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A Romanian court has ruled that internet star Andrew Tate can move freely within the European Union while he awaits trial on human trafficking charges, his lawyer says.

Tate was charged in mid-2023 along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang for the sexual exploitation of women; they deny these charges.

In April this year, the Bucharest court ruled that the trial could begin; Tate has appealed against this decision.

The four suspects were banned from leaving Romania until the appeal was decided. However, Friday’s court decision lifted the ban for the European Union.

The decision is not final and the public prosecutor can appeal against it.

“My jury has decided… I can leave Romania. So do we take the (Ferrari) SF90 to Italy, the (Maserati) MC20 to Cannes, the (Ferrari) 812 Competition to Paris? Where am I going?” Tate said in a video posted on social media platform X.

The Tate brothers, both former kickboxers with dual US and British citizenship, are the highest-profile suspects on trial in Romania for human trafficking, and their case will be a test for Romania’s anti-organised crime law enforcement unit DIICOT.

The brothers were held in police custody during the criminal investigation from late December 2022 to April 2023 to prevent them from fleeing the country or tampering with evidence.

They were then placed under house arrest until August and then placed under judicial control by the courts – a milder preventive measure.

“Andrew and Tristan are still determined to clear their names and reputations. However, they are grateful to the courts for placing this trust in them,” the brothers’ lead defense attorney, Eugen Vidineac, said in a statement.

Romanian prosecutors said the Tate brothers recruited their victims by seducing them and falsely claiming they wanted a relationship or marriage.

They said the victims were then taken to properties outside the capital Bucharest and sexually exploited through physical violence and psychological intimidation, forcing them to create pornographic content for social media sites that generated large financial gains.

Tate has won millions of fans by promoting an ultra-masculine lifestyle that critics say is degrading to women.

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