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Emory Andrew Tate III (born 1 December 1986) is an American and British social media personality, businessman, and former professional kickboxer who gained notoriety for promoting various highly controversial positions in the manosphere.[3] His commentary has resulted in his expulsion from various social media platforms and concern that he promotes misogynistic views to his audience.[4] A divisive influencer,[5] Tate has amassed 10.7 million followers on Twitter as of June 2025 and was the third-most googled person in 2023.[6] He has been dubbed the "king of toxic masculinity",[7] has called himself a misogynist,[8] and is politically described as both right-wing[9] and far-right.[10] As of March 2025, Tate is facing six legal investigations—four criminal and two civil—in Romania, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[11][12][13][14]

Key Information

From 2005, Tate began his kickboxing career in England, winning several kickboxing titles in the late 2000s and early 2010s. In 2016, he appeared on the British reality series Big Brother, but was removed, as he was the suspect in an open rape investigation in the United Kingdom. The investigation was later dropped, but Tate was subject to an extradition request for rape charges in 2024.[15] After his kickboxing career, Tate and his brother, Tristan, began operating a webcam model business, then sold online courses. With his audience from his courses, he became prominent as an internet celebrity promoting a hyper-macho view of masculinity.[16][17][18] Tate's courses include Hustler's University, which gained 100,000 subscribers and was later relaunched as The Real World, and the secretive group named The War Room, which the BBC has accused of coercing women into sex work and teaching violence against women.[19] In August 2023, it was estimated that Tate's online ventures generated US$5 million in revenue monthly.[20]

In December 2022, Tate and his brother, Tristan, were arrested in Romania, along with two women. In June 2023, all four were charged with rape, human trafficking, and forming an organised crime group to sexually exploit women. Soon after, accusers reportedly went into hiding after a campaign of online harassment, and the Tate brothers filed a defamation lawsuit, claiming $5 million in damages. In March 2024, British police obtained an arrest warrant for the Tate brothers. In July 2024, a civil case in the UK was brought against the brothers and a third person for alleged tax evasion. In August 2024, Romanian police raided four properties Tate owns and expanded its investigation to include trafficking minors, sex with a minor, money laundering and attempting to influence witnesses. Tate and his brother have denied all charges and allegations.[21] In May 2025, the United Kingdom Crown Prosecution Service brought multiple charges against Tate and his brother Tristan including for rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking.[22]

Early life

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Emory Andrew Tate III was born on 1 December 1986[23][24][25] at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.[26] He is multiracial;[27] his African American father, Emory Tate (1958–2015), was a chess international master,[28] while his White English mother, Eileen Tate, worked as a catering assistant.[29] He has a younger brother, Tristan, and a younger sister, Janine.[30] He was raised in Chicago, Illinois, and Goshen, Indiana.[31][32] In 1997, after his parents divorced, his mother took him and his brother to Luton in Bedfordshire, England.[33][32] He was educated at Halyard High School and Luton Sixth Form College.[34][35]

Kickboxing career

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Tate started practising boxing and other martial arts in 2005, and worked in the television advertising industry to support himself. Tate started his career in Full contact kickboxing and gained recognition after defeating former super cruiserweight British champions Ollie Green and Mo Kargbo which got him ranked the seventh-best light heavyweight kickboxer in the United Kingdom by the International Sport Kickboxing Association (ISKA) in November 2008.[36][37]

In 2009, Tate fought and defeated Paul Randall to capture the English ISKA Full Contact Cruiserweight Championship and beat Daniel Hughes for the International Kickboxing Federation Full Contact Cruiserweight British Title receiving the top rank in his division across Europe.[38][39] Tate's kickboxing nickname was "King Cobra".[40][37] In 2010 Tate defeated Jamie Bates by knockout.[41]

In 2011, Tate won his first International Sport Kickboxing Association (ISKA) full contact world title in a rematch against Jean-Luc Benoît via knockout, having previously lost to Benoît by decision.[42] The weight was set at light heavyweight 81.5 kg. In August 2011, Tate made his K-1 Rules debut and fought in the Enfusion 3: Trial of the Gladiators tournament to determine the world's Number one kickboxer in the 85 kg category. Tate qualified for the tournament, stopping Sammy Masa by second-round KO and Adnan Omeragić by first-round KO. The tournament was later resumed in December 2012.[37] In November 2011 Tate moved up to 85 kg to challenge Vincent Petitjean for the Nuit des Champions(NDC) full contact title. Tate lost by decision.[43]

In 2012 after scoring a knockout win over Joe McCgovan, Tate would get the opportunity to fight Sahak Parparyan for his It's Showtime 85MAX Championship and would lose by unanimous decision.[44][45] On 2 December 2012, Tate returned to the Enfusion 3: Trial of the Gladiators tournament to determine the world's Number one kickboxer in the 85 kg category. Tate managed to score a victory in the semi-finals, knocking out Ritchie Hocking with punches in the first round, but lost in the final via a first-round flying knee KO from Franci Grajš who after the fight got named the best in the 85 Max weight division.[37][1] Before his loss, he was ranked second-best 85 max light-heavyweight kickboxer in the world behind Sahak Parparyan.[46]

In 2013, Tate returned to full contact kickboxing and won his second ISKA world title in a 12-round match against Vincent Petitjean in the Light Cruiserweight division, making him world champion in two weight classes.[47] Tate returned to K-1 rules and managed to score four victories in the Enfusion ring during 2013 over David Radeff, Marino Schouten, Marlon Hunt, and Laszlo Szabo in the middleweight division.[48][49][50][51]

Tate participated in a four-man tournament to determine the Enfusion 85 kg middleweight World Champion, alongside Miroslav Cingel, Jiří Žák, and Rustam Guseinov. Held in Žilina, Slovakia, on 26 April 2014, Tate lost in the semi-finals to local fighter and tournament winner, Miroslav Cingel, via unanimous decision.[37] Tate defended the ISKA Full Contact Light Cruiserweight World Title against Cyril Vetter winning by knockout, won his first K-1 Rules World Title by defeating Wendell Roche to capture the Enfusion 90 kg Belt in 2014, making him a four-time world champion[52] before he retired with 31 recorded fights.[53][54]

In January 2015 Tate fought in K-1 in the event K-1 China vs. USA against Liang Ling. Tate won by decision.[55] In March 2015 Tate returned to full contact kickboxing and faced Jean Luc Benoît in a trilogy fight to settle the score. Tate won by decision making the rivalry 2–1 in favor of Tate.[56]

In December 2016, Tate returned to kickboxing to fight for the Enfusion 90 kg world title against Ibrahim El Boustati who was originally scheduled to face Marc de Bonte, however tragic events led to de Bonte's passing. Tate would lose by tko in round one due to an eye injury.[57][58][59] Tate was later then forced into an early retirement due to his eye sustaining damage through his combat sport career which first began at just 23, when Tate experienced his first eye injury, with detached retinas in both eyes that required surgical repair. By the age of 30, when the condition resurfaced against Ibrahim, Tate then chose to retire from professional kickboxing.[60][61] In 2020 Tate returned to kickboxing after a long layoff and competed in Romania against low level kickboxers scoring knockout wins over Miralem Ahmeti, Iulian Strugariu and Cosmin Lingurar.[62][63][64]

Tate would retire again with a 76-9-1 record in kickboxing in the styles of k-1 rules and full contact. In k-1 rules, tate managed to hold the Enfusion 90 kg world title, fought mainly in full contact achieving 3 ISKA world titles in 84.6 kg and 81.5 kg, making him a 4 time kickboxing world champion, while his brother Tristan claimed the ISKA British light cruiserweight title twice in k-1 rules and freestyle kickboxing who would also retire early with a 43–9 record due to sustaining a bad shoulder injury in a car accident preventing him from competing in kickboxing.[65][66][67][68]

In 2023 Enfusion chose to establish a new label called T8KO which means Tate KO, Andrew Tate was initially scheduled to serve as a media partner alongside his brother Tristan. However, after Tate's arrest, Enfusion announced on Instagram that, "In consultation with the Dutch Fight Sports Authority, it has been decided that the Tate brothers will not be involved with the new label while the criminal investigation is still ongoing." Additionally, the Fight Sports Authority required Enfusion to rename their new brand, resulting in the name 8TKO.[69]

Big Brother

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Tate gained widespread attention in 2016 when he appeared on the British reality television series Big Brother's 17th series.[70] In the series, Tate was a member of a secret second house, part of a group called "The Others."[52] While appearing on the show, he came under scrutiny for previously having made homophobic and racist posts on Twitter.[71] He was removed from the show after six days, with producers saying that it was because of events outside the house and Tate saying that it was about a video which appeared to show him striking a woman with a belt on the show. Producers also said that he was not let go because of the uncovered tweets.[52] Tate and the woman said that they were friends and that the actions in the video were consensual.[16] Vice later reported that Tate was removed because the show's producers became aware of an ongoing police investigation by Hertfordshire Constabulary into him for rape, which closed in 2019 with no charges filed.[72]

