
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has reportedly been arrested in Romania as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation.
Tate, who was arrested along with his brother Tristan, had his home in Bucharest raided.
The brothers' lawyer confirmed their detention, Reuters reports. The brothers had been under investigation since April along with two Romanian citizens. The video, widely shared on social media, appears to show Tate and his brother leaving a luxury villa.
"The four suspects ... appear to have formed an organized crime group for the purpose of recruiting, harboring and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content intended to be viewed on specialized websites for a fee," prosecutors said. according to Reuters.
Romania's Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) issued a statement, but did not name the Tate brothers, stating that two British nationals and two Romanians were suspected of being part of a criminal group focused on trafficking human beings.
The former kickboxer shot to fame in 2016 when he was kicked out of British TV show Big Brother over a video that appeared to show him assaulting a woman. He went on to gain notoriety online, with Twitter banning him after he said women should be "held accountable" for sexual assault.