Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have left Romania on a flight to the United States, according to their lawyer, who told CNN.

The pair were arrested in this country three years ago and face charges there of rape, human trafficking and money laundering.

Emory Andrew Tate III rose to fame in 2016 when he was evicted from the British show "Big Brother" after a video surfaced in which he appeared to attack a woman with a belt.

In the years that followed, he became a controversial online content creator and was at one point suspended from major social platforms for his hurtful comments about sexual violence.

Andrew and his younger brother, Tristan Tate, 36, were initially arrested in Bucharest in December 2022. They are accused of forming an organized criminal group, human trafficking, trafficking of minors, money laundering - charges they deny.

A first criminal case against the brothers failed in December 2024, when a court in Bucharest decided to suspend the trial due to deficiencies in the indictment.

A Romanian court lifted Tate's house arrest order in January, replacing it with other conditions, such as regular police checks.

In October, the court ruled that he should take back the luxury cars, worth about 4 million euros.

The Tate brothers had been banned from leaving Romania during the investigation, but after restrictions were lifted and they left the country, the lawyer for the alleged Tate victims in Britain, Matthew Jury, told CNN that any suggestion that they would face justice in Romania is unbelievable.

The lawyer accused the US government of "lobbying" for the Tate brothers' release. According to reports in the Financial Times, US officials had pressured Romanian authorities to lift the restrictions.

The Tate brothers also face sex crime charges in Britain, which they deny.

Four women in the UK who accuse Andrew Tate of rape and forcible control, and who have brought a civil case against him, said the news of their departure from Romania has "re-traumatised" them.