Andrew Tate: Woman claims social media influencer raped her and threatened to kill her
A woman who claims social media influencer Andrew Tate raped her is planning to sue him.
She says Tate, notorious for his misogynistic views, later told her he “owned” her and threatened to kill her.
Alice, which is not her real name, aged 30, said: “We were having sex and he put his hands round my throat and strangled me until I lost consciousness. And when I came round he was still having sex with me, still on top of me.
“The next day, all the white had gone completely red in one of my eyes. I looked it up afterwards and it was just lack of oxygen to your brain where your blood vessels start bursting to try and get more oxygen into your brain. That was quite scary.”
Her allegation is that in continuing to have sex with her while she was unconscious, Tate raped her.
The woman, who was 20 at the time, met Tate in a bar in Luton, Bedfordshire, where they both lived.
He was a kickboxer and club doorman at the time and they had a one-night stand, texting each other intermittently in the following weeks.
It was during a second encounter that Tate allegedly left her unconscious while they were having sex at her home.
Alice admits she didn’t complain to Tate or the police at the time.
She told friends, none of whom had experienced anything like it, but she and they dismissed it as “something that happens in sex”.
She explained: “I didn’t view it as anything really bad, until recently when I’m a bit older and more sensible and understand consent and how things work.
“I was worried that maybe I would get blamed. They would say, ‘well you were having sex with him anyway, it’s kind of your own fault’.
“But attitudes have changed and people are more educated around what is considered sexual assault.”
She is expected to soon launch a civil case against Tate, 36, for damages, claiming compensation for her ordeal and to encourage other alleged victims to come forward.
“I just hope that he can be held accountable for what he’s done,” he said.
“And I want to spread the message of education about consent and hope that more women might feel comfortable coming forward with stories of stuff that’s happened to them, not necessarily by him, just in general.”
Alice, not her real name, plans to sue Andrew Tate
In April, three other women who worked as webcam models for Tate’s internet sex business launched a crowdfunding page to raise money for a civil court case.
They claim he raped and abused them and they suffered physical injury and psychological harm that stopped them working and living a normal life for years.
They reported their allegations to Hertfordshire police in 2015.
Tate was arrested three times on suspicion of raping two women and assaulting a third, but the case was abandoned after four years.
The force apologised for delays in the investigation and said officers were prepared to meet the women to discuss any issues.
It said later it was “monitoring developments”.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
Women to sue Andrew Tate
Read more:
This is how long it takes algorithms to serve Andrew Tate to young boys
Who is Andrew Tate, the self-styled ‘king of toxic masculinity’
Detectives have since been in contact with lawyers for the women, who ideally want the criminal investigation re-opened.
The force was asked for a comment.
Tate, a British-US citizen with nearly seven million Twitter followers, is currently under house arrest in Romania where police are investigating suspected human trafficking, rape and sexual exploitation of women there.
A decision on whether to charge or release him is expected this month.
In a combative BBC interview last week Tate denied he was fuelling a culture of misogyny among the young, claiming he was a force for good and was “acting under the instruction of God to do good things”.
His brother Tristan and two Romanian women face the same allegations.
All the suspects deny the allegations.
Lawyer Matt Jury, who represents all four women making allegations against Tate, said: “They are seeking truth and accountability and want their evidence tested in court.
“His influence and public profile, his regular media appearances continue to cause them distress and it just aggravates the trauma they’ve been through.
“They want to bring this to an end and correct the narrative as to who Andrew Tate is. If he says he’s innocent he has nothing to fear.”
A spokesperson for Andrew Tate said: “We understand there is a lot of interest surrounding Andrew at the moment; however, he vehemently denies these accusations and does not condone violence of any kind towards women.
“All sexual acts that Andrew has partaken in have been consensual and agreed upon before by both parties.
“Andrew strongly encourages women who have experienced assault, in any form, to report it to the relevant authorities. He is saddened that a few women who he has allegedly spent time with nearly a decade ago have decided to try and take advantage of his current situation.
