Former British-American professional kickboxer turned misogynistic social media influencer Andrew Tate is in deep — and I mean DEEP — trouble right now. Andrew Tate, who is currently being prosecuted in the U.K. and Romania. Andrew Tate has gained a massively popular 10.7m follower account on the social media platform X. Now, he’s under fire over these serious accusations of rape and human trafficking. Romanian prosecutors opened their investigation in late December 2022. They are investigating charges that he established a RICO enterprise to sexually traffic women.
On Monday, kickboxer-turned-influencer Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, arrived at Romania’s Bucharest Tribunal to register their appeal. They’d only gotten in from Florida that weekend. This step is simply one piece of the launched Department of Justice investigation into their purportedly illegal business practices. Unfortunately for women and girls, Tate’s toxic presence on social media is going to get worse after being reinstated on X. This decision came after Elon Musk’s takeover of the platform in 2022.
Tate’s incredible misogynist rhetoric has led to backlash. Just last month, he had the audacity to argue on X that women need to take “responsibility” for getting raped. This outrageous statement is far from the first, having already drawn backlash and further scrutiny, this time from many advocates. Rape and coercive control charges by four women in the United States. Their congressional accusations have resulted in a civil suit against him.
Though he was under travel restrictions from those investigations, Tate was allowed to travel to Romania from Florida. His unexpected return to Romania is a major and surprising new twist in the long-running legal case. Tate intentionally promotes a lifestyle glorifying misogyny and uses his mainstream platform to push this ideology. Indeed, he unabashedly rolls with the flag-wavers, including US President Donald Trump.
"I think I’m investigated everywhere on the planet because I’m one of the most important people on the planet." – Andrew Tate
Tate’s relationships with media magnets like Elon Musk only add to the media circus surrounding Tate’s legal troubles. When Musk – a frequent advisor to President Trump – weighs in, the spotlight on Tate grows even brighter. His self-anointed savior status and incendiary social media posts only add to the growing speculation about his power and potential to disrupt things as we know them.
"Still true. Hate me all you want. Women are all sex workers." – Andrew Tate
