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Earlier this month, Romania determined that Andrew Tate's detention duration would once again see another extension, this time until Friday, April 21.

Tate remains imprisoned as Romania's law enforcement investigates him for allegedly forcing women to create explicit content for pornographic websites under duress. It's also worth noting that Tate, in online videos, boasted of women in his home not having the freedom to leave.

As he faces the music in lockup and under investigation, Tate's attorneys want Romania to believe he was simply playing an online character. However, judges and prosecutors in the country have repeatedly deemed Tate to be both a flight risk and a danger to the public.

On Wednesday, Tate once again appeared before a judge, this time to appeal the court's choice to deny him bail. Like previous appeals, Tate did not achieve his intended outcome.

Detention time stands

Tate appeared before an appeals court, seeking bail that would permit him to go from lockup to house arrest. However, the appeals court turned it down, meaning Tate will stay detained through at least the better part of April.

As Romanian authorities can keep Tate detained ahead of filing charges for up to six months, the country's anti-organized crime division may well petition the court to approve another lengthening of his detainment as investigations remain ongoing.

Later this week, Tate is expected to make yet another appearance before court. This time, he will seek a reversal of the decision to continue holding him through late April.

Though judging from every single failed appeal Tate's made since his arrest on December 29, this latest one isn't very likely to go anywhere.

Like Andrew Tate, his female associates (Georgiana Nagel and Luana Radu) and younger brother, Tristan, will also remain incarcerated at least until the 21st of April.

For a short time, Nagel and Radu received house arrest. Though Romanian prosecutors successfully appealed to have them sent back to jail.

More to come

In the weeks ahead, the world can expect to learn more about the fate of the Tate brothers and the women associated with them, who also remain under investigation for human trafficking.

It will similarly come to light whether or not the months-long probe by Romanian authorities leads to formal charges brought against both of the Tates and their associates.

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.