Miami Beach nightclub Vendôme apologized Sunday for a “deeply offensive and unacceptable” video circulating online, which appears to show a group of popular and controversial influencers partying to Kanye West’s anti-Semitic song, “Heil Hitler.”
People took to social media platforms over the weekend including Instagram, TikTok and X about “how this requested song came to be played during a bottle parade,” according to Vendôme’s social media post.
In a video captured inside a van, influencers Andrew Tate, Tristan Tate, Nick Fuentes, Clavicular, Sneako, Myron Gaines and Justin Waller appear to be blasting West’s song while arriving to a nightclub, according to footage posted on social media.
West’s song is banned in Germany and major music platforms in America took steps to remove or ban the song due to its messaging.
Another video clip from inside Vendôme appears to show the same group of influencers partying and singing “Heil Hitler” during bottle service, according to social media footage.
“We want to be unequivocally clear: Vendôme and our hospitality group do not condone antisemitism, hate speech, or prejudice of any kind,” the nightclub said. “These values are fundamentally opposed to who we are and the environments we strive to create.”
The club is conducting an internal review and “will take immediate action to hold the responsible parties accountable,” the post said.
“Our ownership and leadership reflect a diverse group of partners, backgrounds, and faiths including members of the Jewish community, and we are deeply disturbed by the harm caused by this incident and the circulation of this footage,” the nightclub said.
The allegedly involved influencers have previously come under varying levels of criticism for their online opinions and actions.
For example, far-right influencer and self-described misogynist, Andrew Tate, and his brother Tristan, faced backlash after they were detained in Romania on charges of human trafficking and for being major figures in the “red pill” movement.
A spokesperson for the Greater Miami Jewish Federation did not immediately respond late Sunday night to a request for comment on the incident or the nightclub’s response.
Over the weekend, online personality Jake Paul and “manosphere” social media personality Andrew Tate each suffered high-profile losses in separate boxing bouts.
Pro boxer Anthony Joshua knocked out Paul in Round 6 on Friday night at the Kaseya Center in Miami, breaking the YouTuber’s jaw in the process.
The following night, Tate faced off against Netflix star and influencer Chase DeMoor for Tate’s professional boxing debut in Dubai.
Here’s what happened in both boxing matches.
Jake Paul reports double broken jaw after KO loss to Anthony Joshua
US boxer and influencer Jake Paul (L) and British boxer Anthony Joshua fight in a non-title heavyweight bout at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida on December 19, 2025.
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Anthony Joshua knocked out Jake Paul in the sixth round of their heavyweight fight on Friday night.
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Joshua established pace against Paul from the opening round, as neither fighter engaged early. Midway through the first round, Paul threw an overhand right that Joshua blocked with his glove.
Paul scored with a short right to the head early in the fourth. Later in that round, Paul awkwardly fell to the ground twice as he again attempted to cut distance during close exchanges.
Referee Christopher Young counts over US boxer and influencer Jake Paul as he sits on the floor during his fight against British boxer Anthony Joshua (L) in a non-title heavyweight bout at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, on December 19, 2025.
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The two-time heavyweight champion dropped Paul twice in the fifth round and rocked him with a right uppercut early in the sixth.
Joshua then floored Paul with a combination to the head, and although the YouTuber got back on his feet, Joshua dropped him a fourth time with a right to the head.
Referee Christopher Young counted Paul out at 1:31 of the round in front of a capacity crowd of 19,600 people.
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“It took a little bit longer than expected but the right hand finally found its destination,” Joshua said after the fight. “Jake Paul’s done really well tonight. I’m going to give him his props. He got up time and time again. I give Jake the respect for trying and trying. He came up against a real fighter tonight.”
“As we saw tonight, Jake has spirit,” Joshua said. “He has some heart and I take my hat off to him.”
With the victory, Joshua now can angle to reclaim the heavyweight title he lost against Oleksandr Usyk.
“I gave it my all,” Paul said. “Anthony is a great fighter and I got my ass kicked but that’s what this sport is all about. But I’m going to come back and keep winning.”
“I think my jaw is broken, by the way,” Paul as he spit blood to the floor. “It’s definitely broke. But that was a nice little ass-whooping from one of the best to ever do it.”
“I love this s–t and I’m going to come back and get a world championship belt,” Paul told Ariel Helwani. “We will heal the broken jaw, come back and fight people my weight.”
Jake Paul has surgery for ‘double broken jaw’ after loss to Anthony Joshua
Paul, 28, who embarked upon his boxing career in January 2020, said his jaw was broken in two places after his loss to Joshua.
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“Double broken jaw,” Paul wrote on Instagram, sharing a photo of an x-ray of his jaw. “Give me Canelo in 10 days.”
