(31 Mar 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++INCLUDES ANNOTATIONS++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Bucharest - 31 March 2023 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1. Various of Andrew and Tristan Tate departing, surrounded by media; UPSOUND (English) Tristan Tate: "I just want to say that the judges today made the right decision. I respect what they've done for me, andthey will be vindicated in their decision, because I'm an innocent man and I can't wait to prove it." HEADLINE: Tate brothers released from Romania jail ANNOTATIONS: ++SEE STORYLINE++ STORYLINE: Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality, along with his brother Tristan, were released from a Romanian jail on Friday night. Tate has spent months in a Romanian jail on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking. An official said Friday Andrew Tate won an appeal to replace his detention with house arrest. The Bucharest Court of Appeal ruled in favor of Tate’s appeal, which challenged a judge’s decision last week to extend his arrest a fourth time. Tate, 36, a British-U.S. citizen who has 5.4 million Twitter followers, was initially detained in late December in Romania’s capital. He was detained along with his brother and two Romanian women. All four won an appeal Friday, and will remain under house arrest until April 29, a spokesperson for Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT said. None of the four have yet been formally indicted. The court ruled in favor of their immediate release. Tate has repeatedly claimed Romanian prosecutors have no evidence and alleged their case is a “political” conspiracy designed to silence him. Tate has resided in Romania since 2017. He was previously banned from social media platforms for expressing misogynistic views and hate speech. =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: info@aparchive.com. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ #tatebrothers #romania #crime You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/291a9c6b38be4845a1ec547ef59b05c6