First on FOX: The former MMA fighter says online influencer Andrew Tate is planning to live in Florida despite his return to “leopard” to fight sex trafficking and other accusations in Romania and the UK.
“I'm going to live in America because I haven't done anything wrong. I have an American passport,” Tate, 38, told Fox News Digital on Thursday at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport. “My father served this country, and I think there's a lot of media spins where there are people who believe that it's not true.”
History, who has 10 million followers but has made a controversial statement, and Tristan, a 37-year-old brother, has vehemently denied all allegations of misconduct and claimed that at least one accuser had falsified her story. She filed an anti-suit last month claiming their honour-loss lawsuit was a form of witness threats.
Andrew Tate, brother Tristan, will return to us after prosecutor lifts travel ban in case of human trafficking
(LR) Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate will speak to Fox News Digital at Miamipa Rocca Executive Airport in Miami, Florida on Thursday, March 6, 2025. The brother was appointed target for criminal investigations days after returning to the United States amid continuing legal issues in Europe, including the mitigation of human transport and sexual exploitation. (Fox News Digital Mega)
“There is a survey held in Romania, which must return to bail terms to comply with the laws of all countries,” Tate said at the airport. “I have never been convicted anywhere. I'm very surprised by this whole Huhoe.”
It was not immediately clear where he would fly from OPA Locka. But before he left, he confirmed that he had purchased a Florida penthouse and plans to become a Sunshine State resident.
Tate and his brother had a private jet in Fort Lauderdale last week after Romanian authorities lifted a travel ban that was part of their bail conditions.
Andrew Tate, brother Tristan, complained that American women were allegedly trafficking people abroad.
Andrew Tate, 38, and his brother Tristan Tate, 36, arrived at Fort Lauderdale International Airport on Thursday, February 27, 2025. The pair returned to the US after Romanian prosecutors agreed to lift travel restrictions imposed as part of a sex trafficking case. (miamipixx/vaem/backgrid)
Gov. Ron DeSantis publicly announced that the brothers were not welcomed in his state. This week, Attorney General James Usmier said his office is seeking search warrants and subpoena as part of an aggressive criminal investigation.
The brothers are accused of luring the woman to Romania Sexual exploitation In a 2022 case, when the prosecutor suffered a major setback after a judge ruled there were too many problems to bring him to trial. In the second criminal case, which opened in August 2024, they are also being investigated for alleged trafficking of a minor girl.
It was not immediately clear that Florida investigators believed they had gone there.
In this glove, filmed from a video released by Observator Antena 1, social media personality Andrew Tate will be led by police in the Ilfov area of northern Bucharest, Romania on Thursday, December 29th, 2022. (Observer butter Antenna 1 via AP)
“In Florida, this type of behavior is considered violent,” Usmeyer told a Florida Capitol reporter on Tuesday. “We're not going to accept that.”
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Andrew Tate is expected to be handed over to the UK on separate charges following the conclusion of the Romanian case.
The brothers are dual citizens of the United States and the United Kingdom, but they lived in Romania.
