EXCLUSIVE Andrew Tate ‘has a dark spot on his lung, most likely a tumour’: Influencer confirms major health fears but says he’s ‘staying strong’ as he is held in Romania over sex trafficking charges

• Tate said he has serious health condition that must not ‘be taken lightly’
•  READ MORE: Andrew Tate loses his latest bid to be released from prison

Misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate, who is currently being held in Romania on suspicion of organised crime and human trafficking, has today confirmed he has a ‘dark spot on his lung’ that is ‘most likely a tumour’.

Tate attended a medical consultation with doctors in Dubai about his ‘serious’ health condition that must ‘not be taken lightly’ before he was arrested in December, his team told MailOnline.

Since his arrest, Tate has been receiving medical treatment in Romania for the medical condition – and the influencer said he remains ‘strong’ and ‘in good shape’.

Tate’s doctors, in both Romania and Dubai, reportedly wrote in medical documents that the influencer has a lesion of his upper right lung – a condition that has been described as a ‘serious health condition’. His doctor said the lesion could be a sign of a carinoid tumour – a rare type of slow-growing cancer.

Tate confirmed the major health fears today, with his spokesman telling MailOnline: ‘Tate has a dark spot on his lung, most likely a tumour.’ 

As a result, his doctors have requested that Tate, who has been held at a Romanian prison since late December on sex trafficking charges, be released from prison so he can receive treatment in Dubai.

Misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate (pictured on 27 February), who is currently being held in Romania on suspicion of organised crime and human trafficking, has today confirmed he has a ‘dark spot on his lung’ that is ‘most likely a tumour’ 

However, Romanian officials have said Tate will receive any medical treatment in Romania. 

A spokesperson for Andrew Tate told MailOnline: ‘Andrew was made aware of his serious condition before his arrest, after attending a consultation in Dubai. 

‘As he could not be monitored by his chosen medical team in Dubai, it meant he was taken to a Romanian local clinic whilst in detention. 

‘No official diagnosis has been confirmed and he is in good shape and is staying strong. His doctors have requested that he returns to Dubai for further testing. Andrew has not demanded this. 

‘This is not a health issue to be taken lightly and all due diligence is being made to make sure he gets the best medical care that is available to him.’ 

It came after Romanian news site Spy News said it had retrieved Tate’s medical documents from both Romania and Dubai. 

His most recent visit to hospital was in December last year 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.

Tate was 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 wrote in a letter and medical report that an ‘urgent investigation’ was required into the supposed lesion in Tate’s lung.

The 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.

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, his doctors have requested that Tate, who has been held at a Romanian prison since late December on sex trafficking charges, be released from prison so he can receive treatment in Dubai. 

‘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’.

Meanwhile, Tate also directed his associates to recruit two right-wing politicians to help him fight rape and trafficking allegations while in police custody, according to wiretaps of his phone calls submitted to a court by Romanian prosecutors.

The internet celebrity instructed two associates to tell the Romanian politicians, George Simion and Diana Iovanovici-Sosoaca, that he was being framed and supporting him would be ‘very good for their careers’, according to one of the exchanges.

‘So make it clear to them: You will get a lot of votes when Tate says you took their side,’ the former kickboxer said in the January 28 call to two of his associates.

The internet celebrity instructed two associates to tell the Romanian politicians, George Simion (pictured) and Diana Iovanovici-Sosoaca, that he was being framed and supporting him would be ‘very good for their careers’, according to one of the exchanges

Andrew Tate directed his associates to recruit two right-wing politicians, George Simion and Diana Iovanovici-Sosoaca (pictured) to help him fight rape and trafficking allegations while in police custody, according to wiretaps of his phone calls submitted to a court by Romanian prosecutors

Transcriptions of the wiretapped calls are included in a previously unpublished court document, dated February 21, compiled by Bucharest court officials and reviewed by Reuters.

Simion, a politician in Romania’s lower house, told Reuters he had never been contacted by Tate or his associates, and wouldn’t publicly support Tate if he was asked to.

The wiretapped calls offer a window into his multi-pronged attempts to defend himself while in detention, efforts that stretch beyond the courtroom into the realms of politics and social media.

Also in the January 28 call, detailed in the court document, Tate directs his associate Luke to release ‘party clips’ on social media that he said shows at least one of his alleged trafficking victims dancing in Bucharest.

‘Yes, put them everywhere and say, ‘This girl says she is kidnapped when she is not kidnapped’,’ Tate says.

‘You’re saying you want me to discredit them, have social media pull hard, yes?’ asks Luke.

‘Yes, screw them,’ Tate replies.

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