Andrew Tate is notably close with tech impresario and DOGE kingpin Elon Musk, who would like to see him lead the United Kingdom as Prime Minister. Uthmeier said the investigation was not a “political persecution,” but a move to protect Floridians from the brothers, who have not been formally convicted of any crime.

Four British women who've accused Andrew Tate of rape are "in disbelief and feel retraumatized by the news" that he's been allowed to leave Romania for the U.S.

The misogynist influencer and his brother landed in the United States after facing human trafficking charges in Romania.