Tate sued by four British women over rape and abuse allegations
FOUR women who allege that they were raped and sexually abused by Andrew Tate, the social media influencer, have launched a civil case for damages against him.
Lawyers for the women served Mr Tate with civil papers at his home in Romania yesterday.
The former professional kick-boxer is awaiting trial in Bucharest on charges of human trafficking and rape, and is also facing extradition back to the UK, where he is being investigated over similar allegations.
The civil case relates to alleged incidents dating back to 2013 when the women were working for Mr Tate and claim they were raped by him.
Three of the women went to Hertfordshire police in 2014 and 2015 and reported the alleged offences, and Mr Tate was arrested and questioned.
In 2018, police sent a file to the Crown Prosecution Service, but it later said no charges would be brought.
Mr Tate, 37, has denied the allegations and is threatening to sue the women for defamation.
But yesterday the women, who have been crowd-funding to pay for their case, served him with legal papers.
A spokesman for their legal team at the firm Mccue Jury and Partners said: “The criminal justice system let these women down; civil action is their last remaining route to justice.”
Mr Tate moved to Romania in 2017 where he has been under investigation over allegations that he recruited young women and forced them to make online pornographic content. Last month a court in Bucharest decided there was enough evidence to send the case to trial.
Mr Tate is also facing an investigation by Bedfordshire Police into allegations of rape and human trafficking against him and his brother, Tristan, 35, dating back to 2012. An extradition request has been approved by Romanian authorities.