Andrew Tate today bragged that he can ‘go on vacation any time’ as he appeared at a Romanian police station after returning to the country from the US.
Tate was seen smiling and waving to reporters outside the station in Voluntari, Romania, this morning, while brother Tristan stood by and watched.
Speaking to reporters on the ground, the controversial influencer said of his return from the US: ‘I am not convicted of any crime. I can go on vacation anytime, I love Romania very much. I will stay in Romania for a few weeks.’
He added that he was also willing to speak to Romanian authorities in the future: ‘If they call me, I will come to the Police. God is testing me.’
The brothers landed in Bucharest on a private jet early on Saturday morning after flying from Ford Lauderdale Airport, Florida.
The Tates, who are dual U.S. and British citizens, were arrested in Romania in late 2022 and formally indicted last year.
They are charged with participating in a criminal ring that lured women to Romania, where they were allegedly sexually exploited.
Tate was also charged with rape. The brothers deny all of the allegations against them.
‘Spending 185,000 dollars on a private jet across the Atlantic to sign one single piece of paper in Romania,’ Tate posted on X.
Andrew Tate (pictured) was seen smiling and waving to reporters outside the station in Voluntari, Romania
Andrew said of his return from the US: ‘I am not convicted of any crime . I can go on vacation anytime, I love Romania very much. I will stay in Romania for a few weeks’
He added that he was also willing to speak to Romanian authorities in the future
‘Innocent men don’t run. They clear their name in court.’
After arriving at their residence near the capital, Tate said they returned because ‘innocent men don’t run from anything’.
‘After all we’ve been through, we truly deserve the day in court where it is stated that we’ve done nothing wrong and that we should have never been in court in the first place,’ he said.
‘We should have never gone to jail. We should have never had our assets seized. We should have never had our names slandered.
‘Anyone who believed any of this garbage has a particularly low IQ.’
The figurehead of the online masculinist movement travelled to Florida with his brother last month, marking the first time they had left the eastern European country since their 2022 arrest.
The brothers remain under judicial control, which requires them to appear before legal authorities in Romania when summoned.
Eugen Vidineac, one of their lawyers in Romania, said the Tates are due to check in with a surveillance officer today.
After they arrived in the states on March 4, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier opened a criminal investigation into the brothers.
Andrew Tate waves next to his brother Tristan as they check in at a police station as part of their judicial control, which requires them to appear before judicial authorities in Romania when summoned, after returning from the United States, in Voluntari, Romania, Monday, March 24, 2025
Reporters swarm around a car transporting the brothers back to their Bucharest residence
They are charged with participating in a criminal ring that lured women to Romania, where they were allegedly sexually exploited
The brothers were arrested in Romania in late 2022 and formally indicted last year (Pictured: Tristan)
They have ‘publicly admitted to participating in what very much appears to be soliciting, trafficking, preying upon women around the world’, said Uthmeier.
A day after the investigation was opened, Tate said online: ‘I didn’t commit any crime and they’re trying to find one because they don’t like me.’
In a separate civil case in the UK, four British women have accused Tate of rape and coercive control.
The lifting of their two-year travel ban came after a Bucharest court in December ruled that a case against the brothers could not go to trial because of multiple legal and procedural irregularities by prosecutors.
The case, however, remained open.
Tristan said after returning to Romania: ‘I think it’s very telling that we were investigated for two and a half years and we were dragged in front of the media, into prison, out of prison, all this time.
‘And in December, a judge said there’s not enough evidence for this to even go to trial.’
In August, Romanian authorities launched a second case against the brothers, investigating allegations of human trafficking, the trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, influencing statements and money laundering.
Tate gave an impassioned speech to the press, saying ‘innocent men don’t run’
Andrew Tate (R) and his brother Tristan (L) speak to the media as they arrive in Romania from the U.S.
The brothers deny all the allegations against them (Pictured: The pair attend a mixed martial arts event on March 8, 2025, in Las Vegas)
They have denied those charges as well.
Tate, a former professional kickboxer and influencer who has amassed more than 10 million followers on X, has repeatedly claimed that prosecutors in Romania have no evidence against him and that there is a political conspiracy to silence him.
‘There are a lot of people in the world today that do not have faith in Romanian institutions but we’re going to restore that faith by coming home, as American citizens, going to court and getting the not guilty that we deserve,’ he said.
‘If a court needs to speak to us, we’ll be there because we’re innocent.’
Tate moved to Romania years ago after first starting a webcam business in the UK.
He leapt to fame in 2016 when he appeared on the Big Brother UK reality television show but was removed after a video emerged showing him attacking a woman.
He then turned to social media platforms to promote his misogynistic and divisive views on how to be successful.
In March last year, the brothers appeared at the Bucharest Court of Appeal after UK authorities issued arrest warrants over allegations of sexual aggression in a case dating from 2012 to 2015.
The Romanian court has granted a British extradition request, but only after legal proceedings in Romania have concluded.