When was Andrew Tate in prison and why was he released?
ANDREW Tate was locked up in a Romanian prison alongside his brother Tristan in December 2022.
Following being released, rearrested and placed on house arrest numerous times, he and his sibling reportedly fled Romania on February 26, 2025. Here’s everything you need to know.
When was Andrew Tate in prison?
Andrew Tate was arrested with his brother Tristan in December 2022.
The former Big Brother star was reportedly being held in a cell for 23 hours a day, at a prison described as a “hellhole”.
The brothers and their two alleged accomplices — Georgiana Naghel and Luana Radu — were later released on house arrest.
Tina Glandian joined their legal team while the Tate siblings were still in custody.
She told the Mirror: “Pre-trial detention is the harshest form of punishment.
“Terrible things happen to people when they’re in custody; people are killed sometimes in custody, it’s dangerous and should be the method of last resort.
“The authorities can continue to extend the detention.
“Every 30 days they can make a new application up to a six-month period without filing charges.”
However, he was released from jail and placed under house arrest on March 31, 2023.
Tate won an appeal to be released from house arrest in Romania in August 2023.
He spoke to Piers Morgan about his time in prison, describing it as a “Romanian dungeon”.
On November 20, 2023, he said: “I have been constrained this entire year.”
Tate went on: “I spent 93 days in a Romanian dungeon, five months locked in my house, and now I am restrained within the country of Romania, so it has certainly been a turbulent time”.
He was rearrested a year later in August 2024, which led to him again being placed under house arrest.
Tate remained under house arrest until January 2025, when restrictions against him were relaxed and he reportedly fled Romaina with his brother Tristan.
Why was Andrew Tate in prison?
Andrew and his brother Tristan were arrested as part of a probe into human trafficking, rape, and organised crime.
They are accused of recruiting women on social media platforms and getting them to travel to their villa on the outskirts of Bucharest.
The brothers are alleged to have pretended to fall in love with the women, before getting them to work for the business and making them perform sexual acts on webcams.
Romanian authorities have reported that they have identified six alleged victims in the case who were subjected to “acts of physical violence and mental coercion” as well as “sexual exploitation”.
When did Andrew Tate get arrested?
Tate’s Romanian home was raided by the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DICCOT) in Bucharest on December 29, 2022.
Despite this, he has remained active on social media since being incarcerated, with regular posts on Twitter.
He has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, saying that he is a victim of something called The Matrix.
Tate was released from prison and placed on house arrest on March 31, 2023, after a successful appeal against his detention.
The brothers had been fighting their custody since their arrest and have had it extended several times.
Neither of them was able to appeal for bail either due to the severity of their crimes.
Judges of the case were said to be weary of granting bail due to the pair’s extensive resources.
Where Andrew Tate is now
On February 26, 2025, Andrew and Tristan Tate departed from the Baneasa airport, Bucharest, on a private jet at around 5am local time (3am GMT), heading in the direction of the US.
They were travelling to Florida, sources close to the siblings told The Sun.
The news comes following the Trump administration lobbying the Romanian government to ease travel constraints on the brothers despite investigations continuing, as reported by the Financial Times.
It was understood that the Tates, who have dual UK-US nationality, had been banned from leaving Romania — but this appears to have been lifted.
A picture circulated on social media and in Romanian news shows Tristan waving while boarding a jet, but it remains unclear if the picture is new.
