Romanian prosecutors open Andrew Tate hate-speech inquiry over 2021-2024 speeches
Romanian prosecutors opened a new investigation on May 28 into andrew tate over allegations that he incited hatred and discrimination against women through social media speeches spread between 2021 and 2024. DIICOT said the case concerns a continued form of incitement, adding another legal track for the 39-year-old British citizen while he remains free in Romania.
DIICOT adds a new case
DIICOT said in a statement that “From the criminal investigation documents, it emerged that one suspect (a British citizen), aged 39, during the period 2021-2024, through several speeches promoted on social media, incited the public to hatred and discrimination against women.” Prosecutors said the speeches allegedly encouraged hatred and discrimination against women.
The new inquiry does not stand alone. DIICOT has already handled a separate case tied to Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate, and prosecutors described the latest step as a continuation of the broader file against the brothers. Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate have lived for several years in Romania, where they have already faced detention, house arrest, and judicial control.
Romania cases against the Tate brothers
In August 2024, DIICOT announced searches in Bucharest and Ilfov County in a case involving the formation of an organized criminal group, trafficking of minors, human trafficking, sexual acts with a minor, influencing statements, and money laundering. Prosecutors said Andrew and Tristan Tate and their accomplices allegedly recruited 34 women starting in 2015.
DIICOT said the women were forced to produce pornographic materials distributed for a fee on specialized platforms, and prosecutors put the proceeds at roughly USD 2.8 million. One of the Tate brothers was suspected of repeatedly having intimate relations with a 15-year-old girl who was listed as a victim in the case.
British police and Bucharest Tribunal
At the end of March 2026, British Police announced that they had reopened an investigation after accusations by several women regarding alleged rape and sexual assault in 2014 and 2015. In April 2026, the Bucharest Tribunal revoked the judicial control measure in Andrew Tate’s case and in Tristan Tate’s case, leaving Andrew Tate free of preventive restrictions.
The result is a widening legal picture rather than a single new allegation. Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate remain defendants under investigation in the DIICOT cases, and the May 28 inquiry adds incitement to hatred and discrimination against women to that list. The practical next step for the brothers is another phase of Romanian proceedings, now running alongside the earlier trafficking file and the reopened British police investigation.
