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 Court docket.
The accusations are a part of a civil go well with 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 regarding a interval when he was residing 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. Below British regulation, individuals who make complaints of sexual offenses are granted anonymity except they select to waive it.
One girl who labored for Mr. Tate’s webcam enterprise in 2015, mentioned 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, mentioned that he raped her on two events. All 4 ladies mentioned Mr. Tate choked them in numerous encounters, and two of them mentioned it was to such an extent that they developed pink 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 mentioned 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 prison investigations in Britain and Romania into allegations of human trafficking, cash laundering and intercourse crimes.
Andrew Ford, a lawyer for Mr. Tate, mentioned 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 mentioned, 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 mentioned, and he denied threatening her with a gun.
The ladies are searching for damages for assault, battery and infliction of intentional hurt, and mentioned they’d suffered from psychological stress and humiliation.
Two of them mentioned 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 mentioned in a declare that they’d been in separate private relationships with Mr. Tate in 2013 and 2014.
The entire ladies mentioned within the declare that, at first, Mr. Tate was sort or charming to them. However over time he grew to become controlling or threatening, they mentioned. One of many ladies who labored with Mr. Tate mentioned that he restricted her meals and her actions. In a courtroom submitting, Mr. Tate mentioned that there was no schedule imposed on the lady and that she might sleep or eat at any time when she needed.
Three of the ladies had reported their accusations to native police, who investigated the claims, in keeping with their attorneys. However the Crown Prosecution Service, the impartial public physique accountable for prison prosecutions in England and Wales, determined to not carry fees in 2019.
A spokesman mentioned in an announcement {that a} prosecutor had concluded there was not a “lifelike prospect of conviction,” which is the brink 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 Court docket as a result of the alleged conduct occurred exterior the everyday three-year statutory limitation interval for private damage 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 mentioned in courtroom filings, feared the “aggressive on-line presence” of Mr. Tate and his followers, and so they 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,” mentioned Matt Jury, a lawyer at McCue Jury & Companions, who’s representing the claimants. “They’ve been left with no different alternative however to carry their case within the Excessive Court docket 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 USA. Mr. Tate is still being investigated for allegations of prison 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,” mentioned Mateea Petrescu, a spokeswoman for Mr. Tate. “Mr. Tate will defend himself vigorously and stays assured the reality will prevail.”
