New rape and abuse allegations have been made by three women in the UK against self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate, as the controversial influencer remains under house arrest in Romania on rape, trafficking and organized crime charges.
The women, now in their late 20s and early 30s, announced Thursday that they plan to sue the influencer over the alleged abuse they faced while working as webcam models for Tate when he lived in England from 2013 to 2016.
“The primary aim of the lawsuit is to seek justice, accountability, and compensation for Tate’s victims, as well as to encourage a UK criminal investigation into Tate’s crimes in the hope of his prosecution and conviction in the UK, in addition to the charges he is facing in Romania”.
According to the law firm McCue Jury & Partners
Their lawyer Matt Jury said their allegations include rape and sexual and physical assaults — including holding guns to women’s heads and strangling them with belts.
The group of women reported Tate’s abuse to police about eight years ago.
He was arrested three times on suspicion of raping two women and another time for assault, but the case was soon after abandoned with no further action.
“When they went to the police their allegations were not treated seriously, the police didn’t take effective action. The evidence was not there,” Jury said.
“We’re aware of the evidence that was provided, it should have been sufficient to warrant proper criminal intent investigation and, in our opinion, for charges to be brought.”
Jury added: “If those charges had been brought, and he’d been arrested here in England, then perhaps he wouldn’t have fled to Romania where he is reported to have committed further terrible crimes against women.”
One of Tate’s alleged victims said that she never thought she would see the ex-kickboxer again after he left the UK in 2017, and his rise to social media stardom was a “huge shock to the system.”
“After first meeting Andrew my life was impacted negatively from the daily mental manipulation and physical abuse that I endured every single day,” the victim said.
“I now suffer with depression, anxiety, stress and have been diagnosed with PTSD.
Tate, 36, a British-US citizen and self-described misogynist with more than 5.6 million Twitter followers, was released into house arrest last Friday after a Romanian court overturned a request by prosecutors for him to be detained until late April.
Alongside his brother and two Romanian women, Tate faces charges of rape, people trafficking and organised crime. They have denied all the accusations.
