First, there was a tweet:
Then, there was a riposte:
And then, there was a (predictably) lame video clapback, several hours later:
…which, thanks to the appearance of the Romanian pizza boxes, resulted in a long-overdue arrest:
Romanian prosecutors said on Thursday they have detained divisive internet personality and former professional kickboxer Andrew Tate on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group.
Tate, banned from many social media platforms for misogynistic comments and hate speech, and his brother Tristan will be detained for 24 hours alongside two Romanian suspects, prosecutors from the anti organised-crime unit said in a statement after raiding their properties in Bucharest.
The Tate brothers have been under criminal investigation since April.
They declined to comment but their lawyer confirmed they had been detained.
“The four suspects … appear to have created an organised crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content meant to be seen on specialised websites for a cost,” prosecutors said.
“They would have gained important sums of money.”
Prosecutors said they had found six women who had been sexually exploited by the suspects.
Tate has said women are partially responsible for being raped and that they belong to men.
That last bit just makes this latest irony all the sweeter, does it not? The man who thinks women “belong to him” has just been not only stripped of his human non-property, he’s also been owned by a girl who’s still in her teens. That’s gonna be the death of his career, even if his time in jail alone doesn’t do it.
Also, it may be a little early for headline of the year, but the Beaverton really wins with this one.
