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Andrew and Tristan Tate have left Romania for the US after officials lifted their travel ban.

The brothers, arrested in 2022, face charges of rape, human trafficking, and money laundering but were granted temporary permission to travel.

Romania’s government denies US interference, though reports suggest Trump’s envoy discussed their case. The Tates, also wanted in the UK for past allegations, must return for a March court hearing.

Prosecutors accuse them of exploiting women through the “loverboy” method and profiting millions from forced pornography. Both deny all charges.

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[–] nick@midwest.social 247 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

They’ll be appointed to government positions soon.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 53 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

They will be leading the new government department called RAPE (Republican Advocacy for Patriarchy Enforcement)

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 16 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Named official envoy to... Romania, so that he can go back and pick right up where he left off, except now he'll have diplomatic immunity.

[–] nick@midwest.social 10 points 6 hours ago

Remember when pedos got beat down instead of protected?

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 62 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

I remember when I thought Tony Abbott appointing himself 'Minister for Women' back in 2013 was the height of absurdity.

Now the Tate brothers will likely have some position in the US government.

We live in 'interesting' times.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 39 minutes ago* (last edited 38 minutes ago)

Remember Mitt (Binders Fulla Women) Romney? We were still traumatized by Bush 2 and then there's this scumbag possibly the next president? It feels quaint that I thought we were as low as we could get as a country. Luckily the other less scummy scumbag won... no point in typing out the rest.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 30 points 9 hours ago

We live in ‘interesting’ times.

The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.

[–] Embargo@lemm.ee 10 points 9 hours ago

He was also the minister of indigenous affairs. Pretty wild for a horrible racist.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Wahots@pawb.social 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Iirc, there was supposed to be a fight scene, but Ford was suffering from terrible diarrhea on set, so they came up with this to keep it short, lol.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago

I heard he'd forgotte his line and just improvised but the comedy went over so well they decided to film it again for realsies.