In a separate post from what appeared to be a hospital room alongside his brother, Logan, Paul wrote, “Thanks for all the support I’m OK.”
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He then updated his fans later and let them know that “surgery went well.”
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“2 titanium plates on each side. Some teeth removed. Have to have only liquids for 7 days,” Paul captioned another post on Instagram.
Paul had originally targeted an exhibition in Miami with lightweight champion Gervonta Davis last month, but Davis encountered legal problems that scrapped the event. Paul quickly pivoted and landed the bout against Joshua in the same venue.
Chase DeMoor beats Andrew Tate in Misfits Boxing 23 match
Influencer Andrew Tate, 39, and Too Hot To Handle star Chase DeMoor, 29, faced off in the main event of Misfits Boxing 23 on Dec. 20 live on Rumble Premium inside the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium in Dubai.
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In the first round, Tate, a former kickboxer, took a few jabs at DeMoor — not a professional boxer — who threw right hands at Tate through the second.
By the third round, DeMoor started landing the right hand and Tate’s fatigue appeared to set in during the fourth round.
“I’m 10 years out, 40 years old, gave it my all but he’s tough. I don’t know what to say. He’s really tough,” Tate said post-fight. “It’s better to try and lose than not try at all.”
When asked if fans will be able to see Tate in the ring again, he said, “I’m gonna have to go back and watch the fight, make a decision… but Chase deserves this win.”
Andrew Tate speaks after his loss to Chase DeMoor:
“10 years out, 40 years old, gave it my all but he’s tough. It’s better to try and lose than to not try at all.”pic.twitter.com/NS1uNwpP3m
“For all the nobody’s [sic],” DeMoor captioned an Instagram post after his win over Tate.
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DeMoor has won five of his fights on the Misfits boxing platform (MFB), and kept the MFB heavyweight title three times.
Tate issues statement after boxing debut
Tate admitted that DeMoor won the fight “fair and square” as he addressed his loss on social media.
“99.9% of 40-year-old men with 700 million dollars sit around with wh—s. I could have done the same and talked sh– on the Internet and took no risks and just live easy,” Tate wrote on X. “In my heart I knew I’m too old. I knew I’d been out too long. That’s why I had to do it.”
Tate said he went through with the fight to “face fear.”
“I can’t live scared. I have to know I faced it. I lost fair and square. Chase is a true champion. A warrior – I’m proud of him. He deserves the belt,” Tate added.
99.9% of 40 year old men with 700 million dollars sit around with whores.
I could have done the same and talked shit on the Internet and took no risks and just lived easy.
In another post, Tate shared a video speaking about people being “so afraid to live that they’re already dead.”
“I didn’t have to do this but this had to be done,” he said in the nearly two-minute video featuring clips from the fight. “It’s either the risk of losing or it’s the permanent dull ache of ‘what if.’”
Tate said he’s not “afraid to lose” but he was “afraid to not try.”
“The only way I’d be disappointed in myself is if I was too scared to fight at all,” he continued. “And when I first agreed to fight, there was a conversation and everyone said, ‘Andrew, you’re 40 years old, you just got out of jail. You’ve been through so much. You have so many problems. There’s so much going on. Why would you do this? What would you risk it all? Why would you get in there?’”
Tate said he felt “a tinge of fear for the first time in my life.”
“And that’s when I knew I had to fight. I’m not a ‘what if guy.’ I would rather go through the pain of a fight camp and the risk of a fight than live the rest of my human years with a dull ache of what could I have been? What could I have done? Heroes fight. Even if I knew I was going to lose, I would still fight because this is who I am,” he added.
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Most people are so afraid to live that they’re already dead.
The film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk, directed by Francis Lawrence, will be released in theaters on September 12. This will make it one of the longest gaps ever between a King publication and a film version, but there is no better time because of the toxic state of masculinity,
The Long Walk is set in a fascist dystopia sometime in the near future similar to The Running Man. Every year, 100 teenage boys are selected from a group of volunteers to participate in the titular walk. The rules are simple: you walk until you die. Fall below a certain speed three times in three hours, and a soldier shoots you. The last one still walking wins an absurd amount of money and a single wish, anything that can possibly be granted.
King published The Long Walk in July 1979 under the Richard Bachman pseudonym, but it’s actually one of King’s first novels. He wrote it in 1966-67, a teenage boy himself and a freshman at the University of Maine. Understanding what happened in that decade-ish gap offers a lot of insight into what the book is actually about.
