Right-wing, self-proclaimed misogynistic influencer, Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, are suing a Florida woman, saying she falsely accused them of imprisoning her in Romania, leading to their arrest there on human trafficking charges.
On Tuesday, the Tate brothers filed a lawsuit and are seeking at least $US5 million ($7.3 million) from the woman, her parents, another woman who lived at the Tates’ Bucharest estate and a male friend of the woman.
The Tates are accusing the five people of conspiring to falsely accuse them of human trafficking and rape. The pair say this cost them their freedom and millions of dollars in income from their social media, podcasting and business ventures.
In December, Romanian officials arrested the Tates and indicted them, alleging the brothers forced seven victims into pornography and subjected them to physical violence. The women were allegedly controlled by “intimidation and constant surveillance”.
Investigators said the Tates and two Romanian women formed a criminal group in 2021 “in order to commit the crime of human trafficking” in Romania, the United States and Britain.
The Tate brothers remain under house arrest in Romania.
Attorneys for the Tate brothers, Thomas Maniotis and Joseph D McBride called the woman 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, the attorneys claim she conspired with the others to...
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