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Andrew Tate-Greta Row: The 바카라˜Misogynist바카라™ Social Media Sensation Involved In Many Controversies

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, along with two other Romanian suspects were arrested by the police from their luxury villa in Bucharest on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group.

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristian were arrested by the Romanian police on Thursday
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On Thursday, Romanian police arrested controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group. Hours later, twitterati buzzed with news of his release, claiming the charges against him were bogus, with Tate바카라™s supporters mocking 바카라˜feminists, liberals, and tree huggers바카라™ on Twitter. 

However, reports revealed that videos being circulated of Tate바카라™s release and his interactions with the police officials are not linked to his recent arrest and the old videos have only been recirculated by his fans. Neither the influencer nor the Romanian government have so far confirmed Tate바카라™s release. 

But this is not the first time Andrew Tate has emerged as one of the most talked about personalities. In fact, the 36-year-old British kickboxer has time and again hit the headlines for his controversial comments:

Human Trafficking charges

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, along with two other Romanian suspects were arrested by the police from their luxury villa in Bucharest, Tate brothers바카라™ lawyer told Reuters. 

"The four suspects ... appear to have created an organized crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content meant to be seen on specialized websites for a cost. They would have gained important sums of money," prosecutors from the anti organized-crime unit said. 

They further revealed that they found six women who had allegedly been sexually exploited by the suspects. The Tate brothers had been under investigation since April for the alleged crimes and Romania's Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) on Thursday also released a video of the raid, showing guns, knives, and money on display in one of the rooms.

Twitterati reacted to Tate's arrest, with reports claiming that the police found the influencer's whereabouts from a pizza box. The Romanian pizza chain 'Jerry's Pizza' appearing in Andrew Tate바카라™s response video to Greta Thunberg was reportedly used as proof for Romanian authorities to confirm his presence in the country, leading to the arrest of him and his brother in a human trafficking probe 

Greta Thunberg Twitter row

Few days before his arrest, Tate created a twitter storm after he targeted the teenaged climate activist, Greta Thunberg, in a tweet where he wrote 바카라œHello @GretaThunberg. I have 33 cars. My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad turbo. My TWO Ferrari 812 competizione have 6.5L v12s. This is just the start. Please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions.바카라

Twitterati was abuzz after Thunberg responded with 바카라œyes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com.바카라 Her tweet was retweeted and hailed by many but also had Tate posting more hateful and misogynistic tweets, including one with a video where he sits in a silk robe and questions her gender. 

Tate has earlier too dismissed Thunberg바카라™s climate activism, saying she 바카라œbelieves your government should tax you into poverty to stop the sun from being hot.바카라

Social Media Ban: Misogyny Galore

This is not the first time that Tate has drawn flak for his misogynistic statements. In August, he was banned on this very microblogging site for saying that women should 바카라œbear responsibility바카라 for being sexually assaulted, while replying to a #MeToo post. 

Subsequently, he was also banned on Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok, all of which cited that "misogyny is a hateful ideology that is not tolerated" on the platform. 

For instance, in a Facebook post in 2018, he bemoaned the 바카라œdecline of Western civilisation바카라 after spotting a poster at the Heathrow airport 바카라œencouraging girls to go on holiday as opposed to encouraging being a loving mother and a loyal wife.바카라

His twitter handle was only recently reinstated alongside former United States President Donald Trump by Twitter's new CEO, Elon Musk.

Violence on and off screen: Stint in Big Brother

This divisive personality rose to fame first in 2016 during his time on the reality show Big Brother, after he was evicted from the house over a video of him hitting a woman with a belt. A second video surfaced shortly afterwards, in which he is shown telling a woman to count the bruises he apparently caused to her.

On his eviction, Tate had dismissed the said videos as being fabricated, describing them as "a total lie trying to make me look bad."  

Besides these widely reported incidents, Tate has acquired worldwide notoriety for many objectionable comments and videos over the years. For instance, in one, he said that he only dates women aged 18바카라“19 because he can 바카라œmake an imprint바카라 on them; in another, he shared how he바카라™d attack a woman if she accused him of cheating and said 바카라œIt바카라™s bang out the machete, boom in her face and grip her by the neck. Shut up bitch.바카라 In yet another questionable video, he called an ex-girlfriend who accused him of hitting her a 바카라œdumb hoe.바카라  

In a video, he explained his decision to move to Romania five years ago, sharing that he was being investigated by the UK police for allegedly sexually abusing a woman, and admitted to moving in order to evade rape charges, stating that that is 바카라œprobably 40% of the reason.바카라 He proudly proclaimed in the video 바카라œI바카라™m not a rapist, but I like the idea of just being able to do what I want. I like being free,바카라 The Guardian reported. 

Andrew Tate has developed a personality cult through social media over time with his followers strongly defending him and promoting his 바카라œhateful바카라 content, so much so that in July, he overtook Kim Kardashian and Donald Trump to become one of the most googled persons in the UK.

In fact, his rapid surge to popularity has been manufactured. As per a report on The Observer, followers of Tate are told to flood social media with videos of him, choosing the most controversial clips in order to achieve maximum views and engagement. His Tik Tok account shows around 11.7 billion views on his videos. 

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