US woman sues Andrew Tate, brother Tristan for $A7.9 million

Andrew Tate — whose anti-feminist views have infiltrated Aussie schools — and his brother are being sued for allegedly luring a woman to a ‘webcam sex trafficking ring’ for $A7.9m.

An American woman is suing the Tate brothers, influencers Andrew and Tristan, for allegedly luring her to Romania for a “webcam sex trafficking ring”.

The countersuit is in response to the brothers’ lawsuit against the unnamed woman for defamation after she co-operated with Romanian police who charged them with trafficking women and girls.

After the brothers sued Jane Doe for alleged libel and slander in 2023, her lawyers filed a countersuit in Florida Monday that accuses the brothers of, among other things, witness intimidation, “lawfare,” defamation and human trafficking.

The 183-page filing describes them as “self-confessed webcam pimps and pornographers who made their first million dollars from lying and deceiving women.”

“Jane Doe did the right thing by telling the truth of what she saw and experienced while she was in Romania to Romanian authorities,” her lawyer, Dani Pinter, said in a statement.

“And for that, Andrew and Tristan Tate have worked to ruin her life by suing her and her parents – an abuse of the legal system and blatant witness intimidation.”

Andrew and Tristan Tate in Bucharest, Romania, on March 12, 2024. Picture: AFP

Andrew Tate, 38, is a former kickboxer and mixed martial artist who, along with his 37-year-old brother, is an internet personality.

The lawsuit disputes their self-characterisations as businessmen.

In 2023, academics from Monash University published a study on how Tate, an anti-feminist ‘manfluencer’has infiltrated Australian schools, and the impact it has been having on young people.

“To disrupt the Romanian prosecution, and in a clear case of witness intimidation, THE TATE BROTHERS have sued JANE DOE, an American citizen, who was lured from Florida to Romania by TRISTAN TATE under the pretence of a romantic relationship,” the lawsuit alleges.

“THE TATE BROTHERS’ lawsuit seeks damages in excess of US$5,000,000, [$A7.9m] damages that allegedly exist merely because JANE DOE expressed her very real fears and concerns for her safety to her family and friends in private text messages and, because she co-operated with Romanian law enforcement after they raided THE TATE BROTHERS’ compound.”

Andrew (L) and Tristan protested the 2024 Paris Olympics over the opening ceremony’s inclusion message claiming it mocked Christianity. Picture: AFP

In the brothers’ 2023 lawsuit, they accused Doe of fabricating evidence against them. It also names her parents and two friends as defendants for their role in a phone call alerting US embassy officials in Romania to Doe’s alleged trafficking.

“The Tate brothers’ lawsuit against Doe is a grave abuse of process brought — not for any legitimate purpose — but instead, to bully and harass Doe into recanting her testimony,” Pinter said. “Doe was left with no choice but to countersue, and deserves every measure of justice.”

Romanian police arrested the Tate brothers in 2022 and seized more than a dozen luxury cars along with nearly $US4 million ($A6.3m) in other items.

Tristan Tate is brought in for questioning after the raid on the brothers’ home in August 2024. Picture: AFP

Andrew Tate after the 10-hour long raid by police at the brothers’ Bucharest home in 2024. Picture: AFP

They were arrested again alongside four others in August 2024 in connection with a criminal human trafficking ring investigation. There is another criminal investigation ongoing in the United Kingdom, where the brothers are expected to be extradited after their case plays out in Romania.

They have denied the allegations against them and call Doe a false accuser.

Doe’s attorneys said the counterclaim is the first US lawsuit against the brothers. They are seeking an unspecified sum in damages and lawyer fees, a court order barring the Tate brothers from contacting or defaming their client and any other relief the court finds proper.

This story was originally published in The New York Post