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Two women who say they were raped and strangled by the controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate have spoken to the BBC about their experiences.

Another woman has alleged, for the first time, she was raped by Mr Tate’s younger brother, Tristan - also an influencer with millions of followers.

The Tate brothers, aged 37 and 36, currently face charges in Romania of human trafficking and forming an organised group to sexually exploit women. Andrew Tate is also charged with rape.

If found guilty, the two men could be jailed for more than 10 years. They strongly deny the charges against them.

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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 205 points 3 months ago

It's always the ones you most expect.

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 28 points 3 months ago

“Who could have predicted this”

[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 148 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I hate that I even know who this disgusting asshole is.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 120 points 3 months ago

I hate that so many teenage boys are fans of him.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 75 points 3 months ago

Yeah, that pert is theuch bigger problem, kids actually look up to him.

My step children's real father is a big fan of Tate and keeps telling them how awesome he is and how they should follow nhik in his footsteps.

Thankfully, the kids think he's a loser who abuses women.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

There are so few good male role models for teenage boys. I would have said John Cena at one point, but he's decided to shill for the CCP, so not him either. I honestly don't know who teenage boys can turn to at this point.

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Maybe young men should build a role-model construct of good qualities they see rather than idolize a single patriarchal figure and seek to emulate them, including their flaws.

Speaking as someone who was fortunate to have a decent dad, and a decent step dad, who were radically different.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Plenty of kids do not have decent male role models in their life though. That's part of the problem. So they turn to the internet and find people like Tate.

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[-] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Jason Momoa, Henry Cavill, Hugh Jackman, Dave Bautista, Ryan Reynolds, Guy Fieri to name a few

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[-] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

There are good male role models. It's just that they are much, much harder to make money off.

Which bloody sucks.

[-] rsuri@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

I can think of several, but it's so cringe to say any of them. There's a disdain for do-gooders in all societies, but especially American society. Which means that it's just not cool to admire someone who is simply a good person.

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[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago
[-] Cyclist@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

I always wondered who would be influenced by such people, I've realized it would be controversial massive cunts.

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[-] puppy@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago

It's pretty pathetic that an "alpha male" cannot pull a girl.

[-] tabris@lemmy.world 54 points 3 months ago

It's because they're alpha version. They haven't gone through beta testing, been selected as a release candidate, sent to QA and finally released. They're only alpha.

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[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 40 points 3 months ago

Why haven’t these two anal cysts been tried yet? JUST GET ON WITH IT AND THROW THEM IN PRISON. I know that it takes time to put together a solid case, but damn.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago

people forget it took 10+ years to put epstein in jail

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 12 points 3 months ago

People like me lol. Oh well.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

He was arrested, tried, convicted, and then released by one of Trump's USAs only to get arrested and tried again decade later. Incidentally, Bill Gates got on a plane with Epstein in 2014, five years after his original conviction. I'm convinced the only reason Epstein eventually got put to a permanent end is that he ran out of money.

There really is no end to the amount of bullshit rich people can get away with.

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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago

Yeah not really either. Remember that these are lying assholes and a lot of the riches he was showing off was rented just to make people think they were uber rich

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[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago

This dude is one ugly mother fucker. Looks like one of the peasant NPCs from Witcher 3

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[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago

That doesn't sound very consensual to me

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago
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[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 months ago

I have never heard anything about him that isn't disgusting.

[-] EnderWiggin@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

But he seemed like such a fine young gentleman. I am shocked.

[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Anybody who legitimately gets giddy-as-fuck over the thought of a Muslim woman being stoned to death for adultery should not be trusted with dating advice. Yet somehow this asshole has a social media following of millions, has indoctornated a lot of young people into misogynistic views (I know secondary school teachers who have seen pupils gobble up lots of Andrew Tate content), has eluded bans from mainstream social media (his shit is still all over YouTube), and still has a following despite facing rape and human trafficking charges and being on EUROPOL's wanted list.

Isn't this at all concerning, and a big sign that society is failing men?

[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 3 months ago

List of people who are suprised that the misogynist human trafficker did this: N/A

[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 20 points 3 months ago

“… but but but, he told me to workout…. He can’t be a bad guy….”

[-] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Not entirely surprising considering their openly misogynistic views.

Shame so many people use him as a role model, he's very dangerous.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago

Jesus Christ

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