Online ventures

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Online ventures pyramid as depicted in Andrew Tate: The Man Who Groomed the World?, BBC Three documentary, August 2023. Numbers correspond to followers and subscribers of platforms.[73][74]

Tate's website offers training courses on accumulating wealth and "male–female interactions".[75] According to the site, he also operated a webcam studio using his girlfriends as employees.[75] Tate and his brother, Tristan, started the webcam business, employing as many as 75 webcam models[76] to sell "fake sob stories" to male callers,[77] claiming to have made millions of dollars doing so.[78] According to Mary McNamara, Tate has called himself "a pimp",[79] and The Guardian wrote of his transition from a kickboxer to "a webcam pimp".[80] Tate later acknowledged that the business model was a "total scam".[78] In August 2023, it was estimated that The Real World and The War Room generated US$5 million monthly from subscriptions.[20]

Hustler's University

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Tate operated Hustler's University, a proprietary platform where members paid a US$49.99 monthly membership fee to receive instruction on ways to make money outside traditional employment, such as cryptocurrency, copywriting, and e-commerce, which was facilitated by prerecorded videos and a Discord server.[81] The site employed an affiliate marketing program, where members received a commission for recruiting others to the platform.[82][83]

Tate became prominent in 2022 by encouraging members of Hustler's University to post videos of him to social media platforms, in an effort to maximise engagement.[16] An investigation by The Observer described "a network of copycat accounts on TikTok" that artificially amplified his content, with the social media platform appearing to allow the content to spread.[84] Hustler's University was subsequently rebranded as Hustler University 2.0 and then Hustler University 3.0.[85] The Irish-American financial services company Stripe pulled out of processing subscriptions for the platform, and Hustler's University shut down its affiliate marketing program. Paul Harrigan, a marketing professor at the University of Western Australia, said the affiliate programme was a social media pyramid scheme.[86] Tate described the claim that Hustler's University's operated as a pyramid scheme as false.[87]

The Real World

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After Hustler's University shut down, Tate relaunched another version of the product named "The Real World" in October 2022. The name references Tate's idea that the world as normally perceived resembles "the Matrix" to which he offers an alternative.[85][82][88]

The Real World primarily targets male teenagers. Former Real World students have described the programme as having a "cult-like atmosphere." The Real World has been described by a lawyer for former members as the male version of the Tate brothers' "digital grooming".[89] Members refer to each other as "G" with Tate being the "Top G". The group is centred on Tate's "41 Tenets for men." The Real World course offering included cryptocurrency, e-commerce, and drop shipping.[85]

In 2023, Google and Apple removed The Real World's associated app, the Real World Portal, from their app stores.[90][91] In January 2024, analysis from the Center for Countering Digital Hate found The Real World official YouTube channel had received 450 million video views, and according to the researchers, a third party's channel had gained nearly 300 million views reposting The Real World content. The researchers suggested that YouTube had earned up to £2.4m in revenue from advertisements on these two channels, and criticised the company for not banning similar third party channels sooner. YouTube responded by describing the estimate as "wildly inaccurate and overinflated".[92]

In May 2024, the website for The Real World leaked the personal data of 968,447 user accounts due to a misconfigured database. Leaked information included email addresses and account passwords. In addition, 22 million messages sent by users on the platform were also openly accessible.[93] In November, the website suffered a cyberattack which leaked the usernames of 794,000 former and current members, 324,382 registered email addresses, as well as the contents of 221 public and 395 private chat servers.[94]

The War Room

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The War Room promotes self-discipline, motivation and confidence building whilst giving members access to thousands of professionals from around the world who encourage personal responsibility and accountability, emphasising the importance of taking ownership of your choices and actions.

Andrew Tate, August 2023[19]

Advertised by Tate and costing $8,000, The War Room is described as "a global network in which exemplars of individualism work to free the modern man from socially induced incarceration", stating it teaches men "physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and financial development".[95] A senior member of the group, Miles Sonkin, also known as Iggy Semmelweiss,[96] is the supposed leader of the group according to a BBC investigation. Semmelweiss reportedly met Tate in 2018, with the group established in 2019.[19] The investigation in August 2023 led by Matt Shea documented evidence of women groomed into online sex work by members of the group,[19] described as an all-male secretive society.[74]

The group chat, featuring 12,000 pages of encrypted messages, indicated that the group taught a "Pimpin' Hoes Degree" course, abbreviated to PhD, using techniques to "romantically seduce, emotionally manipulate and socially isolate women before luring them into performing on webcams".[19] A legal expert in human trafficking from Bucharest described the course as using all the practices of the "Lover Boy" strategy.[11] A deleted description of the defunct course on the website that prosecutors in Romania have since used in the case against Tate read:[11][32]

My job was to meet a girl, go on a few dates, sleep with her, test if she's quality, get her to fall in love with me to where she'd do anything I say, and then get her on webcam so we could become rich together,

Evidence suggested violence against women was also taught and discussed. Victims said sex was used as a manipulation technique. Members of the group believed they were performing "Pavlovian conditioning" on the women, with submission tests such as receiving tattoos on their bodies of members' initials. A whistleblower, who claimed to be former head of sales and marketing, described the group as a cult he had been "brainwashed" by.[19][97] As of August 2022, there were 434 members and 45 potential victims, based on the leaked chat logs.[19]

Meme coins

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In 2024 Tate launched a meme coin called DADDY. It soon reached a market capitalisation of $217 million. The name is meant to be a play on Iggy Azalea's meme coin $MOTHER, with Tate saying that the coin was "for the patriarchy" and "We're bringing the Gs back make me a f***ing sandwich females."[98] He has encouraged those who hold the coin to join The Real World and has promoted the coin heavily on his social media.[99]

In October 2024 Andrew Tate was sent a series of questions by the YouTube channel Coffeezilla about his meme coin DADDY. In response Tate doxxed Coffeezilla and encouraged his supporters to email abusive content to Coffeezilla with Tate specifically requesting that they call him "gay".[100]

Views

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Manosphere

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Tate in an interview on Anything Goes with James English, 2021

Tate is an influencer in the manosphere[3] and 'alpha male' community,[101] described as both right-wing[9] and far-right.[10] According to The Conversation, he is a recognised "thought leader" in the online manosphere who mobilises his supporters to spread his ideas to a broader audience.[102] He otherwise identifies as a libertarian[103] and has been dubbed the "king of toxic masculinity".[7] American conservatives such as Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens have platformed Tate as a proponent of "traditional views on men in the culture war raging over gender".[11]

Women

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Anything Goes with James English Interview

You can't slander me because I will state right now that I am absolutely sexist and I'm absolutely a misogynist, and I have fuck you money and you can't take that away.

Andrew Tate, 2021[104][105]

Tate has been criticised for saying that women "belong in the home", "can't drive",[106] and are "given to the man and belong to the man"[24] as "a man's property".[106] Tate has also said that men prefer dating 18- and 19-year-old women, because they are "likely to have had sex with fewer men", in order to "make an imprint" on teenagers,[107] and that women who do not stay home are "hoes".[108]

Sexual harassment

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In 2017 Tate received attention for his tweets describing his view of what qualifies as sexual harassment amid the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases, and for tweeting several times that sexual assault victims share responsibility for their assaults.[75] Tate came out in support of Russell Brand after multiple women accused Brand of sexual assault.[109]

Far-right ideologies

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Andrew Tate giving a Nazi salute on 21 January 2025

Tate is associated with far-right ideologies[110][111][112] and individuals,[113][114][11] including the British activist Tommy Robinson.[115][116] Before 2022, Tate became known among the online far-right through his appearances on InfoWars and acquaintances including Mike Cernovich, Jack Posobiec, and Paul Joseph Watson.[117][118] He attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2019.[119] Hope not Hate accuses Tate of a "long history of racist statements, homophobia and links to the organised far-right".[114] In February 2023, Thierry Baudet, founder and leader of the far-right Forum for Democracy, called Tate an "outspoken political dissident" and "courageous critic", tabling a motion in the Dutch parliament regarding his detention in Romania.[120] The Conversation called Tate "not explicitly far right" but otherwise as a figure who has promoted far-right propaganda, including the great replacement conspiracy theory.[121]

Tate has questioned whether the Nazis were really the "bad guy" in World War II.[92] Tate has performed Nazi salutes, and advocated "bring[ing] the Nazi salute back".[122] In January 2025, after Elon Musk made a salute interpreted by many as a Nazi salute, Tate responded by saying, "we're so back".[123]

Life discipline

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In a June 2023 interview with the BBC, Tate said that he was "acting under the instruction of God to do good things" and that "I preach hard work, discipline. I'm an athlete, I preach anti-drugs, I preach religion, I preach no alcohol, I preach no knife crime."[124]

