Tate’s pal dubbed ‘Bomber’ arrested ‘after women made to get tats of face’

ANDREW Tate’s warped friend has been arrested after being accused of forcing women to make porn.

Influencer Vlad Obuzic also allegedly made the victims get tattoos of his name or face as “proof he owned them”.

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Obuzic – a close pal of brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate and a witness in their case – is being investigated over claims he sexually exploited at least seven women.

According to prosecutors, he used violence to force at least seven women to produce explicit pornographic content.

Romanian police representatives told The Sun that together with Obuzic – who has more than 51,000 followers on Instagram – two other traffickers are investigated.

The trio allegedly used “loverboy” method to attract their victims by promising to marry or be in a relationship with them before forcing them to prostitute and do porn videos.

Judicial sources told The Sun: “Vlad Obuzic has been arrested for 24 hours and will be presented on June 14 in front of Bucharest court with the proposal of a legal measure.

“Mr Obuzic, together with two other people, determined several women, through psychical and physical violence, to produce materials with explicit sexual content, for an online platform dedicated to adults.

“The three persons got big amounts of money because of their acts. We cannot say for the moment if there are connections between this file and other human trafficking files, including one of Tate brothers.”

Obuzic, who owns a video chat studio in Bucharest, is a close friend of the Tate brothers and has put various photos on social media from the parties he had with them.

He has previously said Andrew and Tristan are sources of inspiration for him.

Much like Tate, Obuzic had a “money making academy” where he claimed he would teach youngsters have to make cash.

He has also been dubbed “The Bomber” over his lover of gambling, drinking and boxing.

It comes as the Tates appeared in court on Tuesday after being hit with a more serious charge.

They were released from the Romanian jail they had been held in for three months in March on house arrest.

But on Tuesday, Romanian prosecutors said the former kickboxer, 36, his brother Tristan, 34, and two other suspects were being investigated for human trafficking in continued form.

Authorities noted it was a more serious crime than separate counts of trafficking.

The Tate brothers and two Romanian female suspects are under house arrest pending a criminal investigation for suspected human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, accusations they have denied.

Under Romanian legislation, prosecutors have filed charges against the four suspects, but the case is under investigation and has not yet gone to trial.

Prosecutors are expected to commit them for trial later in June.

The four were held in police custody from December 29 until March 31, when a Bucharest court placed them under house arrest.

On Tuesday, Romania’s DIICOT anti-organised crime prosecuting unit notified the Tate brothers that the human trafficking charge had changed to trafficking in continued form, a spokesman said.

Under Romanian law, trafficking of adults carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years.

One more victim was added to the case, which started out with six women, the spokesman said.

The Tate brothers’ legal team said Tuesday’s changes were in the suspects’ “legal interest”.

They said: “The legal framework has been revised and altered to ensure an impartial investigation is upheld.”

It comes after the BBC was slammed by Romanian prosecutors for treating Tate “like a VIP” with a sit-down TV interview.

Amid the lengthy police probe, Tate featured in a combative interview with journalist Lucy Williamson on the public broadcaster last night.

The former kickboxer was seen wearing a dapper suit as he sat relaxed in a comfy chair and answered questions in what appeared to be a private “VIP” room.

Tate denied fuelling a culture of misogyny and dismissed all the alleged charges against him that were being investigated.

After he dominated the chat, the BBC chose to finish the interview abruptly.

But despite Tate’s airtime being cut short, Romanian prosecutors scolded the broadcaster for even giving the misogynist an opportunity.

A judicial source told The Sun it was disgraceful.

The source said: “It is really outrageous to see Mr Tate spread such bad words on the Romanian authorities when there is an investigation for over five months, with many pieces of evidence.

“It is simply just not normal for Mr Tate to give such an interview with so many conditions to BBC, like he was an outstanding VIP,  and not in fact a person investigated with his brother for several crimes.

“But I hope that the laws and the pieces of evidence will have the final word in this case from which Mr Tate tries to do a sort of show.”

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