Andrew Tate, the web influencer identified for his misogynistic views, has been accused of raping two ladies and threatening one in all them with a gun, in a declare filed in Britain’s Excessive Courtroom.
The accusations are a part of a civil swimsuit filed by the 2 ladies, and two others, final June in opposition to Mr. Tate. The Occasions obtained particulars of their claims from the courtroom forward of a listening to on the case in London on April 15.
The 4 British ladies are suing Mr. Tate for alleged abuse referring to a interval when he was dwelling in England, between 2013 and 2015. All 4 ladies accuse him of choking them, and two of them, one in all whom was working for him on the time, accuse him of rape. Beneath British regulation, individuals who make complaints of sexual offenses are granted anonymity until they select to waive it.
One girl who labored for Mr. Tate’s webcam enterprise in 2015, stated within the declare that Mr. Tate, a former kickboxer, raped her and beat her with a belt. The declare alleges that he pointed a gun at her whereas saying: “I’m a boss” and “You’re going to do as I say, or there’ll be hell to pay.”
A second girl, who was in a private relationship with Mr. Tate in 2013, stated that he raped her on two events. All 4 ladies stated Mr. Tate choked them in numerous encounters, and two of them stated it was to such an extent that they developed purple spots of their eyes that indicated bleeding capillaries.
Mr. Tate, in each courtroom filings and public statements, has denied all of the accusations in opposition to him and stated that any sexual activity was consensual.
The case is one in all a number of lawsuits which have accused Mr. Tate, an influencer with greater than 10 million followers on X, of exploiting and abusing ladies. He’s going through separate felony investigations in Britain and Romania into allegations of human trafficking, cash laundering and intercourse crimes.
Andrew Ford, a lawyer for Mr. Tate, stated in an announcement on Thursday that the ladies’s claims can be absolutely contested in courtroom. The claims had been totally investigated by police a number of years in the past, he stated, and prosecutors had determined then to not cost Mr. Tate with any crime.
In a courtroom submitting, Mr. Tate denied that he had threatened or coerced the ladies into acts they have been unwilling to hold out. A declare that he beat one girl with a belt was “made up,” he stated, and he denied threatening her with a gun.
The ladies are looking for damages for assault, battery and infliction of intentional hurt, and stated that they had suffered from psychological stress and humiliation.
Two of them stated they have been recruited by Mr. Tate between December 2014 and April 2015 to work for his webcam enterprise, which concerned displaying their faces and our bodies on a webcam to males on-line, who made requests of them in return for fee. The opposite two ladies stated in a declare that that they had been in separate private relationships with Mr. Tate in 2013 and 2014.
The entire ladies stated within the declare that, at first, Mr. Tate was form or charming to them. However over time he turned controlling or threatening, they stated. One of many ladies who labored with Mr. Tate stated that he restricted her meals and her actions. In a courtroom submitting, Mr. Tate stated that there was no schedule imposed on the girl and that she may sleep or eat every time she wished.
Three of the ladies had reported their accusations in 2014 to native police, who investigated the claims, in keeping with their attorneys. The fourth joined the case later. However the Crown Prosecution Service, the impartial public physique chargeable for felony prosecutions in England and Wales, determined to not carry fees in 2019.
A spokesman stated in an announcement {that a} prosecutor had concluded there was not a “lifelike prospect of conviction,” which is the edge for all fees. Solely 2.6 p.c of rape allegations recorded by the police in England and Wales resulted in a prosecution within the yr ending in March 2024.
Mr. Tate’s attorneys have argued that the case shouldn’t be heard by the Excessive Courtroom as a result of the alleged conduct occurred exterior the standard three-year statutory limitation interval for private harm claims. Legal professionals for the ladies have known as for judges to make use of their discretionary powers to listen to the declare. The ladies, they stated in courtroom filings, feared the “aggressive on-line presence” of Mr. Tate and his followers, they usually accused him of threatening to launch their private photographs and particulars on-line.
“For years these British ladies have been denied justice by the police and C.P.S., whereas watching Andrew Tate’s affect develop,” stated Matt Jury, a lawyer at McCue Jury & Companions, who’s representing the claimants. “They’ve been left with no different selection however to carry their case within the Excessive Courtroom to lastly carry Tate to account.”
The ladies have known as for the British authorities to hunt the extradition of Mr. Tate, who’s a citizen of Britain and the US. Mr. Tate is still being investigated for allegations of felony wrongdoing in Romania, however a Romanian courtroom lifted a journey ban on him in January. He has since traveled to the United States earlier than returning to Romania for ongoing courtroom proceedings. Earlier this month, Mr. Tate traveled to Dubai.
“It’s deeply troubling that such graphic and one-sided accounts are being publicized earlier than any judicial evaluation has taken place,” stated Mateea Petrescu, a spokeswoman for Mr. Tate. “Mr. Tate will defend himself vigorously and stays assured the reality will prevail.”
