Andrew Tate cannot hide fury as Florida ‘welcome’ brings yet more legal trouble

The accused human trafficker flew ‘home’ from detention in Romania only to be greeted by a state criminal investigation

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It was a welcome to Florida that Andrew Tate was not expecting, far less the warm embrace he believed he was entitled to.

The controversial influencer, an accused rapist and human trafficker, walked straight into a state criminal investigation after descending the steps of the private aircraft that flew him and his brother Tristan from Romania last month, inducing a fit of apoplexy in Tate that appears to be still raging two weeks on.

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