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Here are some of the death threats I get daily from Andrew Tate fans. Seem like a ~very~ chill bunch of guys, definitely nothing unhealthy going on with the kind of masculinity on display here
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Andrew Tate in his own videos: “I work with the Romanian mafia.” Andrew Tate on his own website: “I seduce women and exploit them for sex work.” Andrew Tate on wiretaps: “I use those women to commit more crimes.” Tate stans: “THE MATRIX IS ATTACKING HIM”
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Tonight, VICE's Matt Shea takes viewers inside Andrew Tate’s secret society and compound in Romania, and gives a voice to women who were allegedly abused by him. 'The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate'. 11P tonight on .
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You can hear the voice notes from Tate in the article. If anyone in this story is the victim of "The Matrix,” is it the multi-millionaire celebrity, or is it the women who claim they were abandoned by the system?
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“In this case, we carefully reviewed all the evidence provided by the police regarding each complainant and concluded it did not meet our legal test, and there was no realistic prospect of a conviction,” the CPS said in a statement.
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“We acknowledge that there were some delays to the investigation. This was addressed at the time and apologies were made,” Hertfordshire Police said in a statement.
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The case file was finally sent to a lawyer at the CPS five years later, in July, 2019. The CPS determined the case “did not meet our legal test, and there was no realistic prospect of a conviction” – despite Sally having allegedly been an eyewitness to Helen’s rape.
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The women filed criminal complaints with the UK’s Hertfordshire Police shortly after the abuse allegedly occurred in 2015. But the police investigation was struck by remarkable delays – for which police subsequently apologised to the women.
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“I have been very frustrated by the British police and court system for a long time, they could have stopped him from doing the exact same abuse to these women in Romania,” said a second woman, Helen.
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“When I saw that he was arrested in Romania I was shocked and didn’t know how to react. I cried. Everything I read is what I told the police [at the time of the complaint]. If the CPS had just pulled their finger out, none of this would’ve happened,” said Sally.
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According to one woman VICE World News spoke to, Tate used a method of emotional and physical control to recruit women for his UK webcam business back in 2015, before relocating to Romania.
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Police took four years to pass their investigation to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) – whose job involves assessing whether there is a realistic prospect of conviction – at which point the CPS declined to prosecute.
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Two women told VICE World News they were violently abused – one raped, the other repeatedly strangled – by Andrew Tate in 2015, and that authorities’ mishandling of their cases left him free to rise to global fame on the back of his unchecked misogyny.
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It comes as Tate and his brother Tristan were remanded in custody for 30 days in Romania after being arrested by anti-organised crime police as part of a rape and human trafficking investigation. Their lawyer is appealing the court order.
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7 years before his arrest in Romania, Andrew Tate was investigated over allegations of rape and physical abuse in the UK, during which time he appeared on Big Brother for 5 days. But UK authorities declined to prosecute.
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Ukrainians are some of the kindest and most thoughtful people I've ever met. I was surprised to learn that a shell with my name on it has apparently been fired at Russia's front lines as a thank you for making the Hippies Vs. Putin doc #Ukraine
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Things Trump has said about other people who stole state secrets: -Edward Snowden: "terrible threat, "terrible traitor" and "you know what we used to do to traitors right?” -Chelsea Manning: "Ungrateful traitor who should never have been released from prison"
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Calling all conspiracy theorists! A hidden organisation of wealthy and powerful people have infiltrated our banks, governments, and courts in order to bring about the apocalypse for short term profit. Direct your paranoia and anger HERE please:
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If you stop the count, right now, Biden wins with 270 electoral votes--with leads in AZ/NV, plus the states where he's already the projected winner. twitter.com/realDonaldTrum
This article is dangerous and ridiculous. "There were 7,996 more deaths than the yearly average that week," but "only 6,213" of them recorded Covid-19 as a cause. WDYM ONLY 6,213!? That's a ton of people to die in a week, you absolute madheads!
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Britain will be immeasurably poorer without the musicians, artists, comedians and other creatives who will struggle to perform in the coming months. We have to stand up for them now, along with all self-employed people. Our culture depends on it.
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