When King was writing the book he had two things on his mind; girls and the Vietnam War. MIllions of boys were being drafted into battle, often returning traumatized and maimed if they were lucky to get back at all. And yet, there was a potent sense of the masculine surrounding the doomed conflict. Sure, Charlie might kill you. but think of the unimpeachable machismo that you would earn! You were a blooded man, not some namby-pamby commie.
It wasn’t until I watched a YouTube essay by The Book & Movie Guy called “The Emasculation of King” that I remembered just how obsessed with masculinity The Long Walk is. It had been at least a decade since I read it, but I still recalled the constant homosexual undertones among the boys as they bonded over the death march. The video pointed out main character Ray’s constant thoughts of sex, and how part of the reason he joined the walk was to prove his manhood to his girlfriend, a strict Catholic who believed in abstinence before marriage.
Ray is mirrored by the friend he makes on the walk, Pete. Pete is also suffering from a conscience of masculinity. An attempt to run away with his girlfriend and start new lives led only to poverty and mutual hatred. Pete says she made him feel like a failure, and that’s why he’s on the walk. He has something to prove.
The Vietnam War and its ravenous appetite for boys may be long over, but that twisted sense of masculinity is back stronger than ever. More than 90 percent of mass shooters are straight cis men, and the overwhelming majority of them have histories of violence or antipathy toward women. Whether it’s incel ideology, fear of race mixing and white genocide, or some other reason, mass shootings in America are continuously linked to the idea of men needing to assert themselves as dominant and strong.
This is also shown in the rise of masculinity grifters like Andrew Tate. Millions of teenage boys flock to Tate and others like him, drawn to the idea that violence and domination will restore feelings of masculinity. Boys don’t feel like men. Gun manufacturers, extremists, and grifters are willing to sell them that feeling, or at least an illusion of it.
The Long Walk is a potent allegory for this time in history. Almost all of the boys on the walk are trying to be something they feel society is denying them. The fascist dystopia makes life hard and people poor. Times are tough, and the next generation of men feel like losers denied their birthright. Sound familiar, here in the hospice era of capitalism and oligarchy?
So the boys participate in this barbaric ritual, all entirely of their free will. They sell their lives and their bodies for a fleeting moment of adulation and the promise of power over others. If they outwalk the other 99, they will have the money and the clout to never feel emasculated again. If they don’t, they’ll die a hero.
That mindset is lurking in the fevered mind of every cryptobro and daily grind mindset guru. It’s what makes people being hurt by Trump policies wave a MAGA flag despite that pain. This bottomless need for masculinity affirmation is dragging the entire world behind it on metaphorical long walk, and people are dropping like flies to justify it.
I doubt that The Long Walk will change many minds or help men see that chasing masculinity is fool’s deal. It is, however, a story from a half century past that is even more meaningful today. Maybe, just maybe, someone will see the reflection of our world in its terrifying story and step off the road.
And yes, your kid is not going to love this. You might get pushback, eye rolls, maybe even tears.
Do it anyway — and let them make you the bad guy. That’s your job.
In Adolescence, Jamie had full access to his laptop, alone in his room, all night — and that’s where things spiraled. He got pulled into toxic online spaces his parents didn’t even know existed.
Set a clear tech boundary: no phones, laptops, or tablets in bedrooms after a set time.
Devices charge overnight in a shared space.
This isn’t about punishment — it’s about safety, sleep, and mental health.
They might hate it. But that boundary could protect them from a world they’re not ready to navigate alone.”
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanian police have raided the home of controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan over new allegations against the pair involving human trafficking and sexual intercourse with a minor.
Romanian police said in a statement they had launched four home search warrants, in Bucharest, and nearby Ilfov county.
Police said they were investigating allegations of human trafficking, sexual intercourse with a minor, organizing a criminal group, influencing statements and money laundering.
The latest allegations are understood to be in addition to charges already facing Tate, a self-proclaimed misogynist influencer and former kickboxer.
He, Tristan and two Romanian citizens were arrested in late 2022 and indicted in mid-2023 on charges of human trafficking, rape and setting up a criminal gang to sexually exploit women – allegations they have denied.
Police said hearings in relation to the latest allegations would be held at DIICOT headquarters, but did not say when.
“We make it clear that, during the entire criminal process, the investigated persons benefit from the procedural rights and guarantees provided by the Code of Criminal Procedure, as well as the presumption of innocence,” Romanian police said in a statement.
Escorted by police as the brothers left their home earlier on Wednesday, Andrew Tate told reporters that “two years, no victims, no pictures of victims, the case falls apart and this all happens again.”
“What I’ve done wrong, who knows? It’s certainly not human trafficking,” Tate said, according to Antena 3.
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Janine Tate is a distinguished American attorney, who, despite being part of a family known for its public figures, has chosen a path less traveled by the limelight.