Other views

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Tate has said that depression "isn't real."[24][125] Tate stated that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is a hero.[126] In March 2024, after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Maryland, Tate falsely claimed the ship that collided with the bridge "was cyber-attacked".[127] Tate was accused of inciting online hate[128] after becoming one of the first influencers to amplify misinformation about the Southport stabbing, leading to the far-right riots in the UK.[129][130][131]

In the context of the Gaza war, Tate has accused Israel of "genociding" Palestinians and said that the October 7 attacks was as "an eye for an eye".[132] In response to the killing of Yahya Sinwar, he stated, "I can only pray for a death as heroic as Yahya Sinwar".[133] Mother Jones reported that Tate also promoted an antisemitic conspiracy saying that "'the Matrix' is really just the Jewish mafia."[134] With respect to Adolf Hitler and Holocaust denial, Tate stated, "stop crying over the Hitler crap" and "if they lied to us about Gaza and Israel … Do you think they lied about [the Second World War]?"[135]

Reception and influence

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Beginning in 2022,[136] Tate's views and their influence on teenage boys and young men have become a particular concern of parents, teachers and mental health experts in much of the world, including North America,[137] the United Kingdom,[136] Australia[138][139] and New Zealand.[140] The New York Times has described his views as "brainwashing a generation", due to his influence in British schools,[141] and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) considers Tate's misogyny mainstream. The ADL reported that Tate "teaches his acolytes that women are inferior and morally deficient beings [...] who deserve to be physically, sexually and emotionally abused", equating his philosophy to that of pickup artists.[142]

In August 2022, the White Ribbon Campaign, a nonprofit organisation opposing male-on-female violence, called Tate's commentary "extremely misogynistic" and its possible long-term effects on his young male audience "concerning".[143] Hope not Hate asserted that Tate's social media presence might present a "dangerous slip road into the far-right" for his audience[144] and criticised his ties to the far right.[114] The Rape Crisis England and Wales said it is "unacceptable that such a blatant display of misogyny is being given a platform".[144] The Centre for Countering Digital Hate called Tate's videos "extreme misogyny" after uncovering videos viewed millions of times referencing leaving an imprint on young women.[145] In response to these criticisms, Tate said that his content includes "many videos praising women" and mainly aims to teach his audience to avoid "toxic and low-value people as a whole".[107] He added that he plays a "comedic character" and that people believe "absolutely false narratives" about him.[146]

In February 2023, Tim Squirrell of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue said Tate posed "a risk of radicalising young men into misogynist extremism".[147] In May, Hope not Hate's director of policy called Tate a "legitimising force" for misogynistic views and the End Violence Against Women Coalition's director said it is "hugely concerning" that "Tate continues to wield influence on a significant proportion of younger men, who say they agree with his views on women, masculinity and how to be a man."[148] According to interviews by The Conversation in mid–2023, teachers explicitly identified Tate's influence on students in reference to a dramatic increase in "sexism, misogyny and sexual harassment" in Australian classrooms.[149] In October, UK domestic abuse charity Women's Aid called Tate's content a proxy for misogyny and sexism, saying, "the popularity of Tate is not a phenomenon in and of itself and, instead, is a current representation of existing misogyny".[150]

In a 2024 interview with Empire magazine, the actor James McAvoy said that his character Paddy in the movie Speak No Evil was inspired by Tate.[151]

Response

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In February 2023, courses for teachers in the United Kingdom on how to address Tate's views sold out.[152] Of what was called violent misogyny and other forms of extremist content that Tate distributes online, the head of UK counter-terror policing has said, "I'm concerned about the effect of that kind of rhetoric in the minds of young boys".[153] In April 2023, the Department for Education (DfE) discouraged discussion of Tate, with many citing his influence regarding sexual harassment and misogynistic incidents. The co-founder of the charity Diversify expressed frustration over the refusal to provide any resources or training for teachers.[154]

In October 2023, the Australian government allocated AUD$3.5 million (£1.8 million) to counter "harmful gender stereotypes perpetuated online" in response to young fans of Tate who have been described as "increasingly bringing misogynist views into Australian schools". According to researchers at Monash University Tate and other manosphere influencers have shaped the way boys treat women and girls and led students to openly espouse "male supremacist" views, to the extent that some Australian teachers have quit their jobs.[139][155]

In February 2024, the shadow education secretary in the UK, Bridget Phillipson, said the Labour Party wanted to use male role models to counter the misogyny of influencers such as Tate. The proposal would implement "peer-to-peer mentoring" programs for school staff in order to directly address the impact of Tate and others. The general secretary of the National Education Union, Daniel Kebede, welcomed the plans, saying, "schools would welcome more support on how to respond to the online sexism and sexual harassment".[156]

Surveys

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In January 2023, a survey by "The Man Cave" of 500 teenage Australian boys found that 28 per cent looked up to Tate and 36 per cent found him relatable. Of 24 schools, half said they were "seeing a significant and negative impact of his influence on our boys".[157] The next month, a survey by Hope not Hate found that eight in ten British males aged 16–17 had viewed Tate's content, with 45 per cent of British males aged 16–24 having a positive view of him, compared to 1 per cent of British females aged 16 and 17.[158]

In September 2023, YouGov data found that 26 per cent of men aged 18–29 and 28 per cent of men aged 30–39 agreed with Tate's views on women. Of the 63 per cent of British adults who had heard of Tate, 6 per cent held a positive view, with men making up 12 per cent and women 3 per cent of views, while about half had a negative view.[148][159]

In October 2023, a survey by Women's Aid and ORB International found that 40 per cent of 7–18 year-olds had heard of Tate, including 21 per cent of 7–11 year-olds and 43–53 per cent of 11–18 year-olds. The report found a correlation between being exposed to Tate's content and having harmful perceptions of relationships,[150] with children exposed to such content being "five times more likely to think hurting people is OK".[160]

In February 2024, research by King's College London, the Center for Women's Global Leadership, and Ipsos[161] found that one in five men aged 16–29 who had heard of Tate held a favourable view,[162] compared to 7 per cent of women in the same age group. Based on the survey of over 3,700 respondents aged 16 and over, only 6 per cent held a favourable view, while more than three out of four held an unfavourable view. One in seven agreed with his views on male identity and gender roles and 61 per cent disagreed.[161]

Social media

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An early YouTube channel Andrew and Tristan made was called the Hateful Tates.[163] Tate became widely known in mid-2022 and was searched on Google more times than both Donald Trump and COVID-19 that July.[144] In August, The Guardian reported that videos of Tate on TikTok had been viewed 11.6 billion times.[29] In December 2023, Tate had over 8.5 million followers on X (Twitter),[164] an increase of 5 million since December 2022.[165] As of August 2024, Tate has 9.9 million followers on X.[166][167] He was the third-most googled person in 2023,[6] and his Wikipedia article was ranked among the top 25 English Wikipedia articles in 2023.[168]

In December 2022, Tate addressed the environmentalist Greta Thunberg in a tweet extolling his carbon-emitting automobiles and asked for her email address to give her more information. Thunberg replied with the fake, satirical email address "smalldickenergy@getalife.com". The exchange received substantial attention on Twitter,[169] with Thunberg's retort quickly becoming one of the most-liked tweets ever.[170]

Avatar of Greta Thunberg
Avatar of Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg Twitter
@GretaThunberg

yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com

December 28, 2022[171]

Avatar of Andrew Tate
Avatar of Andrew Tate
Andrew Tate Twitter
@Cobratate

Hello @GretaThunberg

I have 33 cars.

My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad turbo.

My TWO Ferrari 812 competizione have 6.5L v12s.

This is just the start.

Please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions.

December 27, 2022[172]

Tate gained notoriety on social media for promoting a "hyper-masculine, ultra-luxurious lifestyle" and a "hyper-macho image".[173][17] According to The Guardian in February 2023, Tate is popular among British teenage boys, who mimic his phrases and philosophies. It reported that "virtually every parent in Britain" had heard of him, and that parents and schoolteachers expressed concern that he was influencing boys to exhibit misogynistic and aggressive behaviour.[70] In the UK and Australia, increased sexual harassment in schools has been attributed to Tate's influence.[174]

In January 2023 the BBC reported that Tate and his brother had used social media to contact various young women in an attempt to get them to join their webcam business.[175] A year later, the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that YouTube had earned up to £2.4 million in advertising revenue from Tate's content and accused YouTube of being "happy to continue to turn a blind eye". YouTube called the figure "wildly inaccurate and overinflated", highlighting that most channels are not monetised for such revenue.[92]

Deplatforming

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Three of Tate's Twitter accounts have been suspended at different times. In 2021, an account he created to evade his previous ban was verified by Twitter, contrary to its policies. The account was subsequently permanently banned, and Twitter said the verification occurred in error.[75]

