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Romanian court rejects influencer Andrew Tate's request to return assets seized in trafficking case (apnews.com)

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[-] Luft@lemm.ee 138 points 10 months ago

Lol he moved to Romania bc they have shitty sketchy laws. Get fucked idiot

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 121 points 10 months ago

And it was working. They weren't trying to prosecute him until he bragged about moving to Romania to avoid prosecution. He embarrassed the Romanian law enforcement, so they decided to just go after him.

[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago

that's the thing about these countries that run on systems of bribes. the only rule is don't run your mouth about it in the media.

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 129 points 10 months ago

Eat shit dickhead

[-] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 74 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I was going to say "influencer" is quite a soft term for "sex trafficker" but, when I ranked the terms, it turned out "influencer" is the more insulting one.

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

In my experience, influencers are people who:

destroy natural monuments and works of art for attention
play cruel pranks on others for attention
present a completely false image of themselves and their lives
constantly demand special treatment while offering nothing in return

And about a million other things I can’t think of right now.

In short, they’re among the most awful people around. You really don’t need a more insulting term.

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 64 points 10 months ago

How is it YT is still playing videos produced by this clown?

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 66 points 10 months ago

Youtube has no morals, no standards. It is a business, and their business is eyes. The more eyes, the more ads, the more revenue. Everything else is nuance.

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 51 points 10 months ago

I'm still angry that Jordan Peterson gets so much shit thrown up on YT. As a Canadian, I'd just like to say we prefer being associated with Beiber.

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 21 points 10 months ago

Beiber gained some maturity. Those other two, not so much. I feel your pain.

[-] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago

Still a wifebeater tho

[-] PinkPanther@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

Don't worry. After watching Trailer Park Boys, all Canadians are like this. Prove me wrong! /s

[-] shadowspirit@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

It's just water under the fridge.

[-] PinkPanther@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

You sure it's not rocket appliances?

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[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I will forever associate Canadaland with Celine Dion. That’s not bad.

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[-] Thrashy@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

My understanding (entirely mediated by the Behind the Bastards episodes about him, so take it with a grain of salt) is that he never posted directly to YT; everything of his up there was and continues to be reuploads from his followers. So, regrettably, even though Romania has thrown him into a hole in the earth, Tate-stans will continue to spread the bad word.

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago

Not “influencer”, “huckster”.

Get it together, corporate news.

[-] naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca 28 points 10 months ago

Who cares about Tate?

[-] _xDEADBEEF@lemm.ee 31 points 10 months ago

Simps.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Please your dishonor, I haven't nearly fucked around enough and I wanna take it up a notch. What about Trump, treat me like a king

[-] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

How many Bugatti's does he have now?

[-] tsuica@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

None.

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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Good. The court may also keep him until kingdom come and a few days.

[-] spirinolas@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

"These are Romine now!"

I'll find the door by myself.

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 11 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania on Monday rejected a request by influencer Andrew Tate to return assets that were seized during investigations into the case in which he is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.

The decision comes nearly a year after Tate, his brother Tristan and two Romanian women were arrested near Bucharest.

After their arrest, Romanian authorities seized 15 luxury cars, 14 designer watches and cash in several currencies.

Romania’s anti-organized crime agency said at the time that the assets could be used to cover the expenses of the investigation and compensation for victims if authorities could prove they were gained through illicit activities.

Andrew Tate, who has amassed 8.4 million followers on the social media platform X, has repeatedly claimed that prosecutors 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.

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[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago

Wait, he’s out of jail? WHY?

[-] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 13 points 10 months ago

He's on house arrest. Don't worry, he's not "free."

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago

He’s too free for my taste. Dude needs to be castrated and shackled to a furnace.

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[-] formergijoe@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

He was just on a Twitter stream with Elon and Alex Jones. That sounds too free for me.

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[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Except for the solid gold buttplug.

He can have that back.

If he picks it up on live television.

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

This cunt is the reason my girlfriend's ex literally tried to pimp her out to his "friends" and on a cam website. If I could lay my hands on either of them, I worry about what I'd do - although admittedly Mr Tate could very likely kick my arse.

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