Unlike her father and brothers, who are well-known for their controversial and bold public statements, Janine has opted for a quieter, more private life.
Her decision to steer clear of the fame and controversies that follow her family members sets her apart, highlighting her unique journey and professional focus.
Key Takeaway
Janine is a respected lawyer specializing in business law and women’s rights, choosing a private life over her family’s fame.
Born in the UK to a chess master father and moving to the US, she’s a mix of British-American cultures, educated in law at the University of Kentucky.
Her hard work in law has built her a net worth of about $250,000.
Despite her fame-bound brothers, Andrew and Tristan, Janine maintains a distant relationship with them,.
She Was Born In Luton
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Janine Tate is a dual citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom, originally from Luton, Bedfordshire, in the East of England. She is the daughter of Emory Andrew Tate Junior and Eileen Tate.
Eileen, who worked as a catering assistant at Newman Catholic School, and Emory, an international chess master with 80 tournament victories and a former member of the United States Air Force according to US Chess Federation.
Her parents, met in the mid-1980s at the Ministry of Defence base in Chicksands, Bedfordshire, married in 1985 but divorced in 1997.
Emory was born on 27th December 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as per Sportskeeda.
Janine has a mixed ethnic background and holds both British and American citizenship.
Her brothers recognize her as a feminist, highlighting her involvement in advocating for women’s rights.
This aspect of her work showcases her passion for making a difference in societal issues, particularly in championing the rights and equality of women.
What Is Her Net Worth?
Janine Tate’s alleged net worth stands at around $250,000, primarily accrued through her profession as a full-time attorney according to a source from Aussiecelebs.com.
Her Relationship With Andrew And Tristan
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Janine’s oldest brother, Emory Andrew Tate III, is a notable figure in both the martial arts world and on the internet. Born on December 1, 1986, in Washington, D.C., USA, he has reached the age of 36 as of 2022. Initially making his mark as a professional kickboxer, he later transitioned to offering memberships and paid courses on his website.
Gaining fame as an online influencer, his journey has been marred by controversy due to his misogynistic comments on social media, leading to bans from several platforms.
Her other older brother, Tristan Tate, born on July 15, 1988, is a well-known British kickboxer, businessman, TV personality, entrepreneur, and social media influencer.
His achievements include winning the International Sports Karate Association (ISKA) championship twice as per Briefly news.
Beyond sports, he has diversified his interests into owning casinos in Romania, investing in assets, and trading in cryptocurrency.
He also generates income through modeling campaigns, brand endorsements, and various side projects.
Strained Family Ties
Janine Tate’s relationship with her brothers is notably strained. This aspect of their family dynamic came to light through statements made by Andrew.
In an interview, he openly shared:
“I have a sister. My sister and I don’t really talk. I do love her.”
Similarly, Tristan Tate expressed a lack of close connection with Janine, stating:
“I have nothing bad to say about my sister; she just doesn’t talk to me. I haven’t spoken to her properly in years. I wish her all the best. I don’t know, but she lives in f***ing Kentucky or somewhere.”
These admissions reveal a significant distance, both emotional and physical, between Janine and her siblings.
I wish her the absolute best, I have nothing bad to say about her. But the bond me and my brother have, I don’t wanna say this in any kind of negative way. I don’t feel I could live with my sister full-time in a same house. It would be weird, I don’t know why. I always thought there’s gonna be some degree of disconnect just because of the gender.
FAQ
What does Janine Tate do?
Janine is an American lawyer specializing in business and commercial litigation. She keeps a low profile compared to her famous brothers.
Is Janine Tate a feminist?
Her brothers describe her as a feminist who focuses on women’s rights activism.
Is Andrew Tate’s sister older than him?
No, Janine is Andrew’s younger sister.
Does Andrew Tate have kids?
Yes, Andrew claims to have several children, but details about them remain mysterious.
On March 12th, in Bucharest, Romania, a court agreed to Britain’s request to extradite internet celebrity Andrew Tate. However, they’ve decided to wait until the legal proceedings in Romania are concluded.
Following this decision, the court also ordered that Andrew and his brother Tristan be immediately released from police custody. They had been detained for a day while the court considered an arrest warrant from Britain.
The appeals court stated it would carry out the extradition once the criminal case in Bucharest is resolved. The Tate brothers were arrested on allegations of sexual aggression from 2012 to 2015, charges they strongly deny, according to their public relations team. The arrest warrant came from the Westminster Magistrates Court in London.
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Tate, who boasts 8.9 million followers on X, previously known as Twitter, has consistently argued that Romanian prosecutors lack evidence against him, suggesting a political plot aimed at silencing him.
