Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have left Romania for the US

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are on a flight from Romania to the United States after a travel ban on them was lifted.

They took a private plane from the country to the US on Thursday morning, according to a Romanian official.

G4media.ro reported the brothers were on a flight to Florida, citing "airport sources".

A source told the Reuters news agency they were headed there too, adding they would return to Romania at the end of March to fulfil legal obligations.

Romanian prosecutors said they had approved a request from Andrew Tate to travel outside of the country, pending the outcome of a criminal investigation.

"The request to change the obligation of not leaving Romania was approved," prosecutors said in a statement on Thursday.

"All the other obligations have been maintained, including the requirement to check in with judicial authorities every time they are called."

A spokeswoman for the Tates told Sky News the Romanian courts had decided they will return to the brothers some of their assets. This includes restoring their ownership of bank accounts, five properties, six cars including a Ferrari, and company shares. Some assets will remain under precautionary seizure.

It comes after the Trump administration lobbied their Romanian counterparts to ease the constraints, according to a report in the Financial Times last week.

Romanian foreign minister Emil Hurezeanu said the Tates were mentioned during his brief hallway meeting with Mr Trump's special envoy Richard Grenell at the Munich Security Conference earlier this month.

Andrew Tate - a champion of Donald Trump - along with his brother are dual US and UK nationals.

The controversial influencer, 38, and his sibling, 36, are facing a series of criminal charges in Romania.

The pair had been released from house arrest, but were not allowed to leave the country and were required to check in with the police regularly.

They deny charges of human trafficking, sexual misconduct and money laundering, as well as starting an organised crime group.

The brothers are fighting a series of legal battles not just in Romania, but also in the UK and the US.

The Tate brothers have consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection with all the legal action taking place.

The Tate brothers grew up in Luton and have millions of social media followers. Andrew Tate also appeared in the UK version of Big Brother in 2016.

Self-described misogynists, their views - which are often widely shared on social media platforms such as TikTok and X - have been heavily criticised, particularly as they have a predominately young, male audience.

A number of banned Twitter accounts have been reinstated by Elon Musk. Tate was among those brought back on 18 November 2022 after Musk took over and rebranded it X.

A British court ruled in March that the brothers are also under a European arrest warrant and will be extradited to the UK - where allegations of rape and human trafficking are being investigated by Bedfordshire Police - after Romanian trial proceedings finish for a separate investigation.

A recent lawsuit filed in Florida accuses both Tate brothers of conspiring to coerce a woman into sex work, luring her to Romania and defaming her after her testimony to Romanian authorities. The Tate brothers had previously sued her for defamation in 2023.

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Four British women who allege they were raped and coercively controlled by Andrew Tate said they have been "retraumatised" by today's events.

"It is clear that there is now a major risk that the criminal prosecution for his alleged crimes in Romania will not proceed, and he may use this development as an opportunity to harass further and intimidate witnesses and his accusers as well as continue to spread a violent, misogynistic doctrine around the world," the alleged victims said in a joint statement.

Tate is facing civil action brought by the women at the High Court. He denies the allegations and has threatened to pursue the women for defamation.

Matthew Jury, their solicitor at McCue Jury & Partners, said: "The news that pressure by the Trump administration has led to Andrew Tate, and his brother Tristan, being allowed to leave Romania by its authorities is equal parts disgusting and dismaying."

He added: "The UK government knew this might happen more than a week ago. The fact that nothing seems to have been done to prevent it is concerning. One can only hope action will now be taken. Given that Prime Minister Starmer is in the US today to meet with President Trump, perhaps his team may take the opportunity to raise this issue."

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