Things are not going so well for Andrew Tate these days. In Romania, authorities arrested him towards the end of last year. This arrest happened due to allegations of rape, human trafficking, and organized crime.

These claims stand against Tate, his brother, his assumed girlfriend, and another woman in close proximity to the other three.

Since his incarceration, Tate appealed multiple times to get out of jail and block Romanian law enforcement from seizing his assets. None of these appeals have rendered success.

Tate will remain in detention until at least February 27. He could see his detention extended for a third time if a judge approves a request from Romanian law enforcement.

Though as all of this transpires, a former friend who knew Andrew Tate before his infamy has some very interesting information to share.

Former kickboxing sponsor tells all

Prior to Tate's online influencing days, he worked as a kickboxer. Daniel Knight, Tate's former kickboxing sponsor, claims Tate always maintained a desire to become rich and famous.

However, according to Knight, this desire turned into an obsession. From here, the former kickboxing sponsor said Tate determined that in order to get more famous, generating online controversy was the route to go.

Knight then says Tate went down a "dark road" of purposefully rubbing folks the wrong way for the sake of getting attention. In another interesting twist, Tate's former friend states he thinks the online influencer is playing a character he may not even truly believe in, all for the sake of making money.

The idea of Tate playing a character and not believing what he says about women has been floated by other folks. However, Romania authorities are still holding Tate on charges that include rape and human trafficking.

Video clips of Tate saying he takes women on dates and sleeps with them before getting them to perform on webcam also exist. At the same time, women have accused Tate of rape and a WhatsApp voice clip features Tate stating he "loved" raping a woman.

Flying too close to the sun?

It is Knight's view that Andrew Tate didn't expect to become as infamous as he has. The former kickboxing sponsor also believes Tate "threw himself under the bus," leaving him now trying to get out of it.

Judging from the evidence Romanian officials claim to have on Tate, he may not be dodging the current jam he's in any time soon.

Anyone who wishes to report what they believe to be human trafficking can contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline via phone at 1 (888) 373-7888 or by text at 233733.