Upon his release, Andrew Tate expressed his innocence and looked forward to clearing his name through the judicial process. he also posted an update on X: “The Matrix is afraid, but I only fear God.”
“The Matrix” is a term he has used in the past to describe what he sees as a conspiracy against him.
He also humorously noted that despite his previous requests to return to the U.K., which were denied, he now sees the extradition as good news.
British police have indicated that the Tate brothers are under investigation for rape and human trafficking and are collaborating with Romanian authorities on the case.
The Tate brothers’ legal counsel, Eugen Vidineac, welcomed the decision to delay extradition, seeing it as a chance for a full defense and transparent legal proceedings.
Andrew Tate, known for promoting a hyper-masculine lifestyle and amassing millions of followers, was charged in Romania last June along with his brother and two Romanian women.
The charges include human trafficking, rape, and forming a gang to exploit women sexually, all of which they deny.
The case is currently in a preliminary phase in the Bucharest court, which is determining whether to proceed to trial.
The Romanian legal system is experiencing delays, and a decision is pending.
The Tate brothers were in police custody from late December 2022 until April, under house arrest until August, and now under judicial control, which allows them freedom of movement within the country but prohibits them from leaving.
Romanian officials confiscated 15 high-end vehicles, 14 luxury watches, and various currencies totaling approximately 3.6 million euros ($3.9 million).
Besties don’t snitch on each other, but I guess controversial Kick streamer Adin Ross didn’t get that memo. According to a recent Rolling Stone report, the 20-something content creator accidentally ratted out his homie Andrew Tate during a livestream sometime last week, which apparently landed the self-professed internet misogynist back behind Romanian prison bars following a U.K. arrest warrant.
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On March 12, Rolling Stone confirmed that the Tate brothers, Andrew and Tristan, were re-arrested by Romanian authorities based on a tip they received about the duo’s plan to leave Romania. While it’s unclear who delivered the tip, the publication noted that the firm McCue Law, which represents the women accusing the Tates of rape and sexual assault, learned about the brothers’ plans via a Kick livestream by Adin Ross, a friend of the Tates. As Rolling Stone discovered by viewing a clip from the stream, at one point Ross read a direct message from Andrew to his viewers. (The clip wasn’t linked in the original Rolling Stone story but can be viewed here.)
“Andrew had hit me up,” Ross can be seen saying. “He said, ‘Hey, I’m gonna be leaving Romania soon and probably never coming back. If you want to come over and do a week of long streams and content before I leave, I think it’ll be big. And it’s never’—I’m sorry, he said, ‘It’s basically now or never.’”
The Tates were previously arrested in December 2022. Employing something Andrew referred to as the “loverboy method,” the duo lured in and subjugated women using intimidation and surveillance and, through manipulation and abuse, coerced them into performing in exploitative videos, authorities have claimed.
A spokesperson for the Tates told Rolling Stone that neither of them intended to flee Romania to dodge judicial proceedings, explaining that Ross may have “misconstrue[d] Andrew’s message.” Eugen Vidineac, the Tates’ counsel, said there’s “no truth” to what Ross read live, ardently expressing the brothers’ intent to “actively [participate] in the legal process” in order to defend their reputation.
Kotaku has reached out to Ross and Tate for comment.
Whether intentional or not, what Adin Ross read from Andrew Tate seems to have had severe consequences. Here I thought that when you’re the Top G, you get to do whatever you want, whenever you want. But, as Tate has said in various books of his, “You are the only person who can mess this up.” Well, guess what, Tate? You messed this up. Hope the trial goes well.
Bucharest, Romania — Online influencer Andrew Tate was detained in Romania and handed an arrest warrant issued by British authorities, his spokesperson said Tuesday.
Tate, 37, and his brother Tristan Tate were detained Monday evening on allegations of sexual aggression in a U.K. case dating back to 2012-2015, spokesperson Mateea Petrescu said.
Andrew Tate, right, and his brother Tristan leaving the tribunal in Bucharest, Romania on Feb. 29, 2024.
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She said the Bucharest Court of Appeal is set to make a “pivotal decision” Tuesday on whether to execute the warrants issued by U.K.’s Westminster Magistrates Court.
Four women had reported Tate to the U.K. authorities for alleged sexual violence and physical abuse, but the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to prosecute him. The alleged victims then turned to crowdfunding to cover their legal costs as they pursue a civil case against him.
“We handed over our evidence about the horrific acts of violence we endured and waited for action. But four years later we were told the U.K. authorities would not prosecute him,” they state on their campaign page. “It’s our one remaining route to hold him accountable.”
Petrescu said Tuesday that the Tate brothers reject the charges and “express profound disappointment that such serious allegations are being resurrected without substantial new evidence.”
