Romanian authorities have launched an investigation into British-American influencer Tristan Tate over allegations he broke election legal guidelines by posting political content material on social media throughout the nation’s current presidential elections.
The probe, confirmed by police sources, is centred on a social media publish that Tate is alleged to have shared on election day and included direct or implicit political messaging, which is against the law in Romania.
Tate, 36, is the youthful brother of controversial influencer Andrew Tate, 38, a self-described misogynist. The pair have a mixed social media following of over 13 million.
Each are being investigated by Romanian authorities in a separate case in relation to plenty of expenses, which they deny.
The newest investigation was opened by Ilfov county police after it obtained an official grievance.
It’s alleged that Tate might have tried to affect voters by way of the social media publish, which can represent offences of overseas election interference and campaigning throughout restricted intervals.
He has been summoned for questioning on Tuesday. Andrew isn’t concerned on this case, in line with official sources.
The BBC has contacted Tate’s representatives for remark. He has not issued any public assertion relating to the investigation.
However in a video publish apparently revealed on X on the day of the election, Tate says he’s “not campaigning” and that as “an American man, utilizing an American platform, in Dubai, to speak about political points” he’s “not topic to Romania’s ‘no campaigning’ legislation”.
In recent times, the Tate brothers have constructed an enormous on-line presence on social media. They’ve attracted frequent criticism over offensive statements about girls.
Each had been arrested in Romania in December 2022, with Andrew accused of rape and human trafficking and Tristan suspected of human trafficking.
They each denied the fees and spent a number of months beneath home arrest. A 12 months and a half later, in August 2024, they confronted new allegations in Romania together with intercourse with a minor and trafficking underage individuals, all of which they deny.
They’re additionally going through 21 expenses within the UK, together with rape, precise bodily hurt and human trafficking.
On the time of an arrest warrant obtained by Bedfordshire Police in March 2024, the Tates stated they “categorically reject all expenses” and had been “very harmless males”.
A Romanian courtroom dominated that they could possibly be extradited to the UK solely as soon as the separate proceedings in opposition to them in Romania concluded.
Prosecutors unexpectedly lifted a two-year journey ban earlier this 12 months, after which the brothers travelled from Romania to the US state of Florida by non-public jet in February 2025.
They returned to Romania in March 2025, telling reporters that “harmless males do not run from something”.