The Bucharest Court of Appeal ruled that British brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate can no longer be held in custody and ordered their release on Friday, Digi 24 reports. However, the two brothers will be placed under house arrest.

The Bucharest Court of Appeal twice agreed to the continuation of the British arrest.

British millionaires are being investigated for the creation of an organized criminal group, human trafficking and rape.

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Charges brought against the Tate Brothers DIICOT

According to DIICOT, the Tate brothers (of British nationality) and two young women, Georgiana Manuela Nagel and Alexandra-Luana Radu, formed an organized crime group for the purpose of recruitment, placement and exploitation, forcing some of the women to create materials of pornographic content intended for distribution on payment on profile sites. He would have received considerable sums of money from this activity.

The investigation alleges that the Tate brothers recruited young women under the pretense of a romantic relationship, then took them to a house in the Ilfow area, where they forced them to film videos that were posted on adult websites.

The two brothers misled the young women that they wanted marriage/cohabitation and that they would feel true love for them (the boyfriend method).

The women were allegedly later transported and placed in a building in Ilfov County where, through acts of physical violence and psychological coercion (intimidation, constant surveillance, control and collection of alleged debts), they were sexually exploited by members of the group by forcing them to perform pornographic acts for the purpose of production and distribution, through platforms of social networks, materials of this nature and by subordinating the performance of work, in a coercive manner, in order to obtain important financial benefits consisting of monetary amounts obtained as a result of users’ access to materials.

The victims told investigators that a video chat studio had been set up at the villa in Ilfov County and that they were met by armed guards upon arrival. At the same time, they would be forced to get a tattoo saying “belongs to Tate”.

Six victims have so far been identified as having been sexually exploited by a group led by two British brothers.

During the investigation, DIICOT prosecutors seized several assets owned by the Tate brothers in Romania, including real estate and luxury cars.