Controversial social media influencer and self-professed misogynist Andrew Tate, who is currently in detention in Romania, offered five reasons why he moved to the eastern European country in 2017, in a video now deleted from his YouTube channel. Chief among them: the lack of buy-in to the #MeToo movement, something he says has forced men like himself to curb their sexual activity for fear that women might accuse them of rape.
While the eastern European country has long turned a blind eye to the systematic exploitation of women and has frequently failed to prosecute gender-based violence, this time prosecutors appear determined to draw a line with Andrew, 36, and his brother Tristan, 34.
Arrested in December 2022, the duo are currently in preventive custody in Romania’s capital Bucharest on suspicion of human trafficking and rape (no charges have yet been filed). An appeal against their detention was denied at the start of this month. Both men have denied any wrongdoing.
