Four people who say they were sexually abused by Andrew Tate have complained to the press regulator about an interview with the self-procl...
Four people who say they were sexually abused by Andrew Tate have complained to the press regulator about an interview with the self-proclaimed sexist influencer and his brother in the Spectator magazine.
The ladies, who have launched a high court claim against Tate for rape, coercive control, and assault and battery, say that the story by deputy editor Freddy Gray is wrong and deceptive.
They say they are "disgusted" by the article in which Gray says he thinks the brothers' criminal convictions would "melt away."
The women's lawyer says the magazine, which was run by Michael Gove, a former Conservative cabinet minister, makes the brothers look good, even though they reject the civil and criminal charges against them.
In a statement, the women added, "This Spectator interview with Andrew Tate and his brother makes us sick." The UK government has approved 21 charges against these men for offenses such as rape, actual bodily injury, and human trafficking.
"How can the Spectator think it's okay to talk to these men but not ask them any questions about the accusations against them?"
Gray, who used to be the literary editor of the American Conservative and the deputy editor of the Catholic Herald, went to Bucharest to talk to the Tate brothers.
He writes, "The BBC and middle-class parents everywhere know them as the worst beasts of the manosphere, making money off of misogyny and spreading far-right hate." But are the Tates really that bad?
Gray continues: "They still face a lot of criminal charges, their homes have been searched many times, and they've spent time in jail, but they say they didn't do anything illegal and haven't been proven guilty of anything yet.
"The large Romanian case against them seems to have stalled when a judge said the evidence wasn't solid enough to proceed to trial. The brothers have also filed a lawsuit in the US against a lady they say conspired to discredit them through a fake conspiracy.
"The Tates are sure that their complaint will be upheld, and then all of the other charges will go away. Maybe I'm naive or too masculine, but I can't help but believe them.
The women's attorneys say in their complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) that Gray is lying about the state of the criminal case against the Tates in Romania.
The women's lawyers say that Romanian court documents reveal that the case was sent back to prosecutors because the indictment had problems with the way it was filed and the evidence it used. The women say that the court did not say that the evidence was "not strong enough" or throw out the case because of the evidence. They say that the charges are still live and unresolved.
They also say that the article doesn't mention the extradition order to Britain that the UK requested in 2024 and that the Romanian courts later approved. This, they say, gives readers an incomplete and misleading picture of how serious and far-reaching their situation is.
Bedfordshire police have gotten a European arrest warrant for the two men, but they have decided to wait for the Romanian court case to finish before extraditing them.