Tate is charged in a separate case in Romania with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. He was arrested near Bucharest in December 2022 along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women. Romanian prosecutors formally indicted all four in June last year and they have denied the allegations.
Andrew Tate, who has amassed 8.9 million followers on the social media platform X, has repeatedly claimed that prosecutors in Romania have no evidence against him and that there is a political conspiracy to silence him. He was previously banned from various prominent social media platforms for expressing misogynistic views and for hate speech.
A post appeared on Tate’s X account on Tuesday that read, “The Matrix is afraid, but I only fear God.” He uses the term “Matrix” to refer to what he sees as a wide-ranging conspiracy targeting men.
After their arrest in Romania, the Tate brothers were held for three months in police detention before being moved to house arrest. They were later restricted to the areas of Bucharest Municipality and nearby Ilfov County. Currently, they cannot leave Romania. The legal case in Romania is still being discussed in the preliminary chamber stages, a process in which the defendants can challenge prosecutors’ evidence. No trial date has been set.
In January, Tate won an appeal challenging the seizure of his assets by Romanian authorities, which were confiscated in the weeks after he was arrested.
Romanian authorities had seized 15 luxury cars, 14 designer watches and cash in several currencies worth an estimated 3.6 million euros ($3.9 million).
Red-pilled individuals claim they have awakened to the truth that no-fault divorce, spousal support, custody laws, and many other things associated with marriage are biased against men. The Onion asked red-pilled Americans to explain why men should never get married, and this is what they said.
“Okay, so I’m going to say, ‘Where’s the evidence,’ and then you’re going to present some evidence, and then I’m going to say, ‘Innocent until proven guilty!’ and then you’re going to explain that only applies directly to criminal trials, and then I’m just going to make a violent threat against you.”
Bucharest, Romania — Andrew Tate, the divisive internet influencer who is charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, won an appeal on Friday to be released from house arrest and will instead be put under judicial control measures, his spokesperson said.
The Reuters news agency quoted a written ruling by the Bucharest Court of Appeals as saying that it “replaces the house arrest measure with that of judicial control for a period of 60 days from August 4 until October 2.”
The exact restrictions that Tate will face were not immediately made public, and the investigation into his alleged crimes continued.
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate (C) arrives at the Municipal Court of Bucharest, Romania, in a June 21, 2023 file photo.
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The Bucharest court’s decision came after prosecutors formally indicted 36-year-old Tate in June, along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women, in the same case. All four were arrested in late December near Bucharest and have denied the allegations against them.
Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), has accused the four defendants of forming an organized crime group to carry out human trafficking in Romania, the U.K. and in the U.S.
DIICOT has said seven alleged victims were recruited by two of the defendants and misled about their romantic intentions. The alleged victims were then moved to houses where they were intimidated verbally and with acts of physical violence, and sexually exploited, according to DIICOT.
The agency says one of the defendents, who BBC News named as Andrew Tate, repeatedly raped one of the alleged victims. The BBC said a Romanian judge had 60 days to inspect the case and that the trial would likely take years. No start date for the proceedings was announced.
Tate, a former boxer and martial artist, is best-known for spreading hate speech, misogyny and violence on social media. He was banned by both Facebook and Instagram in August 2022 for violating parent company Meta’s policies on dangerous organizations and individuals, and has also been banned from posting videos on YouTube.
He was suspended by Twitter in 2017 but reinstated on the platform after Elon Musk took ownership of the company last year.
Ex-pro kickboxer Andrew Tate, who is currently under house arrest after being criminally charged with rape and human trafficking, has offered to train Elon Musk to fight Mark Zuckerberg after the two billionaires this week agreed to a cage match. What do you think?
“Offering to help someone is a total beta cuck move.”
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“Having all three in the same place would provide a great opportunity to seal off the room.”
Diego Armin, Coral Bleacher
“Something tells me Elon’s already learned an awful lot from Andrew Tate.”
SAN FRANCISCO—Emphasizing that she should get ready to have her mind absolutely blown, Elon Musk reportedly sat the new Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino down on Friday and had her watch The Matrix as part of her onboarding process. “Buckle up, because this movie will tell you everything you need to know about working at Twitter, and also the world and our society at large,” said Musk, who opened up a laptop, pressed play on the 136-minute-long film, and began excitedly watching, commenting on, and reciting the lines of his favorite scenes over her shoulder. “Okay, so this is how it works when you’re CEO: you’re like Neo and I’m your Morpheus. The machines are trying to control our minds, but luckily, we know the truth. In order to be in charge of Twitter, you must take the blue pill or the red pill. What will you choose?” At press time, Elon Musk had switched the onboarding movie to Andrew Tate’s Hustlers University after discovering that the Wachowskis identified as female.
