A court in Romania has 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.
  • Luft@lemm.eeEnglish
    135·
    11 months ago

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

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      11 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.worldEnglish
        37·
        11 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.

  • jtk@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    85·
    11 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.worldEnglish
      20·
      11 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.

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      67·
      11 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.

          • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            I have no idea what their standards are, but if I were running the company I would deplatform someone convicted of human trafficking when their videos are basically justification for human trafficking.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      55·
      11 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.

    • Thrashy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      11 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.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Right, but YouTube have already proven that they’re perfectly prepared to take off platform activities into account.

      • Maeve@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        Hey, thanks for that! It makes me feel a bit better about it! I sometimes watch Behind the Bastards and haven’t disproven anything they claim, but I don’t always take the time to fact-check them, either.

        • Thrashy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          11 months ago

          I’ve caught a few slips of the tongue and minor errors when Robert touches on things I have particular knowledge of, but not any gross misrepresentations. The warning was more along the lines of “I haven’t gone to primary sources on this” rather than casting aspersions on the podcast.

  • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    11 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

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    11·
    11 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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