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Online influencer Andrew Tate has remained in Romanian detention for months, due to human trafficking, organized crime, and rape allegations that stand against him.

A recap of Tate's arrest and the aftermath

Tate stands accused of the following serious crimes:

• Using the loverboy human trafficking method to get women to work for him on webcams (Tate has described what many understand as the loverboy method in his previous videos detailing his interactions with women)
• Detaining women at his home and not allowing them to leave (Tate has admitted on video that women in his home aren't allowed to go places)
• Sexual assault (Since Tate's detainment, Vice released a WhatsApp voice memo of Tate telling a woman he "loved" raping her and declaring himself to be "the most dangerous man" on earth)
• Using his female associates to manage and keep trafficked women in line
• Forcing women to work on webcams for 12 hours per day with only five-minute breaks
• Domestic violence against women and girlfriends (In various videos put out by Tate, he's admitted to slapping and choking women, even saying "bang out the machete, boom her in the face, shut up b*tch, sex")

In Romania, a judge who denied multiple appeals by Tate to exit detention warned that he and those arrested alongside him have a propensity for detecting, abusing, and scapegoating vulnerable women. Now, the influencer is facing accusations of exploiting the Islamic faith for his own gain.

A closer look at the latest claims about Tate and Islam

Since Tate's arrest, the media has photographed him carrying a Quran while authorities perp-walk him into court. Likewise, before his arrest in late December, Tate revealed he converted to Islam. Nevertheless, multiple Muslim women are saying Tate is essentially making a mockery of the religion in order to peddle misogyny. Women of the Islamic faith reported after their brothers, boyfriends, and other men in their lives started listening to Tate, they became openly hostile and aggressive against women. One woman claims her boyfriend began cheating on her and pressing for a polyamorous relationship after ingesting Tate's content. She later left the boyfriend, per her account. Meanwhile, another women says her brother began telling their mom it was her "duty" to prepare meals for them. This woman claims that on occasions when their mother did not cook, her brother referred to their mom as "lazy." These stories mirror many others on the internet. Multiple reports claim that Tate is having negative impacts on school-aged boys, prompting them to become hostile to female students and teachers.