In August 2022, after an online campaign to deplatform him, Tate was permanently banned from Facebook and Instagram, losing 4.7 million followers from the latter.[176] Their parent company, Meta, said he had violated its policy on "dangerous organizations and individuals".[177] TikTok, where videos featuring Tate's name as a hashtag have been viewed over 13 billion times, also removed his account after determining that it violated their policies on "content that attacks, threatens, incites violence against, or otherwise dehumanises an individual or a group".[117] Shortly thereafter, YouTube suspended his channel, which had 760,000 subscribers,[144] citing multiple violations, including hate speech and COVID-19 misinformation. Tate later deleted his own Twitch channel, which had 50,000 subscribers.[178] In November 2022, after Elon Musk acquired Twitter, Tate's Twitter account was reinstated.[179]

Tate responded to the bans by saying that, while most of his comments were taken out of context, he took responsibility for how they were received.[24] The YouTuber and boxer Jake Paul denounced Tate's sexism but characterised the bans as censorship.[76] Tate's content continues to circulate on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok via fan accounts.[180][181] After the bans, Tate moved to the alt-tech platforms Gettr and Rumble, causing the latter to briefly become the most downloaded app on the Apple App Store.[182][183]

Political party launch

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In 2025, Tate stated he launched a new political party, the BRUV (Britain Restoring Underlying Values) Party, which was reported to be part of his plan to become prime minister. The party's official website stated, "This is a war to reclaim Britain. No excuses, no compromises, no second chances. We will defend our borders, crush crime, purge corruption, and restore pride to a nation under siege."[184][185]

The party launch was widely ridiculed on social media, with one Twitter user describing its manifesto as a "mix of North Korea and homoeroticism" while another described the party as the "very worst idea in the history of British politics". Some speculated that it was only a PR stunt, but Tate dismissed the claims, stating, "I am 100% serious. I am in the next election".[184][186]

The Twitter handle for the political party was suspended. However, after Tate made a complaint to Elon Musk, the account was restored.[185]

Personal life

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In 2017 Tate and his brother moved from the United Kingdom to Romania, where they run multiple businesses. Tate said that he moved because he liked "living in countries where corruption is accessible for everybody"[187] and believed he would be less likely to face rape charges in Romania. He said that Romanian police ask women reporting rapes for "evidence" or "CCTV proof", whereas in the Western world during the #MeToo movement any woman "at any point in the future can destroy your life".[188][189][105][190] Tate reportedly has a number of children living in Romania whom he occasionally visits.[191][192]

Tate was raised Christian[193] but later became an atheist.[194] By early 2022, he identified as a Christian again, and said that he tithed £16,000 to the Romanian Orthodox Church monthly.[195][196] After a video of him praying at a mosque in Dubai went viral in October 2022, he announced on his Gettr account that he had converted to Islam.[197][198][199] Scholars of the faith, such as Mufti Menk, have publicly commended his decision, with Menk stating in a recorded interview that Tate "seems like a very sincere brother" in response to it.[200][201]

In March 2023, while incarcerated in Romania, Tate's legal team said that "he has a dark spot on his lung, most likely a tumor" following a medical consultation in Dubai, sparking online rumours about whether he has lung cancer.[202] Tate later denied on Twitter that he had cancer.[203]

In June 2025, it was revealed that Tate had received citizenship of Vanuatu through the country's citizenship by investment scheme in December 2022.[204] A spokesperson for Vanuatu's government later stated that they were "definitely looking into" revoking Tate's citizenship.[205]

Criminal investigations and civil cases

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2010s

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Tate was first arrested in Britain in July 2015 after two women filed complaints accusing him of rape and assault and was again arrested on suspicion of rape in December 2015.[11] In 2019, the Crown Prosecution Service declined to file charges for any of the allegations.[72][206][207]

2018

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Canadian alt-right YouTuber and political activist Lauren Southern wrote in her 2025 memoir that she had met Tate in Romania in 2018. She said in the book that, after he had taken her from a nightclub to her hotel room, "He kissed me. I wasn't expecting it, and I wasn't looking for it, but I kissed him back briefly and then told him I wanted to sleep." She said that, after he insisted in touching her and she tried to fight back, he "put his arm around my neck and began strangling me unconscious. I tried to fight back…. I'd prefer not to share the rest. It's pretty obvious."[208][209]

2020s

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The brothers have appealed multiple times to the Bucharest Court of Appeal, located in The Palace of Justice (pictured). The court has overturned tribunal decisions and rejected other appeals.[210][211][212][213]

In April 2022, the US embassy received a report that an American citizen was being held against her will in a property the Tate brothers own in Pipera, Romania.[214] Romanian police raided the home and a nearby webcam studio belonging to the Tates, where they discovered four women. Two of them, the American and another Romanian woman, told the police they were being held against their will, sparking an in-rem[a] investigation into human trafficking and rape by DIICOT, the Romanian anti-organised crime agency.[216][217] Later in December, police arrested the Tates and two women.[218][219] All four were suspected of human trafficking and forming an organised crime group, and one of them is suspected of rape.[214][220] Romanian authorities seized 29 assets, including cars, properties, watches, and money, totalling almost US$4 million.[221][222]

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In June 2023, DIICOT adjusted the charges from human trafficking to "human trafficking in continued form", a more serious charge,[223] with seven victims identified.[224][225][226] The four accused were indicted on charges of rape, human trafficking, and forming an organised crime group to sexually exploit women. They continue to deny all charges and remain under investigation for money laundering and trafficking of minors.[173] That same month, the Tate brothers filed a defamation lawsuit against one of the accusers, their parents and two other people, in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, seeking $5 million in damages. The Tates claim the five conspired to falsely accuse them of human trafficking and rape, costing them their freedom as well as income from social media and business ventures.[227][228]

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In January 2024, the Romanian criminal case was heard in the preliminary chamber before a trial date was set,[213] and three months later, the Bucharest Tribunal decided that the case against Tate "met the legal criteria".[229] That same month, US District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg dismissed another of the brothers' defamation lawsuits. They had sued a former United States Marine Corps sergeant who reported Tate to the US Embassy in Romania and military officials, leading to his arrest by Romanian authorities.[230]

In March 2024, Westminster Magistrates' Court issued a European arrest warrant against Andrew and Tristan Tate. According to Tate's representative, the charges are based on allegations of sexual aggression from 2012 to 2015.[15] The Tate brothers "categorically reject all charges".[15] In July, Devon and Cornwall Police began civil proceedings against Tate, Tristan, and a third person, for tax evasion with their online businesses.[12][231] Two months later, the three women involved in the British investigation, along with a fourth British woman, brought a civil case against Tate.[232][233]

In August 2024, Romanian police expanded their investigation against Tate to include trafficking minors, sex with a minor, money laundering and attempting to influence witnesses.[234][235] Prosecutors said the new investigation involves 35 alleged victims, including a woman who was a minor at the time.[14] The Tate brothers, among the six detained the next day, denied all the allegations.[21][236]

In December 2024, the Westminster Magistrates' Court ruled in favour of the Devon and Cornwall Police, allowing them to seize £2.8 million worth of unpaid taxes from the Tate brothers' online businesses.[237]

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In February 2025, Alison Hernandez, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall in the UK, announced that the force had received around £1.2 million and she hoped that the funds would be used to support the victims of violence against women and girls.[238] In the US, following pressure from the Trump administration on Romanian authorities to lift travel restrictions,[239] Tate left Romania by private jet for the United States and arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he had become the subject of a statewide criminal investigation.[13][240]

In March 2025, Florida's Attorney General, James Uthmeier, initiated a criminal investigation into the affairs of Tate upon his arrival in the state.[241] Tate's ex-girlfriend, Brianna Stern, has accused him of choking and beating her at The Beverly Hills Hotel on 10 March, and Stern claims she was later diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome. She subsequently filed a lawsuit against Tate accusing him of physical and sexual abuse. Tate has denied her accusations.[242][243]

In May 2025, the UK Crown Prosecution Service brought 21 charges against Tate and his brother Tristan including for rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking.[22]

