Influencer Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, have departed for the United States following the lifting of a travel ban, as confirmed by their attorney and Romanian authorities. The siblings are currently facing serious allegations in Romania, including human trafficking and engaging in sexual activities with a minor.

On Thursday morning, Joseph McBride, the brothers’ attorney based in the U.S., informed NBC News that they were en route to Florida. He refrained from providing additional information regarding their arrival or commenting on whether the State Department or the White House had played a role in the travel ban’s removal.

“We believe Andrew and Tristan have consistently been victims of lawfare,” McBride stated. “They maintain their innocence and assert that the charges against them are both defamatory and untrue.”

According to Romanian media reports, the Tate brothers, who hold dual citizenship in the U.S. and the U.K., boarded a private flight to the United States from Romania early Thursday.

The brothers left Romania while still under a criminal investigation related to allegations of forming an organized criminal network, in addition to human trafficking, the trafficking of minors, sexual contact with a minor, and money laundering. They have continuously denied any illegal actions.

Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) announced on Thursday that prosecutors had approved a request to modify restrictions preventing the Tate brothers from leaving the country. However, judicial control measures remain in effect. The agency did not specify who had made the request.

The Tate brothers are still required to appear before judicial officials when summoned and have been cautioned that disregarding their obligations could lead to stricter legal measures, DIICOT stated.

Andrew Tate, 38, and Tristan Tate, 36, were arrested near Bucharest in 2022, alongside two Romanian women; all four face charges filed by Romanian prosecutors.

In April, the Bucharest Tribunal ruled that the trial could proceed, although no date has been set yet, with all accused parties denying the allegations.

The brothers’ relocation to the U.S. follows a countersuit filed by an American woman alleging that the Tate siblings tried to recruit her into a webcam sex trafficking operation. The woman claims they defamed her after she provided testimony to Romanian authorities, marking the first U.S.-based lawsuit against the Tate brothers.

This countersuit came after the Tate brothers had previously filed a defamation suit against her in 2023, accusing her and another woman of fabricating evidence and conspiring to defraud and falsely imprison them.

McBride mentioned that a Zoom hearing was anticipated on Thursday regarding the defamation lawsuit the brothers initiated in Palm Beach County, but clarified that this was unrelated to their travel plans and that they would not be attending in person.

When questioned about the rationale behind the Romanian authorities allowing the brothers to depart, McBride suggested that their defamation case against the Romanian government had exposed vulnerabilities in the allegations against them, criticizing systemic “corruption” within the country.

Matthew Jury, a lawyer representing British women who filed criminal charges against Andrew Tate in the U.K., expressed his outrage at reports suggesting the Trump administration may have influenced the Tate brothers’ exit from Romania, calling it “equally disturbing and disappointing.”

NBC News could not independently confirm whether Washington had any involvement in this decision, and the Trump administration has not provided a comment regarding the matter.

McBride opted not to discuss any potential involvement from the White House concerning the Tate brothers’ departure.

“There is substantial evidence corroborating the allegations against Tate, depicting him as one of the most notorious human traffickers and serial rapists globally,” Jury remarked about Andrew Tate in a post on X. He added, however, “Any implication that the Tates will face justice in Romania is implausible.”

The lawyer urged the British government to intervene and facilitate the extradition of the Tate brothers to the U.K. to confront the charges of human trafficking and rape they are alleged to have committed in that jurisdiction.

The British government has yet to comment on these developments. This story is ongoing. Please check back for further updates.