After more than two years of being banned from leaving Romania, Andrew and Tristan Tate have flown out of Bucharest, the BBC reported.
They were facing criminal prosecution on serious charges in Romania.
Andrew Tate has left Romania for the US by private jet, according to local reports.
The self-styled “misogynist influencer” is thought to have set off at about 5.30am local time (0300 GMT) on Thursday morning together with his brother, Tristan, according to Antena 3, Romanian partner of CNN.
Romanian news reports suggest they are heading for the US, reportedly Florida.
Romanian prosecutors approved the request of internet personality Andrew Tate to travel outside Romania pending criminal investigation, Reuters reported.
Earlier this month Romania’s Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu told Romanian TV that President Trump’s special envoy had brought up the issue of the Tate brothers during a conversation at the Munich Security Conference.
Hurezeanu said he hadn’t considered Richard Grenell’s approach as a “form of pressure”, although Grenell told the FT his support for the brothers was evident.
The pair, who are dual UK-US nationals, had been banned from leaving Romania since December 2023. The brothers were detained in December 2022 in a Bucharest suburb as part of an investigation into allegations of human trafficking and rape, which they deny. The pair were charged along with two Romanian women in June 2023.
The Tate brothers are also wanted by police in the UK over allegations of rape and human trafficking, which they deny.
It is unclear what their reported departure from Bucharest for the US means for the case against them both in Romania and in the UK.
The brothers said in a written statement that they ‘remain fully dedicated to working alongside their legal team to explore every legal avenue available within the framework of Romania’s judicial system.
‘Their sole focus is on ensuring that due process is followed and that their innocence is established in a court of law.’
An advocate of Trump who once described him as ‘the best president in history’, Tate suggested after the 2024 election that his case in Romania would now be dismissed, telling his followers to ‘watch this space’.
Following Trump’s win, Tate also posted: ‘THE PATRIARCHY IS BACK,’ before reiterating his belief that women should not be allowed to vote.