Kickboxing record

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Professional kickboxing record
76 wins (32 stoppages), 9 losses, 1 draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2020-12-16 Win Cosmin Lingurar KO Masters 8[244][2] Bucharest, Romania TKO (retirement) 2 2:02
2020-11-16 Win Iulian Strugariu RXF One Night 3 Show[245] Bucharest, Romania TKO (punches) 1 0:49
2020-02-10 Win Miralem Ahmeti KO Masters 7[1][246] Bucharest, Romania KO (left high kick) 1 0:58
2016-12-03 Loss Ibrahim El Boustati Enfusion Live 44[1][247] The Hague, Netherlands TKO (Eye Injury) 1 N/A
For Enfusion Live World Cruiserweight Title −90 kg.
2015-03-14 Win Jean-Luc Benoît Boxe in Défi 16[248] Muret, France Decision 7 2:00
2015-01-01 Win Liang Ling K-1 China vs. USA[1] Changsha, China Decision 3 3:00
2014-06-29 Win Wendell Roche Enfusion Live 19[1] London, England TKO 2 N/A
Wins Enfusion Live World Cruiserweight Title −90 kg.
2014-04-26 Loss Miroslav Cingel Enfusion Live 17, Semi-finals[1][249] Žilina, Slovakia Decision 3 3:00
2014-03-15 Win Cyril Vetter Power Trophy 2014[246][250][251] Châteaurenard, France KO 1 (12) N/A
Defended ISKA World Full-Contact Light Cruiserweight Title −84.6 kg.
2013-12-01 Win Laszlo Szabo Enfusion Live 11[1][252][253] London, England Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2013-06-29 Win Marlon Hunt Enfusion Live 6[1][254][255][256] London, England Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2013-03-30 Win Marino Schouten Enfusion Live 3[1][257][258] London, England Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2013-03-09 Win Vincent Petitjean Power Trophy 2013[246][259][260][261][262] Châteaurenard, France Decision (split) 12 2:00
Wins ISKA World Full-Contact Light Cruiserweight Title −84.6 kg.
2013-02-02 Win David Radeff Enfusion Live 1[1][263] Zwevegem, Belgium Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2012-12-02 Loss Franci Grajš Enfusion 3: Trial of the Gladiators[1][264][265][46][39] Ljubljana, Slovenia KO (knee) 1 N/A
For Enfusion 3 Tournament Championship Title, −85 kg.
2012-12-02 Win Ritchie Hocking Enfusion 3: Trial of the Gladiators, Semi-finals[1] Ljubljana, Slovenia KO 1 N/A
2012-05-12 Loss Sahak Parparyan It's Showtime 56[1][244][266][267] Kortrijk, Belgium Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00
For It's Showtime 85MAX World Title −85 kg.
2012-03-31 Win Joe McGovan The Main Event[1] Manchester, England KO (three knockdowns) 1 1:23
2011-11-12 Loss Vincent Petitjean La 18ème Nuit des Champions[246][268] Marseille, France Decision (unanimous) 8 2:00
For NDC Full-Contact title −85 kg.
2011-08-17 Win Adnan Omeragić Enfusion 3: Trial of the Gladiators, Quarter Final[1] Ohrid, North Macedonia TKO (eye injury) 1 N/A
2011-08-12 Win Sammy Masa Enfusion 3: Trial of the Gladiators, First round[1] Ohrid, North Macedonia KO 2 N/A
2011-06-05 Win Jean-Luc Benoît Pure Force 9[1][246][269][270][271] Luton, England KO 8 (12) 2:00
Wins ISKA World Full-Contact Light Heavyweight Title −81.5 kg.
2011-03-19 Loss Jean-Luc Benoît Boxe in Défi 12[272][273] Muret, France Decision 12 2:00
For Vacant ISKA World Full-Contact Light Heavyweight Title −81.5 kg.
2010-10-16 Win Jamie Bates History in the Making 4[274][275][276] Nottingham, England KO (HeadKick) 8 N/A
2009-09-26 Win Daniel Hughes IKF Kickboxing[277] Bristol, England KO 1 (10) N/A
Wins IKF Full Contact British Cruiserweight Title −84.5 kg.
2009-05-16 Win Scott Jenkinson History in the Making 1[278] England TKO N/A N/A
2009-04-25 Win Paul Randall Championship Kickboxing[279][280] Derby, England KO 5 2:00
Wins ISKA English Full-Contact Cruiserweight Title.
2008-09-14 Win Mo Kargbo Absolute Adrenaline[281] Bournemouth, England TKO 5 N/A
2008-07-12 Win Ollie Green International Kickboxing at the Circus Tavern[282][283] Essex, England TKO 4 1:00
2008-05-11 Win Lee Whitfield IKF Pro & Amateur Kickboxing[284] Kent, England Decision 6 (6) 2:00
2008-02-24 Loss Luke Sines IKF Pro & Amateur Kickboxing[285] Kent, England Decision (unanimous) 5 (5) 2:00
2007-04-07 Loss Scott Gibson Golden Belt[286][287][288] Hove, England TKO (overhand right) 4 (7) 0:37
For ISKA British Full-Contact Light Heavyweight Golden Belt Title −81.5 kg.
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Professional record breakdown
1 match 1 win 0 losses
By knockout 1 0
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 1–0 Shane Kavanagh KO (punches) Ultimate Warrior Challenge 13 6 Jun 2010 1 3:00 Essex, England [289][244][290]

Amateur record

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Professional record breakdown
5 matches 3 wins 2 losses
By submission 1 0
By decision 2 2
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 3–2 Luke Barnatt Decision (unanimous) Ultimate Warrior Challenge 12 20 Mar 2010 3 5:00 Essex, England [289][244][290]
Loss 2–2 Reza Meldavian Decision (unanimous) Ultimate Warrior Challenge 4 2 Jun 2007 3 5:00 Essex, England [290][291]
Win 2–1 Matthew Wilkins Decision (unanimous) Ultimate Warrior Challenge 3 24 Feb 2007 2 5:00 Essex, England
Loss 1–1 William Morley Decision (unanimous) Ultimate Warrior Challenge 2 4 Nov 2006 2 5:00 Southend-on-Sea, England [290][292]
Win 1–0 Lee Mayo Submission (guillotine choke) Ultimate Warrior Challenge 1 10 Jun 2006 2 1:05 Southend-on-Sea, England [290][293]

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Emory Andrew Tate III (born December 1, 1986) is an American-British former professional kickboxer, entrepreneur, and internet personality who gained prominence for advocating self-discipline, physical conditioning, financial independence, and hierarchical gender relations rooted in biology and evolution, with men in dominant roles and women in complementary positions. Tate won multiple world kickboxing titles before transitioning to online businesses and content creation centered on masculinity, discipline, and wealth accumulation. He has faced major legal investigations and charges in Romania and the UK for human trafficking, rape, and related offenses.

Early Life

Family and Childhood

Emory Andrew Tate III was born on December 1, 1986, in Washington, D.C., to Emory Andrew Tate Jr., an African American chess international master, and Eileen Tate, a British catering assistant. Tate has one full brother, Tristan Tate, and one sister, Janine Tate, a lawyer; the multiracial family shares paternal African-American and maternal British heritage. His parents divorced during his early childhood, after which Tate and his siblings moved with their mother to Luton, England, living modestly on her catering income. His father stayed primarily in the US but kept contact, introducing Tate to chess and stressing strategic thinking and resilience—influences Tate credited for his competitive mindset.

Education and Early Influences

Andrew Tate was educated in Luton, England, attending Lea Manor High School for secondary education followed by Luton Sixth Form College for post-16 studies equivalent to the final years of high school. He did not attend university, instead pursuing practical skills through early work and self-directed learning after completing sixth form. Tate has described his father as his greatest influence, crediting him with instilling unyielding discipline and a focus on self-reliance.

Athletic Career

Kickboxing Achievements

Andrew Tate began his professional kickboxing career in 2007, with his debut on April 14, 2007, against Scott Gibson for the British light-heavyweight title. Competing primarily in full-contact rules under organizations such as ISKA and Enfusion, he continued until approximately 2016, compiling a record of 76 wins and 9 losses, including 32 knockouts. Tate became a four-time world kickboxing champion, securing titles across various weight classes and sanctioning bodies. His major championships include:
YearTitleOrganizationWeight ClassNotable Details
2009ISKA English Full-Contact Cruiserweight ChampionISKACruiserweightWon by stopping Paul Randall in Round 5 on April 25, 2009.
2009ISKA British Cruiserweight ChampionISKA-Regional title contributing to early career momentum.
2009IKF British Cruiserweight ChampionIKF-84.5 kgBritish-level recognition in cruiserweight division.
2011ISKA World Full-Contact Light Heavyweight ChampionISKA-81.5 kgCaptured via knockout in rematch against Jean-Luc Benoît.
2013ISKA World Full-Contact Light Cruiserweight ChampionISKA-84.6 kgWon by split decision over Vincent Petitjean on March 9, 2013; successfully defended once.
2014Enfusion Live World ChampionEnfusion-90 kgSecured by stopping Wendell Roche in Round 2 on June 28, 2014.
Among notable bouts, Tate lost to Sahak Parparyan in 2012 for the It's Showtime 85MAX Championship.

Mixed Martial Arts Involvement

Tate's involvement in mixed martial arts was limited to two early bouts in 2010 under the Ultimate Warrior Challenge (UWC) promotion in the United Kingdom. On March 20, 2010, he secured an amateur win over Luke Barnatt by unanimous decision after three five-minute rounds in the light heavyweight division. Tate made his professional MMA debut on June 6, 2010, at UWC 13, where he defeated Shane Kavanagh by knockout via punches at 3:00 of the first round. The fight took place in the light heavyweight class, with Tate fighting out of Storm Gym. These contests represent his MMA appearances, after which he shifted focus to kickboxing, where he achieved greater prominence.