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No God’s coming to save you, Taintman.Photo: Daniel Mihailescu (Getty Images)
Self-professed misogynist and noted internet jackass Andrew Tate is back in Romanian custody after a short reported stint in the hospital. Although rumors are flying every which way, it appears Tate has “certain medical problems” that constituted a doctor check-up, according to a quote from CNN’s Romanian news branch, Antena 3.
Tate, who’s well-known for his gross takes on women, was arrested on December 29 following an exchange with prominent climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter. During that dispute, in which he basically doxxed himself by ordering pizza from a Romanian restaurant chain, Tate argued he wasn’t owned by Thunberg (he was) while talking about the myriad cars he has that “run on dead dinosaurs” and create lots of carbon emissions. Cool. However, not long after he got bodied by the teenage Thunberg, Romanian police rolled up to Tate’s mansion and booked him and his brother Tristan Tate on charges of human trafficking and organized crime. Sucks to suck, huh?
After being detained, Tate, who had something of a routine check-up, was transported to a hospital after the prison doctor asked if “he was suffering from certain ailments.” According to Antena 3 CNN’s reporting, Tate was “taken to a specialist consultation in a hospital in the capital.” Tate has been released and is back in custody.
It seems he’ll be in prison for a bit longer. As reported by several outlets, like AP News and The Guardian, Tate lost his legal appeal to the Romanian courts to get let out early. This means he has to serve the full 30-day detention while an investigation gets underway.
Kotaku reached out to Tate for comment but, considering he’s currently incarcerated in international prison, did not receive a response before publication. Weirdly, though, his Twitter account is still very much active.
Tate allegedly used a “loverboy method” to lure victims in, only to subjugate them to intimidation and surveillance as a means of control. He’s also been accused of coercing these victims into lurid pornographic actions that were intended for monetary purposes. Hopefully, he gets a longer sentence.
Greta Thunberg demonstrated once again this week she’s a force to be reckoned with. Known for taking on world leaders over climate change, the 19-year-old environmental activist capped off 2022 by insulting Andrew Tate with what is already one of the most popular tweets of all time.
Tate, a kickboxer-turned-influencer and self-styled “king of toxic masculinity,” taunted Thunberg on Tuesday, tweeting: “Hello @GretaThunberg. I have 33 cars. My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad turbo. My TWO Ferrari 812 competizione have 6.5L v12s. This is just the start. Please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions.”
Thunberg replied: “yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com.”
Her comeback, posted Wednesday, has over 278 million views, 678,000 retweets, and nearly 4 million likes. That makes it one of the most-liked tweets ever.
Musk praises Thunberg
Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Friday expressed his admiration for Thunberg, writing: “The sheer amount of brand awareness achieved by Greta within a few years is astounding. I think she’s cool tbh.”
His tweet was directly in response to a piece from satire site Babylon Bee entitled “New Greta Thunberg Thermostat Scowls At You When You Turn The Heat Up,” but it came amid her feud with Tate.
Musk, a self-described “free-speech absolutist,” has reinstated a number of banned Twitter accounts since his $44 billion takeover of Twitter in late October. Among them are the accounts of Tate and the Babylon Bee.
Tate had been banned for misogyny, hate speech, and other violations on a number of social networks, among them Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. In one video that led to him being ousted from the British version of Big Brother, he was seen hitting a woman with a belt. He claimed it had been a consensual act.
In a tweet following his reinstatement on Twitter, Tate said he was flying to California to tell Musk he was “a legend.”
On Thursday, Romanian police arrested Tate and his brother Tristan, along with others, near Bucharest on charges of human trafficking and rape, according toReuters.
The arrest followed Tate responding to Thunberg’s well-liked quip with a video in which he had pizza boxes from a restaurant in the Bucharest area. Speculation followed that the boxes tipped off authorities to Tate’s location in Romania—the hashtag #PizzaTate trended—but doubters said that Tate had not been keeping his whereabouts a secret and authorities denied a correlation.
So…Elon Musk let Andrew Tate back on Twitter, and Tate promptly used it to reveal his whereabouts to authorities in Romania who then arrested him.
All because Greta Thunberg owned him so hard his little wee-wee fell off.
Do I have that right? Please say I have that right.
After Tate’s arrest, Thunberg took another dig at Tate, tweeting: “This is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes.”
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A Romanian law enforcement agency confirmed that misogynist influencer Andrew Tate has been arrested on human trafficking charges but said one widely reported detail is inaccurate.
Some people had speculated that officials had been tipped off to Tate’s whereabouts by a pizza box seen in a video he made about teen climate activist Greta Thunberg. But DIICOT, Romania’s agency targeting organized crime, told The Associated Press that that wasn’t the case.
