‘Tate raped and strangled us’ - women give first-hand accounts to BBC

Two women who accidental they were raped and strangled by the arguable societal media influencer, Andrew Tate, person spoken to the BBC astir their experiences.

Another pistillate has alleged, for the archetypal time, she was raped by Mr Tate’s younger brother, Tristan - besides an influencer with millions of followers.

The Tate brothers, aged 37 and 36, presently look charges successful Romania of quality trafficking and forming an organised radical to sexually exploit women. Andrew Tate is besides charged with rape.

If recovered guilty, the 2 men could beryllium jailed for much than 10 years. They powerfully contradict the charges against them.

Warning: Contains distressing contented and descriptions of intersexual violence

Andrew Tate, is presently nether location apprehension successful Romania. In summation to the charges helium already faces, prosecutors are considering caller allegations against him, including having enactment with a insignificant and trafficking underage persons. Both brothers are besides being investigated for trafficking 34 much women.

Now, 2 British women not progressive with the Romanian lawsuit against the Tate brothers, person fixed elaborate first-hand accounts to the BBC, against Andrew Tate, of alleged rape and intersexual violence. The allegations day backmost astatine slightest 10 years, to erstwhile Mr Tate was surviving successful Luton.

Another British pistillate has made a caller allegation of rape against Tristan Tate, saying helium enactment his enactment his hands astir her pharynx arsenic helium did so.

Anna (not her existent name) told america she went retired with Andrew Tate successful Luton successful 2013. After a fewer dates, she says she went backmost to his house.

“He started kissing me... and helium conscionable looked up astatine the ceiling and said, ‘I’m conscionable debating whether I should rape you oregon not. Out of the bluish helium conscionable grabbed maine by the throat, smashed maine to the backmost of the bed, strangling maine highly hard.”

Anna says helium past raped her.

She says aft the attack, Mr Tate sent her disturbing substance messages and dependable notes astir rape and intersexual violence.

“Am I a atrocious person? Because the much you didn’t similar it, the much I enjoyed it,” helium said successful a dependable note.

In a substance helium wrote: “I emotion raping you.”

Anna says helium besides tried to walk the strangulation occurrence disconnected arsenic a joke: “Are you earnestly truthful offended I strangled you a small bit?”

When the BBC asked him astir the messages, Mr Tate declined to comment.

In 2014, Anna told Bedfordshire Police astir the alleged attack. Two different women made akin allegations, and a constabulary probe started.

In 2019, a record was sent to the Crown Prosecution Service, but it was decided determination was not capable grounds to bring charges.

Another woman, who we are calling Sienna, describes a akin story.

She says she archetypal met Andrew Tate a decennary agone successful Luton: “We got connected truly good and we had a fewer drinks.”

She says they had what she describes arsenic “a modular one-night stand”.

A fewer months later, Sienna says she met Mr Tate again.

She claims that connected this juncture helium attacked her.

“We went to my bedroom... and we started having sex,” she says. “That was erstwhile helium enactment his hands astir my throat.”

Sienna says she struggled for air, and past mislaid consciousness. When she came to, she says helium was inactive having enactment with her.

“I was perfectly terrified,” she says. “I conscionable retrieve gasping for air... It was rape.”

In the morning, she says she had a bloodshot eye.

“One of the whites of my eyes had conscionable gone wholly reddish - seemingly it's rather communal successful home maltreatment cases wherever there's been strangulation.”

A person of Sienna has confirmed to the BBC that she told him astir the incidental astatine the time. He besides says helium saw her oculus injury.

Sienna didn’t spell to the constabulary and says she regrets it.

BBC Panorama is alert of a full of 5 women successful the UK who accidental they were strangled by Mr Tate during sex.

When we interviewed him successful June past year, helium denied ever having strangled oregon having had enactment with a pistillate without her consent.

“I cognize I've ne'er wounded anybody. It's not successful my quality to wounded people,” helium said.

In the 2nd fractional of the past decade, Andrew Tate began his emergence to online fame.

The self-proclaimed misogynist’s videos connected YouTube and TikTok, and posts connected Twitter, gained him millions of followers and a worldwide profile.

He preached a connection aimed astatine boys and young men that women should beryllium dominated.

In 1 video, helium said women were “intrinsically lazy” and added: “There’s nary mode you tin beryllium rooted successful world and not beryllium sexist.”

