Andrew Tate's 'sex trafficking victim' was promised MARRIAGE when she was lured into his webcam porn racket, court hears | The Sun
ONE of Andrew Tate's alleged sex trafficking victims was promised marriage when she was lured into his webcam porn racket, a court heard.
The disgraced influencer and his brother Tristan were arrested last week in Romania as part of a probe into human trafficking, rape, and organised crime.
Romanian authorities claim the women were taken to the brothers' £600,000 villa on the outskirts of the country's capital Bucharest.
They believe the men lured victims using the "loverboy method" where they would allegedly falsely claim to be in love with the young women.
The women were forced to film porn videos in the compound and were kept under 24/7 house arrest, according to Romanian investigators.
One of the victims allegedly recruited by Tate and his brother for their webcam operation said she was promised marriage to one of the brothers.
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According to the court documents obtained by Gandul from a hearing on December 30, the woman was lured to Romania"by misrepresenting the intention to establish a marriage or cohabitation relationship".
After the woman landed in the country, she was reportedly picked up by a "female accomplice".
She was initially promised she would be living with her "boyfriend".
But then the woman was allegedly told she would be living with other women who work for the two "businessmen" – the Tate brothers.
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Prosecutors said the brothers "identified vulnerable people and exploited their needs for affection, trust, stability, creating the impression of a close relationship".
The defendants were also accused of creating the illusion of "feelings of affection".
The brothers had "the role of recruiting people, who were transported and housed in houses in Romania… and the role of supervising and coordinating the entire exploitation activity", the court documents show.
Prosecutors also noted Tate's "attitude of disregard towards women in general, whom he perceives only as a means to earn big easily".
They said allowing Tate and Tristan to walk free "poses a danger to public order".
Both Tate brothers deny the allegations against them.
It comes after it emerged a mystery "madam" reportedlyhelped run the alleged sex trafficking operation in Romania.
The alleged accomplice – named only as Ana B – reportedly signed the contracts and paid the salaries of the women working in Tate's alleged sleazy webcam operation.
Last Thursday was the second time the brothers' home has been raided as part of the sex trafficking investigation, after cops arrived at their door back in April.
Controversial Tate initially gained fame after a short-lived appearance on Big Brother.
He was dumped from the reality show after alleged footage of him beating a woman emerged online.
Since then he has sparked revulsion and outrage with a wave of content online.
Washington DC-born Tate was accused of spreading hate towards women as he built his profile.
The influencer was banned from Twitter in 2017 for violating its terms of service with his controversial comments.
He has previously referred to women as "property" and said they should bear "some responsibility" if they are sexually assaulted.
In August, Tate was banned from a range of other social media sites.
TikTok banned him for misogyny, while Meta said he violated their policies around "Dangerous Individuals and Organisations".
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He is also banned on YouTube.
Tate has denied accusations of misogyny and claimed that many of his clips are "taken out of context".
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