It has been noted that a British woman alleged Tuesday controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate choked her until she passed out and raped her as she joined three other women alleging sexual assault to pursue a civil claim against him, adding to the self-proclaimed misogynist’s legal woes as he strenuously denies wrongdoing while under house arrest in Romania for suspected human trafficking.
Bold allegations against Andrew Tate
Evie, which is not her real name, told the BBC she met Tate in 2014 in the British town of Luton, where he was working as a club doorman and before he was a social media personality with millions of followers.
Evie, then a 20-year-old student, said she had consensual sex with Tate and that he seemed “nice enough” at the time but said he became violent during another sexual encounter at her apartment months later.
She said Tate “strangled” her until she passed out and that Tate was “still having sex” with her when she regained consciousness. Evie told the BBC Tate kept repeating phrases like “I own you, you belong to me” and issuing violent threats until he left the next morning, including threatening to kill her.
Evie said she did not report the alleged incident to the police at the time and said it was only when she described it to friends around six years later that she came to view it as sexual assault. Tate said he “vehemently denies” allegations against him.