“We will not be commenting any further on anyone’s alleged intention to pursue legal action unless such action is submitted to the authorities.”
UK
Humza Yousaf: Scotland’s first minister claims Holyrood election could be called – as vote of no confidence looms
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf claims a Holyrood election could be called as he refuses to say if he will resign if he loses a looming vote of no confidence.
Speaking exclusively to Sky News in Fife on Saturday, the SNP leader said it was “really disappointing” to learn the Greens will refuse to enter further talks to change their minds on voting against him in a ballot which could prove fatal for his leadership.
Mr Yousaf has today written to all the opposition parties, including Alex Salmond’s Alba party, at Holyrood urging them to rethink their plot to oust him.
Humza Yousaf
The SNP leader said on Saturday that he was leaving it to his rivals to determine his fate.
A Green Party source said the only letter they will accept from the first minister is his resignation.
Mr Yousaf told Sky News: “Well let me say again, that would be really disappointing if that is the Greens’ position.
“As I say, I’ve reached out to them, they are saying publicly that they’re going to support a Conservative motion against independence, first minister and independence government.
“That would be, I think, a poor choice to make.”
Asked if there might be a Scottish election if he doesn’t win the vote, Mr Yousaf replied: “Can’t rule it out.”
Ash Regan. Pic: PA
The casting vote now looks likely to be Alba MSP Ash Regan who sensationally defected from the SNP in the wake of her defeat in the race to replace Nicola Sturgeon last year.
Sky News understands Alba is holding an emergency meeting this weekend to determine how it will cast the key vote.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
Yousaf to ‘fight’ no confidence vote
When asked how SNP members would feel about being “propped up” by Mr Salmond, Mr Yousaf said: “Let me make it really, really clear, I’ll be sending out to anybody I meet with, whoever comes round that table, that these are the priorities of the SNP minority government.
“This is what we’ll be pursuing, this is what we’ll be pushing. It’ll then be up to be it Ash Regan, be it Lorna Slater, be it Patrick Harvie or any of them, to decide what button they push when it comes to the vote of no confidence.”
Read more:
How did we get here – and what happens next?
Keep up with all the latest news from the UK and around the world by following Sky News
The first minister was asked twice whether he would resign if he failed to win the confidence of parliament.
He responded: “Again, I’m not planning to lose the vote of no confidence, I’m planning to win that vote of no confidence.”
Asked if his position would be untenable, he said “Planning to win.”
UK
Jewish campaign group cancels walk over safety fears as Met Police chief defends policing of pro-Palestinian march
A Jewish campaign group has cancelled today’s Walk Together demonstration amid safety concerns, as the Met Police says the risk of disorder from a pro-Palestinian march is not high enough to seek a ban.
Thousands had been expected to attend the event in central London as part of the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) event, which would have coincided with today’s pro-Palestinian march.
The CAA said it cancelled the event, where people would have walked “where they please”, after receiving “numerous threats” and identifying “hostile actors (who) seem to have intended to come to any meeting locations that we announced”.
It added: “The risk to the safety of those who wished to walk openly as Jews in London… as part of this initiative has therefore become too great.
“We are no less angry about these marches than our Jewish community and its allies. We want to walk.”
The CAA said it had suggested “concrete measures” to government aimed at changing how the pro-Palestinian protests are policed.
Thousands turn up every week to pro-Palestine protests in central London
It highlighted concerns over antisemitic chants, inflammatory placards, and instances of glorifying terrorism, as well as incidents of violence, including attacks on police officers.
“Police have told us that they intend to handle the march no differently from the passive way that they have become accustomed to over the course of more than six months,” the group added.
But the Met’s assistant commissioner, Matt Twist, said the force aimed to police “without fear or favour”, adding that the impact of the weekly pro-Palestinian protests was “felt widely” but had been a “particular cause of fear and uncertainty in Jewish communities”.
