The controversial social media personality Andrew Tate and his brother are suing a Florida woman, saying she falsely accused them of imprisoning her in Romania, leading to their arrest there on human trafficking charges.
The widely followed former professional kickboxer and his brother, Tristan, are seeking at least $5m in the lawsuit, which was filed in Palm Beach county against the woman, her parents, another woman who lived at the Tates’ Bucharest estate and a male friend of the woman.
Andrew Tate and his brother to face trial in Romania
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The Tates say the five conspired to falsely accuse them of human trafficking and rape, costing them their freedom and millions of dollars in income from their lucrative social media, podcasting and business ventures. The lawsuit says the woman and her parents are residents of Palm Beach county, which is why it was filed there on Tuesday.
Romanian officials arrested the Tates in December and indicted them last month, saying the brothers forced seven victims into pornography and subjected them to physical violence. They remain under house arrest in Romania.
But the attorneys Thomas Maniotis and Joseph McBride in their lawsuit say the Tates are the victims of the Florida woman. They call her “a professional con artist” and say she pursued a sexual relationship with Tristan Tate in order to move to Romania, then tried to defraud the brothers. When that failed, she conspired with the others to make false statements to Romanian and...
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