“Funny, but no,” DIICOT spokesperson Ramona Bolla told the AP.
Tate and his brother Tristan Tate, both British-U.S. citizens, were detained with two other people on Thursday. The four face charges of human trafficking, rape and being part of an organized crime group.
In an image from a video released by Observator Antena 1, social media personality Andrew Tate is led away by police Thursday in the Ilfov area north of Bucharest, Romania.
Observator Antena 1 via Associated Press
“The four suspects … appear to have created an organized crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content meant to be seen on specialised websites for a cost,” prosecutors said, according to a translation by Reuters.
Tate is a 36-year-old former professional kickboxer and social media personality known for his degrading and sexist comments about women, including saying that women “must bare [sic] some responsibility” for being raped. He has been kicked off multiple social media platforms, but he returned to Twitter last month after the company’s new owner, Elon Musk, reinstated a slew of formerly suspended accounts.
Tate’s return to Twitter is where Greta Thunberg comes in. On Tuesday, he tweeted at the 19-year-old Swedish activist, bragging about his cars and asking her to provide her email address “so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions.”
Thunberg replied, “yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com.”
In response to the teenager, Tate posted a video in which he wears a robe, smokes a cigar and gets handed two pizza boxes, which he specifies will not be recycled.
News of Tate’s detainment broke shortly after he posted the video, and reports started swirling that his post and the arrest were related. A viral theory emerged that the pizza boxes, which bore the name of Romanian chain Jerry’s Pizza, alerted authorities that he was in the country. That theory appears to have originated with a story from Romanian news outlet Gândul, which cited anonymous sources who said authorities learned via social media posts that the Tate brothers were together in Romania.
However, the Gândul story did not specifically mention the pizza box video, which was far from the only recent post indicating Tate was in the country.
But even if their Twitter spat had nothing to do with Tate’s arrest, Thunberg nevertheless had an additional comment on Friday.
“This is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes,” she wrote.
Andrew Tate, an internet influencer known for spreading deeply misogynistic views, was reportedly arrested and detained in Bucharest, Romania, on Thursday in connection with a human trafficking investigation.
Romanian police executed search warrants and arrested four suspects ― two British and two Romanian nationals ― with suspected involvement in human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group, according to the country’s Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism.
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate were among them, according to Reuters, which published images of Andrew Tate being escorted by Romanian police. The suspects will be detained for 24 hours, Romanian authorities said.
“The four suspects … appear to have created an organized crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content meant to be seen on specialised websites for a cost,” prosecutors said, according to a Reuters translation.
A lawyer for the brothers confirmed their detention to Reuters.
The brothers grew up in England but moved to Romania several years ago. Andrew Tate told The Mirror earlier this year that they ran a lucrative business selling webcam calls to lingerie-clad women.
The Tate brothers were questioned by law enforcement in April, when Romanian police raided Andrew Tate’s home as part of a human trafficking investigation.
Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism did not immediately return a request for comment.
Andrew Tate, a U.S.-born former kickboxer, has been banned from multiple social media platforms over his sexist rhetoric. In 2017, he tweeted that women “must bare [sic] some responsibility” for being raped. He was kicked off of the reality TV show “Big Brother” in 2016 when a video surfaced appearing to show him attacking a woman.
Tate made headlines earlier this week for trying to troll environmental activist Greta Thunberg, who told him to get a life.
According to Romanian news, the home of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan was “raided by Romanian authorities, specifically the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism, on the morning of 29 December.” One news site reported that Romanian police carried out the raid in connection to the abduction of two girls, hence the potential child trafficking charges. Another site reported that the brothers will be detained for 24 hours and that the U.S. Embassy received a complaint that a woman with American citizenship was being held at the Tate brothers’ home without consent.
Footage of the arrest is also available to view on Twitter:
Even better, Tate’s online activity was partially his undoing: When Romanian authorities were looking for evidence that Tate was in the country, they simply turned to his social media posts. One of the most recent posts just happened to be an extremely stupid video response to Greta Thunberg, who efficiently roasted his ass earlier:
Tate was so riled up about a teenage girl dragging him in the public square that he filmed a video giving away his location—a Romanian pizza chain called Jerry’s Pizza, which confirmed to authorities that he was in the country.
Romanian authorities needed proof that Andrew Tate was in the country so they reportedly used his social media posts. His ridiculous video yesterday featured a pizza from a Romanian pizza chain, Jerry’s Pizza, confirming he was in the country.
Hasan’s head looks normal-sized here, guys.Image: Hasanabi on Twitch / Kotaku
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