Professional and Amateur Records

Andrew Tate's amateur kickboxing record is 3 wins and 2 losses, mainly from mid-2000s competitions in England. Tate's professional kickboxing career, from 2005 to 2016, yielded 76 wins, 9 losses, and 1 draw, with at least 23 knockouts. He competed in cruiserweight and light heavyweight under K-1 and full-contact rules, in promotions such as Enfusion Live, SUPERKOMBAT, and ISKA events. Records vary slightly across sources, e.g., 76-8-1 with one no contest. Tate's amateur MMA record is 1-0: a unanimous decision victory over Luke Barnatt on March 20, 2010, at Ultimate Warrior Challenge. His professional MMA record is also 1-0, from a first-round knockout of Shane Kavanagh on June 6, 2010, at UWC 13. No further professional MMA bouts are documented. Tate's professional boxing record is 0-1, from a majority decision loss to Chase DeMoor on December 20, 2025, in a heavyweight bout at Misfits Boxing's "Misfits Mania" event.

Entry into Media and Entertainment

Big Brother Participation

Andrew Tate entered the Big Brother UK house for its seventeenth series on 7 June 2016, alongside eleven other initial housemates. Broadcast on Channel 5, the series followed the standard format of communal living, tasks, nominations, and constant surveillance. Tate's stay lasted six days until his removal on 13 June 2016. Producers cited "information which came to light" about external activities, unrelated to his in-house behavior. The trigger was a video surfacing in UK media—reportedly from a national newspaper—showing Tate striking a woman with a belt, linked to his prior webcam business. Tate denied the video showed non-consensual violence, claiming on Twitter it was edited, involved consensual play, and that he remained on good terms with the woman.

Initial Online Content Creation

After his removal from Big Brother in June 2016, Andrew Tate relocated to Bucharest, Romania, and broadened his online activities. He created content on personal success strategies drawn from his kickboxing and early business experiences. These posts and videos stressed financial independence, rejection of conventional 9-to-5 jobs, mental toughness, and displays of luxury cars and properties. Tate joined Twitter in 2011 as @Cobratate, initially promoting his fighting career through match highlights and training insights, which built a modest following among combat sports fans. By 2017, after deactivating that account, he shifted to YouTube for motivational monologues critiquing societal norms on work and materialism. These depicted his Romanian life as self-made affluence, advising high-risk ventures over stable employment and a "warrior" ethos to overcome poverty. Predating his 2021 online courses, the content drew limited but dedicated engagement from young men exploring alternatives to economic stagnation. This phase centered on Tate's unfiltered narrative as a former champion turned entrepreneur, without sophisticated production or algorithmic focus.

Business Ventures

Casinos and Real Estate

Andrew Tate's physical businesses include Talisman Enterprises SRL, incorporated around 2017 and active as of recent records, with Romanian filings showing matching property acquisitions. Additional real estate involved Emory Andrew Tate & Sons SRL, registered in 2021 with Andrew Tate holding 5% and Tristan Tate 95% until restructuring on 22 August 2022. Talisman Enterprises formed profit-sharing joint ventures with DMS Bet Live SRL—owned by brothers Mihăiță and Sorin Doroftei—for at least six casinos in Romania, alongside real estate investments like apartment complexes and high-end properties, primarily in Romania. DMS Bet Live later terminated the relationship with the Tates. The Doroftei brothers and the DMS Family network face ongoing investigations by Romanian anti-mafia prosecutors (DIICOT) for organized crime linked to gambling operations, with DMS classified as an organized crime group.

Webcam Businesses

In the early 2010s, Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan established webcam studios in Romania for live online video chats featuring pornographic content and interactions between female performers and paying clients. In promotional materials for his "PHD (Pimping Hoes Degree)" course, Tate described recruiting women by dating them—often as girlfriends—and encouraging them to work as performers, claiming over 75 had done so for him, with about half being girlfriends. Models were directed to tell clients scripted "fake sob stories," while the brothers kept the profits and later called the operation a "total scam." This approach aligns with the criminological "Loverboy Method," where perpetrators pose as romantic partners to deceive women into sexual services, as alleged by prosecutors regarding the Tates' activities. Tate has claimed these ventures produced substantial revenue as a foundational business. Investigative reporting links the operations to income obscuration through multiple accounts. Romanian prosecutors allege that some webcam activities involved an organized criminal group recruiting and exploiting women for online sexual content, allegations denied by the Tates.

Online Education Platforms

Andrew Tate launched Hustler's University in 2021 as a subscription-based platform teaching wealth creation skills. It progressed to Hustler's University 2.0 and rebranded as The Real World after his 2022 deplatforming, using a gamified app with "leveling up" mechanics to engage users. Subscriptions cost about $49 monthly, offering courses on e-commerce, cryptocurrency investing, copywriting, freelancing, content creation, stocks, dropshipping, and AI business tools. Daily live sessions by coaches—who claim profits from these Tate-derived strategies—focus on practical applications. The platform features internal leaderboards tracking members' earnings from methods such as clipping (creating short promotional video clips), which are accessible only to members and not publicly available; no reliable or verified data exists for future projections like a 2026 leaderboard. An affiliate program enabled subscribers to earn 50% recurring commissions by recruiting others via social media, driving virality but attracting criticism. Experts and a UK law firm compared it to a pyramid scheme due to recruitment dependence. The program ended after Stripe ceased services and amid platform curbs, including Google's September 2025 removal of the app from its Play Store. Hustler's University exceeded 100,000 paying members before 2022 shutdowns; The Real World now exceeds 200,000 global students. Run through entities like Thrifty Consulting LLC and New Era Learning LLC, its undisclosed revenue reportedly reaches about $5.65 million monthly. Independent reviews characterize the content as basic techniques for saturated markets, like entry-level e-commerce, without proprietary insights, prompting value debates despite community endorsements. Retention supports ongoing operations, but success relies on unverified testimonials.

Exclusive Membership Networks

The War Room is Andrew Tate's invitation-only network for high-status men to collaborate on business ventures, personal development, and resistance to what he calls "the Matrix." It requires a one-time $8,000 lifetime fee, distinguishing it from his online courses. Activities include private Telegram chats, in-person summits, and training on masculinity, entrepreneurship, and escaping conventional jobs. Tate portrays it as a brotherhood of individualists working to "free the world" and achieve financial independence. Events feature physical training and ideological workshops, such as a 2023 sparring session led by Tate. The group maintains secrecy on membership size but attracts committed followers for elite connections and tactics on wealth-building, including cryptocurrency and content monetization. A 2023 BBC investigation, based on leaked chats, alleged the network aided grooming at least 45 women for online sex work, coordinating activities in Britain, Romania, and the U.S. A July 2023 insider report claimed internal exploitation and disinformation. Tate rejects these as fabricated or biased attacks on his gender views, insisting the War Room fosters male empowerment, not crime, and continues promoting it despite Romanian probes.

Cryptocurrency and Financial Schemes

Andrew Tate's cryptocurrency involvement includes educational content offered through his online platforms, personal trading activities, and allegations of promotional schemes. Tate offers cryptocurrency trading courses via his online education platforms, teaching investing strategies, market analysis, and portfolio management based on his claimed holdings. By September 2022, these platforms had received over $2.5 million in cryptocurrency payments, primarily Bitcoin and Ethereum. Independent 2023 reviews reported mixed results, with high-risk leveraged trading often yielding losses in short-term tests. Tate claims substantial personal profits, including a $500,000 Bitcoin cash-out in 2024 for real estate and $85 million from PancakeSwap trading by August 2025, while criticizing hype-driven speculation but promoting trading for financial independence. Tate faces accusations of promoting Solana-based meme coins via insider trading and manipulation, profiting from hype before values dropped over 40% in 2024. YouTuber Coffeezilla labeled these "grifts," citing blockchain evidence of pumps and dumps tied to Tate's influence. Tate denies endorsing some projects. As of October 2025, no related criminal convictions have occurred, fueling debates on ethics in celebrity crypto promotions.

Core Philosophy

Andrew Tate's core philosophy integrates traditional notions of masculinity with critiques of modern societal structures, emphasizing personal discipline, economic independence, and hierarchical gender roles. Key components include principles of masculinity and discipline, advocacy for economic self-reliance alongside anti-establishment views, perspectives on gender dynamics and relationships, and broader critiques of societal norms.

