“Held in jail since December and not charged.
I am not a Tate fan, but this is not how a law should work.”
Well, this is why you should probably do some perfunctory research about how the legal system works before you travel to, and especially before you relocate to or do business in, foreign countries.
And especially if you are the kind of person that the US government is not going to waste an ounce of diplomatic currency to help.
But Tate did that. He specifically said he was in Romania, because the society and legal system were much better than other countries. He said he could get away with rape in a Romania.