Mr Twist added that pro-Palestinian protests had “never” reached the threshold where it was a “risk of serious public disorder”.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
Extended video of ‘openly Jewish’ row
He said: “The only legal route to ban a march is if there is a risk of serious public disorder – that is rioting or serious violence that could not be dealt with by other restrictions or conditions.
“We have never got close to that threshold on these Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC) marches to date.”
The CAA had announced its Walk Together after its chief executive, Gideon Falter, was prevented from crossing a road near a pro-Palestinian protest by a police officer last week because he was “openly Jewish”.
The protests began in October last year. Pic: PA
Footage showed a tense, lengthy stand-off between police and Mr Falter as one Met officer described his presence as “antagonising”.
The campaigner then spoke to another officer who said if he remained in the area, he would be arrested.
After the incident, Mr Falter was critical of the Met and said there were “no-go zones for Jews”, while Scotland Yard apologised twice for the officer’s choice of words.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
Standoff between protesters in London
The PSC protest today, which organisers claim could attract “hundreds of thousands” of protesters, will take place on a pre-agreed route.
Simultaneously, a separate demonstration arranged by the pro-Israel Enough is Enough group will go ahead following a route parallel to the PSC march.
Read more from Sky News:
Once again a Met Police commissioner is stuck in the middle of policing and politics. So what happens now?
Met Police apologise to Stephen Lawrence’s mother for breaking promise
The Met Police said 450 arrests have been made since the pro-Palestinian marches began, with 193 of those being for antisemitic offences, the majority involving placards, chanting or expressions of hate speech.
The cost of policing the protests stands at approximately £38.5m, the Met added.
After a difficult few months we have a more positive picture from the Palace.
A personal moment of the King and Queen released with the news he can now return to public duties.
It’s the details he will be delighted to share.
Not only are his medics “encouraged” with his progress, and “positive” about his recovery, they’re also happy he can get back to work.
And for a man who is widely reported to be a workaholic, this will be wholly welcome.
This was not how he’d imagined the first year after his coronation.
Read more:
Prince Harry breaks silence on King’s cancer diagnosis
Back to public duties but Prince William is likely being cautious
Pic: Millie Pilkington/Buckingham Palace/PA
He knows from his late mother’s mantra, a monarch has to be seen to be believed.
But his cancer diagnosis changed everything.
The royal year so meticulously mapped out was put on pause with unprecedented and huge uncertainty.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
Queen thanks young Kate well wishers
Keep up with all the latest news from the UK and around the world by following Sky News
The King’s constitutional work has continued, but the public outings were stopped.
His family has stepped up to support him, and protocols were in place should the need arise.
But it has been an incredibly challenging time for the House of Windsor.
News of the Princess of Wales’s cancer diagnosis a double blow for the family.
Kate, the Princess of Wales, is also undergoing treatment for cancer. Pic: Kensington Palace
There remains a lot of uncertainty; the King won’t return to full duties, and his engagements will be adapted to reduce the risk while he recovers. There’s also no confirmation yet about the big set piece events like Trooping the Colour or an overseas state visit.
But this is a significant moment. And the King’s return to public work will start with a personally poignant visit, as he and the Queen meet patients and staff at a cancer treatment centre.
-
Sports2 years ago‘Storybook stuff’: Inside the night Bryce Harper sent the Phillies to the World Series
-
Sports1 year agoMLB Rank 2023: Ranking baseball’s top 100 players
-
Environment11 months agoJapan and South Korea have a lot at stake in a free and open South China Sea
-
Sports3 years ago
Team Europe easily wins 4th straight Laver Cup
-
Sports6 months agoGame 1 of WS least-watched in recorded history
-
Environment1 year agoGame-changing Lectric XPedition launched as affordable electric cargo bike
-
Technology3 years ago
Game consoles were once banned in China. Now Chinese developers want a slice of the $49 billion pie
-
Politics2 years ago
Have the last few wobbly weeks seen a turning point for Johnson as PM?