Principles of Masculinity and Discipline

Andrew Tate's principles of masculinity center on traditional attributes such as physical strength, mental fortitude, and assertive leadership, which he argues are essential for men to fulfill roles as providers and protectors in society. He contends that modern societal norms have eroded these traits by promoting emotional vulnerability and victimhood among men, leading to personal and cultural decline. Tate frequently draws on stoic philosophy to advocate for emotional control and resilience, asserting that true masculinity involves rejecting weakness and embracing discomfort as a path to self-mastery. In interviews, he has described masculinity as requiring men to prioritize dominance in their environments, including through financial independence and physical prowess, rather than seeking external validation or equality in outcomes. Central to Tate's teachings is the cultivation of discipline as the foundational mechanism for achieving masculine ideals and broader success, surpassing fleeting motivation. He defines discipline as consistently performing necessary but unpleasant tasks—such as early rising, rigorous exercise, and focused work—regardless of emotional state, stating, "Discipline is doing what you hate to do but doing it like you love it." Tate promotes daily routines including high-intensity workouts, cold exposure, and productivity tracking to build habits that forge unbreakable will, warning that undisciplined men remain "slaves to their urges" and societal influences. This approach, he claims, enables men to escape poverty and dependency, citing his own account of his transition from kickboxing to multimillionaire status through sustained effort. Tate integrates discipline with masculinity by framing self-improvement as a moral imperative for men, emphasizing physical fitness as non-negotiable for hormonal balance and confidence, alongside mental practices like journaling achievements to combat negativity. He critiques contemporary education and media for fostering complacency, urging men to adopt a "warrior" mindset focused on conquest over comfort, supported by anecdotes from his training regimens that produced peak performance in combat sports. Followers self-report improvements in fitness and income from applying these principles, though Tate attributes long-term adherence to internal accountability rather than group pressure. These tenets are disseminated through his online courses, which emphasize self-reported testimonials highlighting progress over abstract inspiration.

Economic Self-Reliance and Anti-Establishment Views

Tate's kickboxing career highlighted a core economic insight: world champion status did not yield financial freedom in the modern economy. This gap reinforced his view of "The Matrix"—a rigged system limiting meritorious individuals. He promotes economic self-reliance through entrepreneurship, rejecting traditional jobs and government aid as traps of low wages and taxes. Tate advocates skills like freelancing, e-commerce, and content creation for scalable income, urging aggressive wealth accumulation to escape wage labor. In a 2024 interview, he stated: "You need to get rich now or else." His "escape the matrix" concept frames societal systems as enforcing conformity and financial limits. He teaches mindset shifts toward high-value skills and multiple streams, as in The Real World platform (rebranded from Hustler's University in December 2022), which trains members for autonomy. Tate credits this for his shift from kickboxing to ventures like webcams and casinos, earning up to $600,000 monthly by 2010. He argues self-reliance enables moral independence and life on one's terms. Tate views governments, media, and corporations as colluding via debt, propaganda, and regulations to enforce control. He recommends decentralized options like cryptocurrency and private networks to bypass them. Success, he claims, demands exploiting unofficial opportunities over compliant structures. This includes The War Room, a paid network for sharing strategies outside mainstream economies. Tate sees rejecting fiat currency and corporate loyalty as paths to sovereignty. Critics, such as in Jacobin, link his appeal to capitalist alienation rather than unique insight.

Gender Dynamics and Relationships

Andrew Tate's views on gender dynamics emphasize innate biological differences, with men predisposed to dominance, provision, and risk-taking, and women to nurturing and support. He argues these roles sustain functional societies and relationships, rejecting egalitarian models as disruptive to natural hierarchies. Tate draws on evolutionary and historical examples, attributing societal decline—including high divorce rates and male disenfranchisement—to deviations from these roles. He maintains that sex serves primarily for procreation, stating that men engaging in it for pleasure rather than reproduction are effectively gay. Tate advocates male-led relationships in which women submit to a provider's authority, receiving protection and stability in return. "I believe the woman belongs to the man in marriage," he has said, linking male responsibility to authority over her, including her body as partner property. Women, he contends, achieve fulfillment through traditional roles as wives and mothers, rather than careers, which foster unhappiness and hypergamy. He warns men against formal marriage due to legal risks like asset division, preferring non-binding arrangements that allow high-status men multiple partners, as "a really successful man is allowed to have as many women as he wants." Tate portrays these dynamics as protective against exploitation, blaming feminism's gender neutrality for female unhappiness and male withdrawal from dating. In content like The Real World and his "PHD" course, he advises enforcing boundaries, avoiding vulnerability, and maintaining control against women's relational strategies. Tactics include rules prohibiting female male friends, prioritizing sex while discarding non-compliant women, and dating techniques such as optimized social media approaches, quick escalations, structured dates, and post-sex tests of investment. These draw from his experiences with multiple girlfriends and kickboxing discipline, linking male assertiveness to relational and societal success.

Critiques of Societal Norms

Andrew Tate critiques modern societal structures as "the Matrix," a metaphorical control system that enforces conformity, financial dependency, and psychological weakness to block individual empowerment. He portrays it as fostering fear, distraction, addiction, unfulfilling routines, and consumerism, while stifling self-reliance and independent thought. Tate maintains that escape demands deliberate suffering, discipline, and norm rejection, with "pain as the fuel to escape the matrix." Tate extends this to formal education, depicting it as a Matrix instrument for indoctrination rather than practical skill-building. He labels the lifelong system "the biggest lie," compelling dictated thinking in schools and debt-incurring degrees that seldom yield employment or wealth. In contrast, he endorses self-directed learning through entrepreneurship and real-world efforts, dismissing higher education as a poverty-perpetuating "waste of time." On gender dynamics, Tate contests feminist-shaped norms, claiming they undermine traditional male duties and female roles, yielding relational imbalances and dissatisfaction. He argues societal demands burden men disproportionately, promoting equality at the expense of complementary differences and fostering male disenfranchisement. Tate posits women should bear responsibility for safety, such as in assault contexts, and critiques cultural victimhood emphasis as eroding agency. He further asserts the Matrix deploys feminism to debilitate men for leadership while luring women into unfulfilling independence. Economically, Tate denounces consumerism and debt as enslavement devices, designed to maintain individuals "broke, addicted, scared" via loans, bills, and fleeting gratifications over asset accumulation. He promotes independence through high-risk pursuits like trading and diversified streams, cautioning against employment or aid dependency as Matrix reinforcement, and urges shifting from wage labor to owning businesses and luxury assets. These perspectives, shared via online channels, frame norms as obstacles to masculine autonomy and success.

Public Influence and Reception

Growth of Followership and Success Metrics

Andrew Tate's online followership expanded rapidly in early 2022, driven by short-form TikTok videos emphasizing personal discipline, financial independence, and masculine self-improvement. These accumulated billions of views, appealing primarily to adolescent and young adult males, and transformed Tate from a niche figure—previously known for kickboxing and webcam businesses—into a global internet phenomenon through algorithmic recommendations and peer networks. Growth relied on Hustler's University's affiliate program, where participants earned commissions by creating and sharing promotional videos of Tate's teachings, including controversial clips, to amplify content across TikTok, YouTube, Instagram Reels, and other platforms. This decentralized strategy involved thousands of members flooding social media, which investigations described as an attempt to manipulate algorithms and boost engagement. By mid-2022, before widespread deplatforming, it converted viral exposure to over 100,000 paid subscribers at $49 monthly. After bans from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook in August 2022, Tate shifted to X (reinstated November 2022) and independent sites, sustaining over 10.7 million followers on X as of 2025. Key success metrics include revenues from online ventures, with Hustler's University (rebranded The Real World) generating $11 million in October 2022 via affiliate enrollments exceeding 113,000 members, and $5-6 million monthly as of 2024. These figures highlight high conversion from free content to paid memberships, demonstrating the model's resilience amid restrictions and scrutiny. The War Room, a premium network with $8,000 entry fees, targets high-value adherents but lacks verified membership data.

Positive Impacts on Followers

Followers' self-described testimonials report benefits from Tate's content, including enhanced personal discipline, physical fitness, and diligence through rejecting complacency, structured routines, and accountability practices like daily progress logging and peer feedback in platforms such as The Real World (formerly Hustler's University). His advocacy for intense gym training and mental resilience resonates with some young men seeking alternatives to perceived societal softness, leading to reports of prioritizing health over distractions like excessive gaming or sedentary lifestyles. Personal accounts note life changes, such as shifts to self-employment, skill-building in nutrition coaching, and escaping wage dependency; one follower obtained fitness and nutrition certifications to help others, crediting Tate's content for reigniting dormant passions during stagnation. Select course participants claim initial financial gains from e-commerce strategies like dropshipping, facilitated by modular lessons and low monthly access (around $50). A 2023 poll found that 33% of young males expressed positive views of Tate.

Negative Impacts on Followers

Teachers have observed negative behavioral changes among young male students influenced by Tate's content, including increased rape jokes and trivialization of consent. Sarah Milianta-Laffin, a 7th-grade teacher in Hawaii, reported a "huge increase in rape jokes" among boys—a phenomenon absent in her prior 17 years of teaching—which she attributed to Tate's influence. Confronted students often defend the rhetoric as "edgy" humor from their idol, lacking emotional vocabulary to recognize its harm. Former subscribers to Tate's platforms have described disillusionment from perceived grifts, including entrapment in exploitative schemes, overwork in content creation benefiting Tate, cult-like atmospheres, and low-quality instruction despite wealth promises. An undercover paying member noted manipulative upselling, hype-driven tactics, and lessons with limited real-world applicability, raising concerns for vulnerable young men. Critical reviews echo patterns of disappointment and question the program's legitimacy and value. In November 2024, The Real World platform suffered a data breach exposing personal data of approximately 800,000 users, including usernames, emails, and chat logs, due to security vulnerabilities. The incident posed significant risks to users' information.

