US must not interfere in case, say alleged victims

Four women who allege to have been sexually abused by social media influencer Andrew Tate urged the United States not to interfere in his case in Romania.

The women said that they were “extremely concerned” by information that US officials had asked Romania to relax travel restrictions on Tate and her brother, Tristan Tate, who have dual nationality of the United Kingdom US.

Lawyer Matthew Jury, who represents the four alleged victims, told the BBC that they were “absolutely disconcerted why the Trump administration had decided to intervene in this way”, although Romania denied by states -Unis.

Tate, 38, and his brother were arrested in Romania three years ago and are tried for allegations of rape, miners in the milking and money laundering, which they all deny.

In addition, the brothers are wanted by the police in the United Kingdom for allegations of rape and trafficking in human beings, which they also deny. Their extradition for the United Kingdom will be treated once the case of Romania has finished.

Tates representatives said they had no comments on the latest development.

The Financial Times newspaper first reported That US officials had raised the case with the Romanian government last week, and was then followed by Trump’s envoy, Richard Grenell, on weekends.

One source told the newspaper that a request had been made by the United States to give them the brothers’ passports so that they can travel while waiting for the criminal affair against them.

The Tate brothers are currently prohibited from leaving Romania, although are no longer under house arrest.

Romanian Minister for Foreign Affairs Emil Hurezeanu Confirmed in Euronews That Grenell had raised the case of tate with him and that Grenell had said that he was “interested in the fate of the Tate brothers”. The minister denied that it was equivalent to pressure from the Americans.

A spokesperson for Mr. Hurezeanu told Financial Times: “The Romanian courts are independent and operate according to the law, there is a regular procedure.”

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu also denied reports on XBy writing: [The US] made no request to [Romania] On the legal situation of well -known foreign influencers surveyed by the Romanian authorities.

“There was no request or at the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Richard Grenell discussion or after her. Romania and the United States share the same values ​​concerning the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens.”

According to the FT, Grenell said that he had no “substantial conversation” with Hurezeanu, but added: “I support the Tate brothers as shown by my tweets accessible to the public.”

The US State Department was approached by the BBC for comments.

The Romanian government, an ally of the United States on the coast of the Black Sea, the southeast side of NATO, is found between a rock and a hard place.

The American vice -president, JD Vance, said Romania no less than three times in his speech at the Munich security conference last week – on the sidelines of which the American special envoy Richard Grenell held his conversation with the best diplomat from Romania.

Vance suggested that the evidence cited by the Constitutional Court of Russian interference were “fragile” and urged Romania not to disqualify the runner head on, Calin Georgescu, of the race in May 4 and 18.

The president of the Constitutional Court, Marian Enache, fiercely defended the court’s decision during an interview published on Wednesday.

“The irregularities were so enormous that the only possible solution was to cancel the entire electoral process,” he said on the Juridice.ro site.

In the Tate case, it could be assumed that the British government would encourage the Romanian government and the courts to remain firm and to resist American pressure.

The Tate brothers have broad support on right -wing social media and supported Trump during the American electoral campaign.

Lawyer Mr. Jury said: “He is very clear from members of publications and public statements from the Trump administration that there is a lot of support for Tate.

“Either they do not know, or they do not care about the nature of allegations and their severity,” he told BBC Newsnight.

He said that the women he represented were “absolutely distraught”.

“Seeing the most powerful man in the world support their alleged attacker, is incredibly traumatic … It is a kind of waste of a kind.”

And he described the American actions reported a “gross interference in the right of my clients to a fair trial and a regular procedure”.

Mr. Jury represents the four women in a civil affair against Tate at the High Court of the United Kingdom, after the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to continue their business. The Tate brothers deny the assertions.

The civil affair is distinct from the criminal allegations currently surveyed by British police.

In their statement, the four women added: “We hope that the Romanian and the British authorities will be left alone to do their job.”

The secretary in the shadow of justice, Robert Jenrick, also warned the United States not to intervene, saying that the Tate brothers “were to face our judicial system”.

“No obstacle should be put on the path of the British authorities. The government must clearly indicate American counterparts.”

Grenell is not the only one named by Trump to have publicly supported the tates.

Paul Ingrassia, former lawyer and press representative for Tate who is now liaison with the White House at the US Ministry of Justice, regularly congratulated Tate in online publications.

In a dating of July 2023, he called Tate “an extraordinary human being” who could “offer a west dying a hope of renewal”.

Tate is a self -proclaimed misogynist and has already been prohibited from social media platforms to express these opinions.

Former Kickboxer, he has won millions of followers online and has lived in Romania for several years, having been previously based in the United Kingdom.