AND WHAT HE DOES ?

Andrew tate is an american-british internet personality and former kickboxer.

Emory Andrew Tate III (born December 1, 1986) is an American-British media personality, former professional kickboxer, and suspected sex trafficker. Following his kickboxing career, he began offering paid courses and memberships through his website and later rose to fame as an Internet celebrity. His misogynistic commentary has resulted in his suspension from several social media platforms

Romanian newspaper Gândul has reported that Andrew’s clash with climate activist Greta Thunberg played a key part in the authorities confirming that both brothers were in the country at the same time.

The current belief is that a pizza box from a local Romanian chain appearing in his response video to the young woman was enough of a giveaway for the mobilizing team to take action.
Back in April of 2022, Andrew Tate faced allegations of human trafficking in Romania, the country in which he resides.

after this his statement came to like this :

“I was not arrested. What happened is I suffered from a case of swatting. It’s very popular with people who are large on the internet.

“[Police] turned up, they investigated, they realized nobody was in the house against their will, there was no crime committed. we had to go to the police station for 45 minutes for pieces of paper, we filled them in and we were let go.”

ANDREW TATE’S KICKBOXING CAREER

Tate started practicing boxing and other martial arts in 2005, and worked in the TV advertising industry to support himself. In November 2008, he was ranked the 7th best light-heavyweight kickboxer in Britain by the International Sport Kickboxing Association (ISKA). In 2009, he gained his first championship when he won the British ISKA Full Contact Cruiserweight Championship in Derby, and was ranked number one in his division in Europe.

In 2011, Tate won his first ISKA world title in a rematch against Jean-Luc Benoit via knockout, having previously lost to Benoit by decision. In 2012, Tate lost the Enfusion championship tournament to Franci Grajš.[1] Before his loss, he was ranked second best light-heavyweight kickboxer in the world. In 2013, Tate won his second ISKA world title in a 12-round match against Vincent Petitjean, making him world champion in two different weight divisions. He has since retired from combat sports.

HOW ANDREW TATE GOT FAMOUS ?

Tate received attention for his tweets describing his view of what qualifies as sexual harassment amid the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases and for tweeting several statements about his view that sexual assault victims share responsibility for their assaults. In 2017, he was criticized for tweeting that depression “isn’t real”

Tate initially became known among online far-right circles through his appearances on InfoWars and acquaintances with far-right figures such as Mike Cernovich , Jack Posobiec, and Paul Joseph Watson.[36] He became widely known in mid-2022 and was searched on Google more times than both Donald Trump and COVID-19 that July. He has described himself as “absolutely a sexist” and “absolutely a misogynist”. He has stated that women “belong in the home”, that they “can’t drive”, and that they are “given to the man and belong to the man”, as well as claiming that men prefer dating 18-year-olds and 19-year-olds because they are likely to have had sex with fewer men.

The White Ribbon Campaign, a nonprofit opposing male-on-female violence, has called Tate’s commentary “extremely misogynistic” and its possible long-term effects on his young male audience “concerning”. Hope not Hate, an anti-extremism advocacy group, has commented that Tate’s social media presence might present a “dangerous slip road into the far-right” for his audience. In response to criticism, Tate stated that his content includes “many videos praising women” and mainly aims at teaching his audience to avoid “toxic and low value people as a whole”. He further stated that he plays a “comedic character” and claimed that people believed “absolutely false narratives” about him.

In November 2022, after the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, Tate’s Twitter account was unbanned. In December 2022, Tate addressed the environmentalist Greta Thunberg in a tweet extolling his carbon-emitting automobiles and asked for her email address to give her more information. Thunberg replied with the fake email address “smalldickenergy@getalife.com”. The exchange received substantial attention on Twitter, and Thunberg’s reply became one of the most-liked tweets.