Who is Tristan Tate? Ex-kickboxer from CH4 Shipwrecked with Stephen Bear ... trends now
Tristan Tate may not be as well known as his controversial older brother Andrew now, but he was once a reality television star alongside Stephen Bear on Channel 4's Shipwrecked.
Tristan, 34, was arrested alongside his older brother at their Romanian bolthole as part of a months-long investigation into allegations of human trafficking and rape.
The pair are famously inseparable, and now stand accused of exploiting up to six women and pressuring them into sex work.
Andrew and Tristan have been locked up since Thursday after a court agreed to extend their detention by 30 days.
The middle of three children, Tristan followed his older brother into a career in kickboxing and idolised Andrew.
Tristan Tate may not be as well known now as his controversial older brother Andrew, but he was once a reality television star alongside Stephen Bear on Channel 4's Shipwrecked
As Andrew's internet fame grew he left Britain with Tristan (pictured together as young boys) to set up in Romania where they continued to build an online audience
He had a professional record of 43-9, including two European World Championship titles. But he was hampered by injuries and, in his late 20s, retired from the sport to go into business with his older brother.
Speaking on the Playing With Fire podcast, Tristan expressed his admiration for Andrew, saying it's a 'blessing to have a guy like that on your team'. He also noted he doesn't get on well with his younger sister, due to their opposing views.
Tristan first had a taste of fame in 2011, when he appeared on Channel 4's Shipwrecked alongside Stephen Bear.
Footage shows the duo ganging up on fellow contestant Kitten as he quit the island, following several disputes with Tristan during the length of the show.
In the old clips, Tristan tells Kitten: 'The reason you've done nothing in the real world is the same reason you're leaving now. You're really lazy, you're incompetent, you can't handle a free holiday... you're never going to get anywhere in life.'
Bear then cheers and says: 'Get outta here. Good riddance,' as a boat transports Kitten off the island.
Tristan refers to himself as 'The Talisman' and boasts of his luxury lifestyle to his 2.3 million followers on Instagram
Footage shows the Bear and Tristan (pictured together) ganging up on fellow contestant Kitten as he quit the island, following several disputes with Tristan during the length of the show
Pictured: Tristan with his arm around Stephen Bear in an episode of Shipwrecked
The pair (Andrew and Tristan pictured together) are famously inseparable, and now stand accused of exploiting up to six women and pressuring them into sex work
After his stint on the show, Tristan went into business with Andrew, who also tried his hand at reality television but was kicked off Big Brother in 2016 after a video emerged of him appearing to hit a former girlfriend with a belt. She later stated it was consensual and that he remained a friend.
In the years that followed, Tristan followed his older brother to Romania and the pair live together in the £600,000 compound where they were both arrested on December 29.
Tristan is a multi-millionaire in his own right, while Andrew claims to be the world's first trillionaire.
On social media the Tate brothers regularly showcase a lavish lifestyle at the concrete fortress, with a coterie of 33 supercars and expensively furnished rooms where they play with piles of Romanian Leu notes and art made from dollar bills.
But the property itself, close to Aurel Vlaicu International Airport in Pipera, Voluntari, on the outskirts of Bucharest, is at the end of a shabby road with cars abandoned on its verges.
Tristan first had a taste of fame in 2011, when he appeared on Channel 4's Shipwrecked alongside Stephen Bear
Andrew Tate was pictured caged in the back of a police van alongside his 'angels' after their arrest as part of a probe into alleged sex crimes. (Centre: Georgiana Naghel, Tate's alleged girlfriend and right: Luana Radu, a former cop who left the force to work in webcams)
The influencer, 36, was seen behind bars as he was escorted to the Romanian detention centre on Thursday evening
The compound, which Andrew claims contains his own armed security, is surrounded by wasteland scrub and abandoned building projects.
Tristan, meanwhile, refers to himself as 'The Talisman' and boasts of his luxury lifestyle to his 2.3 million followers on Instagram.
But he's tried to keep at least some elements of his life away from the public eye. He's occasionally made reference to being a father, but refuses to go into any detail about his child or children.
He was also publicly linked to famous Romanian TV presenter and model, Bianca Dragusanu in 2018.
Ms Dragusanu was dropped from her network after word of the affair broke.
In boasting about his brother being a womaniser, Andrew said: ''There was a girl called Bianca Dragusanu, she was a newscaster for
