Jailhouse telephone wiretaps cited by judges in courtroom papers obtained by BuzzFeed Information present that Andrew allegedly hoped to flee to Dubai beneath the pretext of receiving medical therapy there. (The United Arab Emirates doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Romania.) A Tate consultant informed the Day by day Mail in early March {that a} darkish spot on Andrew’s lung was “most certainly a tumor.” Nevertheless, Andrew later clarified by way of Twitter that the spot was in truth scarring “from an outdated battle.” Andrew’s request to journey was refused by authorities.
Eugen Vidineac, a lawyer for the Tates, has tamped down hypothesis that the brothers would possibly attempt to flee. “They’ve a house and youngsters in Romania, they’re beneath legal investigation, there isn’t a cause to run away,” he informed native media. Mateea Petrescu, the Tates’ spokesperson, informed BuzzFeed Information, “Concerning their departure from the nation, the partially revealed wiretaps omitted the context, [namely] Andrew discussing leaving to Dubai for medical inquiries solely within the case that his standing permits it.”
Romanian authorities additionally stated that the Tates have inspired their military of followers to message not less than one alleged sufferer demanding she retract her accusations. “These feedback are of a nature to impress within the sufferer a state of worry because of the threatening tone they’ve in addressing her, making an attempt to find out her to vary her statements relating to the accused within the case,” the choose famous within the February abstract.
(Sulaiman Ahmed, a pro-Tate on-line character, on Feb. 18 tweeted that he had traveled to Palm Seaside, Florida — the hometown of one of many key witnesses within the case — “for a significant story.” Nevertheless, there was no indication Ahmed, who didn’t reply to BuzzFeed Information’ request for remark, truly met the witness or her household.)
On high of this, in December, a US legislation agency representing the brothers despatched a cease-and-desist letter to the girl in Florida, urging her to retract her statements or face a defamation lawsuit. Romanian authorities view this letter as a bit of the alleged intimidation puzzle.
A separate US lawyer for the Tates, Tina Glandian, who’s on their Romanian authorized crew, just lately pressured to the media that her “agency had no involvement in sending the stop and desist letter.” Petrescu informed BuzzFeed Information that the letter was “a LEGAL motion within the USA,” including, “These suspicions are out of date provided that the judges from the appeals courtroom determined to put them in home arrest.”