According to a defense attorney that represents both Tate and his brother, the two were not arrested but were instead detained by Romanian authorities. He's only being held for 24 hours, and it's unclear whether he'll be detained for any longer once that period is over.

According to Romania's Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), Tate and the three other men who were arrested were an organized criminal group.

The DIICOT further claimed that this group's influence extended from Britain to Romania to the United States, and that they had been organized for the purpose of committing human trafficking.

CNN reported that two of the men, who they did not name, had misled the victims “into believing that they intended to enter into a marriage/cohabitation relationship."

These victims were then transported to Romania, where they were sexually exploited and physically assaulted. One man in the group is also accused of raping a woman twice in March of this year.

In the past, Tate has openly advocated for violence against women, and his views were considered so outside of the mainstream that he was banned from every major social media platform. When Elon Musk took over Twitter, Tate's account was restored. Before it was taken down, Tate's TikTok account had wracked up a staggering 11.6 billion views.