Social media star Andrew Tate has won an appeal to be released from
arrest, his spokesperson said.
But Tate will not be able to leave the country.
The decision at the Bucharest Court of Appeal comes after prosecutors formally indicted the 36-year-old in June along with his brother, Tristan, and two Romanian women in the same case.
Tate was arrested in late December near Bucharest with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women but have denied the allegations against them.
The court’s decision says all four defendants will be subjected to geographical restrictions limiting them to the territories of Bucharest Municipality and the nearby Ilfov County unless they get prior approval from a judge.
“After 10 months. 3 in jail, 7 at home. After 15 million euro of asset seizures. After an indi(c)tement based on nothing. The file was passed to a Judge who has ruled it weak and circumstantial. I have been released from house arrest but must remain within Romania,” a post on Andrew Tate’s Twitter read after Friday’s ruling.
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