Panorama - Andrew Tate: accused

Oana Marocico returns to her location state to analyse Andrew and Tristan Tate's Romanian webcam concern and speaks to women who assertion they’ve been abused by the brothers.

Watch connected Monday 9 September connected BBC One astatine 20:00 BST (20:30 successful Wales) oregon connected BBC iPlayer (UK only) from 20:00 BST

Mr Tate has been singled retired by authorities successful the UK for the effect helium has had successful spreading misogyny online.

His videos besides showed disconnected the high-rolling manner helium claimed to pb successful Romania.

Andrew and Tristan Tate are thought to person moved to the state astir 2016.

They had been moving a webcamming concern successful Luton - wherever women chat and portion online for money.

Romania has 1 of the largest webcam industries successful the world, with implicit fractional a cardinal employees successful the sector. The brothers’ determination determination seemingly saw the concern taking off.

At 1 point, Andrew Tate claimed helium was making £400,000 per period from webcamming and that “75 women worked for him astatine the highest of it all”.

However, erstwhile helium spoke to the BBC past year, helium downplayed these boasts, claiming they had been exaggerations and lies.

The big amusement concern is cardinal to the transgression lawsuit brought against them successful Romania.

Prosecutors allege the brothers were trafficking women into the state - successful different words, recruiting them, arranging their transport and providing accommodation successful Bucharest for the intent of exploitation. Two of the women named successful the lawsuit record were brought to Romania from the UK.

Another British woman, not progressive successful immoderate of the ineligible proceedings, told Panorama astir her acquisition of moving for the Tates. It is the archetypal clip she has spoken publicly.

Daisy (not her existent name) says that successful 2017 she had been dating Tristan Tate successful the UK, erstwhile helium encouraged her to enactment for the brothers' webcam concern successful Bucharest. We person seen grounds that Tristan booked her formation to Bucharest.

Daisy went of her ain accord, knowing and agreeing to beryllium progressive successful the webcamming business. She describes a controlling situation wherever she and different webcammers lived and worked together.

“The girls had their ain rooms, but it wasn't their idiosyncratic space. Everything was Tristan's and Andrew's, the bedrooms that the girls worked successful were besides the bedrooms that the brothers would slumber in.”

There were strict rules for each the women, says Daisy with astir each facet of their lives monitored.

This statement is echoed by a Romanian webcam model, who has besides spoken to us.

“Raluca” says she was connected the Tates’ books successful 2021. She claims that “control and manipulation” played a superior relation successful their concern model.

Most of the models moving for the Tates “were dating them”, according to Raluca. She adds that immoderate of them were women brought implicit from the UK.

The Romanian prosecutors accidental they person statements from 3 women who picture feeling “controlled” by the brothers. In the lawsuit file, immoderate of the women accidental they were not allowed to permission the location “on their own”.

When Andrew Tate spoke to the BBC past year, helium denied specified allegations and claimed the women worked for themselves. He said that his relation was simply to "help them find a cameraman”.

A fewer days aft arriving successful Romania, Daisy says she broke up with Tristan Tate, but she claims it did not halt him trying to person enactment with her.

“I told him, ‘no’ 10 to 15 times that I didn’t privation to.”

He enactment his hands astir her pharynx and raped her, she says.

Daisy has not reported her allegation to police.

The BBC has spoken to 1 of her friends who says that aft Daisy returned to the UK she was upset and told him that Tristan Tate had been forceful with her sexually.

We asked Tristan Tate astir each the allegations against him - helium did not comment.

The Tates’ ineligible troubles person deepened this year.

As good arsenic the existing charges successful Romania, and the caller probe announced past month, they look a fig of ineligible threats elsewhere.

In the UK, Bedfordshire Police person begun extradition proceedings against some brothers connected allegations of rape and quality trafficking, dating backmost to 2012-2015. None of these are connected to the women we spoke to.

And successful a civilian lawsuit brought by Devon and Cornwall Police, a magistrate is expected to regularisation adjacent period connected whether the Tates owe millions successful unpaid taxation connected their online businesses.

Sienna and Anna are present suing Andrew Tate, and their lawsuit is owed to beryllium heard successful the High Court successful London. Along with 2 different women, they impeach him of rape and intersexual assault. He intends to contention the claims.

We asked Mr Tate astir each the latest allegations - helium has declined to comment.

Last twelvemonth helium told us: “I look guardant to the information coming out. I look guardant to the information being blasted each implicit the BBC that Andrew Tate was recovered not blameworthy due to the fact that I've ne'er done thing wrong.”