Andrew Tate: Influencer’s request for bail is REFUSED by Romanian judge

Andrew Tate was today denied bail by a Romanian judge who ruled he must remain behind bars on sex trafficking charges.

Tate, 36, was arrested on December 29 along with his brother Tristan on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group to exploit women.

Last month he lost his appeal against a judge’s February 21 decision to add a third 30-day extension to his sentence.

And today, Tate appeared at a bail hearing that he hoped would be released from prison and placed under house arrest after nearly three months behind bars.

However, his application was denied by the judge this afternoon. The influencer said he was “disappointed” with the decision as he had “high hopes” of being reunited with his family, before adding that his lawyers would appeal the decision.

Andrew Tate was today denied bail by a Romanian judge who ruled he must remain behind bars on sex trafficking charges

A Tate spokesman told MailOnline: “Unfortunately, the Romanian justice system today denied Andrew Tate’s request for bail. We are disappointed with this result as we had high hopes of seeing Andrew reunited with his family.

“His legal team will appeal this decision within 48 hours.

‘The court’s decision can be viewed below:

‘[The Court] The application formulated by the defendant TEA to replace the measure of preventive detention with the measure of judicial control against bail is fundamentally rejected as inadmissible. With the right to complain within 48 hours of notification.’

Following the judge’s decision, Tate’s attorney, Eugen Vidineac, said: “On the face of it, the court’s decision is unlawful because the principle of inadmissibility raises a question of the impossibility of judicial action, a principle that cannot be applied in this case.”

Tate’s brother Tristan will attend his bail hearing tomorrow.

Her two accomplices, Luana Radu, 32 – a former Bucharest police officer – and Georgiana Naghel, 28 – a model who is believed to have been with Tate for almost a year – will also attend the hearings tomorrow and Thursday respectively participate in bail. None of the four have been formally charged.

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