Misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate who is currently being held in Romania on suspicion of organised crime and human trafficking has a ‘lesion on his lung’, a Romanian news site has reported after saying it obtained his medical documents.
Spynews said it had retrieved the documents from both Romania and Dubai, where it says Tate travelled to for treatment for the issue which he has had ‘for many years’.
His most visit to hospital was in December last year, Spynews said, when he went to Dubai and underwent a chest x-ray on December 5. He returned to hospital on December for a CT scan, the publication said, citing the documents.
The medical documents claim Tate has a lesion on his upper right lung – a condition that has been described as a ‘serious health condition’. His doctor reportedly said the lesion could be a sign of a carinoid tumour – a rare type of slow-growing cancer.
As a result, Tate is arguing that he must be released from prison in Bucharest, where he has been held since late December on sex trafficking charges, so that he can receive treatment in Dubai.
Andrew Tate (pictured on February 27) who is currently being held in Romania on suspicion of organised crime and human trafficking has a ‘lesion on his lung’, a Romanian news site has claimed after saying it obtained his medical documents
However, Romanian officials have said Tate will receive any medical treatment in Romania, if it is needed.
Tate was reportedly scheduled to fly to Dubai in January this year for an emergency bronchoscopy and biopsy of the lesion in his lung, but he and Tristan were arrested in December.
His doctor reportedly wrote in a letter and medical report that an ‘urgent investigation’ was required into the supposed lesion in Tate’s lung.
The alleged letter said: ‘His case was discussed at our MDT (Multidisciplinary Team) meeting and he has been scheduled to have a number of further urgent investigations and procedures including a PET CT (Positron Emission Tomography) scan, bronchoscopy and tissue sampling via CT guided biopsy.
‘It is my professional medical recommendation that Andrew is urgently repatriated to the United Arab Emirates to undergo these medical investigations without delay.
‘Time is of the essence and any further delay in the above investigations may have a serious negative implication for Andrew’s physical health.’
Another alleged medical report claimed that Tate had complained about feeling more fatigued and thirsty than usual.
Earlier this week, the Tate brothers lost their latest bid to be released from jail, with a Romanian court upholding a third extension for their detention.
The divisive influencer will now be detained for another 30 days until at least March 29, according to Ramona Bolla, a spokesman for Romanian anti-organised crime agency DIICOT.
Bolla said prosecutors also won an appeal on Monday against a court’s decision last week to place under house arrest two women also held in the case, instead of in full detention. None of the four has yet been formally charged.
It is the third appeal the brothers have lost against decisions to extend their detention while investigations continue. All four will now remain in jail until at least March 29, Bolla said.
A document explaining an earlier decision to keep them in jail said the judge took into account the ‘particular dangerousness of the defendants’ and their capacity to identify victims ‘with an increased vulnerability, in search of better life opportunities’.
Tate, who has lived in Romania since 2017, was previously banned from various social media platforms for expressing misogynistic views and hate speech.
He has repeatedly claimed Romanian prosecutors have no evidence and alleged their case is a ‘political’ conspiracy designed to silence him.
DIICOT said in a statement after their arrests in December that it had identified six victims in the human trafficking case who were subjected to ‘acts of physical violence and mental coercion’ and were sexually exploited by members of the alleged crime group.
Pictured: Andrew Tate (left) and his brother arrive at a Romanian court on Monday where they lost their appeal to be released from prison
The agency said victims were lured with pretences of love and later intimidated, put under surveillance and subjected to other control tactics while being coerced into engaging in pornographic acts for the financial gain of the crime group.
Since their arrest, the brothers have allegedly demanded prison officers bring them a PlayStation and a hair stylist, reports Romanian news sit Gandul. But the pair have been snubbed by officials who have refused their demands.
Tate, who before his arrest had a shaven head and proudly posed with sports cars, has apparently become frustrated with his appearance. But after two months in jail, the millionaire was seen with longer hair that is thinning to reveal bald patches.
Tate allegedly complained he could not shave his head as disposable razors are not allowed in the prison and demanded a hairstylist be brought in, which was rejected.
Tate and his brother also allegedly asked prison officials to buy them a PlayStation so that they could play games in the cell they share.
When the British-US citizen demanded to know where the games console was, officials reportedly told him that in custody ‘prisoners don’t play, they pray’.
