Andrew Tate, 36, and his 34-year-old brother Tristan were arrested on Thursday night for alleged sex trafficking from a $700,000 Romanian warehouse they turned into a full-time living space.
Andrew purchased the property — located in the town of Voluntari, outside of Bucharest — in 2017 when he first moved to Romania.
Born Emory Andrew Tate III, the social media influencer and professed misogynist said his decision to leave the United Kingdom was 40% based on avoiding rape charges as police investigated abuse allegations.
Andrew had moved to the UK when he was little after his father, Emory Tate, struggled to find work in the United States.
“So by age 11 I was [the] man of the house,” he has said, claiming he soon started working in markets while still at school.
In one video explaining why he moved from the UK to Romania, Andrew said: “I’m not a rapist, but I like the idea of just being able to do what I want. I like being free,” according to the Guardian.
Photos of his Romanian compound, which he once gave viewers a tour of, show a very obvious bachelor pad, with sleek furniture and contemporary style throughout.
One room holds a high-tech display of monitors with multiple security-video feeds and another space has a James Bond-themed glass wardrobe that shows off an array of guns and black jackets.
A wood-paneled room with leather armchairs appears to be the same area where Andrew recorded his widely mocked critique of climate activist Greta Thunberg in which he was seen smoking a cigar.
