A social media influencer who was wanted for sex trafficking, was arrested after he picked a fight with a teenager online.
Former “Big Brother” reality star Andrew Tate was arrested Thursday following a Twitter spat with teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg, 19.
Tate, 36, originally from Chicago, was arrested in Romania after police raided his luxury home in connection to a human trafficking investigation. His brother Tristan was also arrested.
The pair will face tough questioning by the country’s organized crime and terrorism unit, according to Romanian outlet Libertatea.
Tate fled to Romania because he believed the police were less likely to pursue any sexual assault allegations against him.
His condo was also raided in April this year as part of a human trafficking investigation, but he wasn’t at home.
Tate and Thunberg trended on Twitter.com on Wednesday after he boasted about his collection of luxury sports cars in a tweet directed at Thunberg.
He posted a photo that showed him filling up a gas-guzzling Bugatti that retails for over $1 million.
He tweeted:
“Hello Greta Thunberg. 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 its enormous emissions.”
Thunberg, 19, responded, “Yes, please do enlighten me. Email me at smalld***energy@getalife.com.”
yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com https://t.co/V8geeVvEvg
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) December 28, 2022
Tate responded by posting a video of himself sitting a table with a pizza box in front of him. Police were able to locate his address by contacting the pizza shop printed on the box.
Thank you for confirming via your email address that you have a small penis @GretaThunberg
The world was curious.
And I do agree you should get a life ?? https://t.co/mHmiKHjDGH pic.twitter.com/SMisajQRcf
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) December 28, 2022
The fact that a teenage girl took down Andrew Tate is the justice this world needs right now.
He has been arrested on suspicion of human sex trafficking. Anyone that has given him a platform or supported what he has said (despite all the warnings) needs to have a serious think.
— Ranj Singh (@DrRanj) December 29, 2022
Tate was evicted from the “Big Brother” reality TV series in 2016 amid reports of domestic violence against women.
In a video that surfaced online in 2015, he was filmed asking an unidentified woman to count the bruises that he left on her after a severe beating.
See this proves that vaccines work #AndrewTate #vaccineswork pic.twitter.com/wkofRJcmDh
— True Words Are Spoken (@TruWordsRSpoken) December 29, 2022
