Andrew Tate, his brother sue Florida girl over human trafficking allegations

By Associated Press: Controversial social media persona Andrew Tate and his brother sued a Florida girl, saying she falsely accused them of imprisoning her in Romania, resulting in their arrest there on human trafficking costs.

The extensively adopted former skilled kickboxer and his brother, Tristan, are in search of at the very least $5 million within the lawsuit, which was filed in Palm Beach County in opposition to the lady, her dad and mom, one other girl who lived on the Tates’ Bucharest property and a male pal of the lady.

The Tates alleged the 5 conspired to falsely accuse them of human trafficking and rape, costing them their freedom and hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in revenue from their profitable social media, podcasting and enterprise ventures. The lawsuit stated the lady and her dad and mom are residents of Palm Beach County, which is why it was filed there on Tuesday.

Romanian officers arrested the Tates in December and indicted them final month, saying the brothers compelled seven victims into pornography and subjected them to bodily violence. They stay underneath home arrest in Romania.

But attorneys Thomas Maniotis and Joseph D McBride of their lawsuit stated the Tates are the victims of the Florida girl. They known as her “a professional con artist” and stated she pursued a sexual relationship with Tristan Tate as a way to transfer to Romania, then tried to defraud the brothers.

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When that failed, the attorneys stated that she conspired with the others to make false statements to Romanian and US embassy authorities that led to the arrests.

“At no point did the Tate brothers engage in human trafficking,” the lawsuit said. The attorneys stated the lady “is a serial liar, manipulator and schemer who exploits vulnerable, often wealthy men with good intentions for sexual, financial and emotional profit”.

The Associated Press will not be naming the lady or her dad and mom as a result of she is the alleged sufferer of sexual assault. No working cellphone numbers might be discovered for the household and no attorneys for them are listed within the court docket document. No one answered their door on Thursday afternoon. The different girl lives in Great Britain and the male pal in Virginia.

Romanian investigators stated of their indictment that the Tates and two Romanian ladies fashioned a legal group in 2021 “to commit the crime of human trafficking” in that nation, the US and Britain.

Andrew Tate was banned from TikTok, YouTube and Facebook for alleged hate speech and misogynistic feedback, together with that girls ought to bear accountability for being sexually assaulted. But he stays fairly well-liked on Twitter, with greater than seven million followers, lots of them younger males and schoolchildren.

Several ladies in Britain have been additionally pursuing civil claims in opposition to Andrew Tate, alleging they have been victims of sexual violence.

In a latest interview with the BBC, Andrew Tate denied spreading a tradition of misogyny and accusations that he manipulated ladies for monetary acquire.

The British-American brothers have been jailed for 3 months earlier than being launched to accommodate arrest in March pending trial. Prosecutors additionally confiscated the Tates’ property, together with 15 luxurious vehicles, luxurious watches and about $3 million in cryptocurrency.

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Investigators stated the seven alleged victims have been recruited with false declarations of affection however then compelled to participate in pornography. The ladies have been allegedly managed by “intimidation, constant surveillance” and claimed they have been in debt.

But the Tates, of their lawsuit, paint a special image. They stated the Florida girl and all ladies who lived at their property have been free to return and go as they happy, and closed-circuit safety video can show it.

After itemizing a number of different males they declare the Florida girl has defrauded or exploited, the Tates’ attorneys stated Tristan Tate met her by means of a courting software. He invited her to a Miami enterprise occasion the Tates’ firm hosted in December 2021, and so they had intercourse quite a few occasions earlier than Tristan Tate returned to Romania two weeks later, the lawsuit stated.

It said the 2 stored in contact by means of texts, with the lady telling Tristan Tate she needed to maneuver to Romania and pursue web modeling — a sort of enterprise the Tates have been concerned with.

Tristan thought her modelling plans might work, however he tried to dissuade her, the lawsuit stated. But in April 2022, “in the spirit of fun and adventure,” he paid for the lady’s flight to Romania.

The lawsuit stated she stayed on the Tates’ property for 2 days, the place the pair once more had intercourse. She then moved, as agreed, to a different close by dwelling, however had entry to the property. They say she solely remained within the nation for six days.

“She was not restrained in her movement, never confined, never controlled by any person, nor was she threatened in any manner and always had free will,” the lawsuit stated.

They stated she quickly conspired with the British girl she met on the property to defraud them of $200,000 by falsely claiming they wanted it for “something important”. When that failed, they stated the Florida girl conspired together with her male Virginia pal to contact the US embassy to falsely say she and the opposite girl have been being trafficked.

That led the Romanian officers to raid the house the place she was staying, starting the investigation into the Tates’, the lawsuit stated.

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