Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother have been released from jail in Romania and placed under house arrest for 30 days instead, according to court documents.
The 36-year-old former professional kickboxer and his brother Tristan are being investigated over allegations of sexual assault and exploitation.
An order from an appeals court in Bucharest said it “rejects the proposal to extend the duration of the preventive arrest measure.. regarding the defendants Tate III Emory Andrew, Tate Tristan, Naghel Georgiana Manuela and Radu Alexandra Luana.
“[The court] replaces the measure of preventive detention ordered against the defendants.. with the preventive measure of house arrest, for a period of 30 days.”
The document concluded that it “orders the immediate release of the defendants”.
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They are also being detained on suspicion of organised crime and human trafficking.
The pair were taken into custody on 29 December last year and neither of them has been formally charged in the case. They have had previous requests to be released from custody rejected four times since December.
Two Romanian women who were detained alongside the brothers have also not been formally charged.