Media Criticisms and Counterarguments

Mainstream media outlets have portrayed Andrew Tate as a promoter of misogyny and toxic masculinity, citing statements such as his 2017 comment that women should "bear responsibility" for sexual assault if they put themselves in danger, which he clarified as emphasizing personal agency. Publications like The Guardian have described his content as part of a "violent, misogynistic world" infiltrating platforms like TikTok, based on analyses of videos advocating male dominance in relationships. Coverage in outlets including NBC News and The New York Times has linked his influence to increased sexism in schools and the radicalization of young men, framing his 2022 deplatforming as a response to these concerns amid investigations into human trafficking and rape allegations, which Tate denies. Critics in academic and journalistic sources, such as the Anti-Defamation League, have highlighted Tate's self-description as a misogynist and associations with extremist rhetoric, including antisemitic tropes. Media coverage has emphasized anecdotal reports of incidents linked to Tate's influence, such as classroom disruptions or harassment. Tate and his supporters have responded that media depictions distort his philosophy, which emphasizes male self-improvement, discipline, fitness, financial independence, and rejection of victimhood. Tate has asserted in a 2023 BBC interview that his views empower men, and rejected portrayals in media like Netflix's Adolescence as exaggerated. Supporters argue his advice on mindset and entrepreneurship has led to successes among followers, such as improved health or business ventures. Tate has framed legal and media scrutiny, including UK rape charges announced in 2025, as targeting nonconformist views, noting the lack of convictions in Romanian cases after investigations. Surveys indicate mixed reception, with some youth expressing positive views of Tate; for example, one in five 16-29-year-old men in a 2024 UK poll viewed him favorably, with appeal linked to perceptions of feminism and economic pressures.

Antisemitic Rhetoric and Extremist Associations

Post-2023, reports have documented Andrew Tate's antisemitic rhetoric and associations with extremist figures. Following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, Tate intensified antisemitic content, including Holocaust revisionism through questioning WWII historical consensus in relation to the Gaza conflict. He promoted conspiracy theories implying Jewish orchestration of societal decline, such as "mass genetic suicide," and used "Jew" as a pejorative. In January 2025, Tate performed a Nazi salute and urged followers to "bring the Nazi salute back," encouraging defiance against offense. Tate praised Hamas as embodying "masculine resistance" and endorsed the Great Replacement Theory. Tate associated with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, including joint appearances at a Miami nightclub involving far-right gestures and a January 2026 online stream with Fuentes, Myron Gaines, Tristan Tate, and Sneako that amassed millions of views and drew media criticism for content perceived as promoting antisemitic themes, including a viral clip of participants dancing to Kanye West's controversial song "Heil Hitler." The Anti-Defamation League documented this escalation as a significant ideological shift influencing reception among extremism researchers.

Academic and Survey-Based Assessments

Surveys in the United Kingdom and Australia indicate that a minority of young males hold positive views of Andrew Tate, typically ranging from 17% to 32%, while positive opinions among young females are much lower, around 9%. A 2023 YouGov poll found 17% of boys aged 6-15 viewed him positively, rising to 23% for those aged 13-15. Similar results appeared in a Savanta survey (32% of young men), an Internet Matters study (23% of teenage boys aged 15+), a VICE-commissioned survey (20% of young people aged 16-24), an Ipsos poll (20% of men aged 16-29), and an Australia Institute survey (28% of teenage boys). However, a 2025 YouGov survey showed 71% of young men holding negative views of Tate. Academic analyses, situated in cultural studies and education research, have largely examined Tate's influence through the lenses of gender ideology and online radicalization, associating it with reinforcement of patriarchal structures in the "manosphere." A 2025 study in Cultural Sociology analyzed his online content, highlighting tenets of masculinist ideology such as female submissiveness, male dominance, and rejection of egalitarian norms. Dalhousie University research from 2025 reported teachers' observations of classroom disruptions linked to Tate's rhetoric and rising male supremacist attitudes among students. A 2023 McGill University case study contended that Tate's content fosters entitlement and misogyny in boys' education, drawing on educator accounts. These works often stress risks of transmitting misogynistic behaviors, as in a 2025 Child and Adolescent Mental Health editorial portraying the manosphere—including Tate—as an antifeminist network amplified by social media algorithms. A 2025 Taylor & Francis study investigated teenage boys' mixed responses to Tate, depicting him as a "misogyny influencer" who influences some peers' perceptions. Assessments typically rely on qualitative teacher reports or content analyses, featuring limited empirical data on long-term behavioral impacts.

Social Media and Deplatforming

Platform Strategies and Bans

Andrew Tate built his online audience through short-form clips from podcasts and motivational content on TikTok and YouTube, emphasizing personal discipline, financial independence, and critiques of societal norms. Dubbed the "Andrew Tate Model" by MrBeast, this approach featured viral, polarizing soundbites targeting young males, achieving over 4.7 billion TikTok views by mid-2022 and rapid monetization via Hustler's University affiliate programs, which drew 127,000 paying members in under three months. Blending aspirational hustle culture with provocative gender role statements, the clips gained algorithmic promotion and user shares despite platform guidelines. Tate had been suspended from Twitter (now X) since at least 2017 for policy violations, with the ban lifted in November 2022 after Elon Musk's acquisition and reduced moderation. However, in August 2022, amid scrutiny over his views on women—deemed misogynistic by critics—platforms deplatformed him widely. Meta banned accounts on Facebook and Instagram on August 19 for repeated violations promoting hate or violence toward women. TikTok removed his profile for breaching guidelines on harmful ideologies. YouTube disabled an associated channel on August 22, citing sexist remarks violating hate speech policies. He stayed active on Twitch longer but was banned there in October 2022 for misogynistic comments. Platforms attributed actions to user reports and reviews, while Tate and supporters claimed inconsistent enforcement favoring aligned content, noting persistence via third-party uploads. In August 2025, Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate filed separate lawsuits against Meta Platforms Inc. (parent of Facebook and Instagram) and TikTok Inc. in Los Angeles Superior Court, each seeking $50 million in damages for the 2022 deplatforming of their accounts. The suits allege breach of contract, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, claiming the bans—lacking prior notice or explanation—were politically motivated, discriminatory against content promoting masculinity, self-reliance, and critiques of mainstream narratives, and resulted in financial losses from suppressed reach and revenue. The brothers further claimed coordination with prior algorithmic demotion and external pressures from advocacy groups and media portraying their content as harmful. Andrew Tate stated on X (formerly Twitter) that he had allocated $400 million of personal funds to litigate against Meta, TikTok, Google, and related entities. As of October 2025, Meta moved to dismiss the case or transfer it from Los Angeles, citing improper venue and lack of jurisdiction given the Tates' Romanian residence and the platforms' global operations. The TikTok suit remains in early stages with no rulings on dismissal. These actions proceed amid ongoing criminal investigations in Romania, the UK, and the US for unrelated human trafficking and rape allegations, which the Tates deny. No similar lawsuits were filed against other platforms like YouTube or pre-Musk Twitter, though the Tates criticized deplatforming across sites.

Adaptation and Current Online Presence

After deplatforming from major platforms including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook in August 2022, Andrew Tate shifted to alternative channels and fan-distributed content. User-uploaded clips of his videos continued circulating widely on those sites, maintaining visibility despite removals. In September 2022, he launched content on Rumble, an anti-censorship platform, which saw a surge in activity. Tate's Twitter (now X) account, suspended for five years, was reinstated in November 2022 under new free-speech policies. The @Cobratate handle has remained active through 2025, posting on mindset, business, and societal critiques. He also expanded The Real World, a subscription-based platform rebranded from Hustler's University, offering courses in e-commerce, copywriting, AI, and wealth-building as a closed community bypassing mainstream moderation. Accessible via web portals like therealworld.net, it reported over 200,000 students worldwide by 2025; apps were removed from Google and Apple stores in 2023, though web access continued. In November 2024, a data breach exposed information of 800,000 users, revealing security issues. As of October 2025, Tate sustains presence on alt-tech sites like Rumble and Gettr, alongside X, engaging followers on his "high-value male" philosophy. This approach, paired with The Real World memberships, supports ongoing influence, amplified by affiliates and creators. Lawsuits against Meta and TikTok in August 2025, each seeking $50 million for alleged wrongful bans, reflect continued resistance to restrictions.

Pre-2022 Incidents

In 2015, Andrew Tate was arrested by Hertfordshire Police in the United Kingdom on suspicion of raping two women and assaulting a third after complaints alleging sexual assault. The Crown Prosecution Service reviewed the evidence but determined there was insufficient basis to proceed, leading to the investigation being closed in 2019 without charges. Tate has consistently denied the allegations, describing the encounters as consensual. A subsequent review by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2025 of related assault and rape allegations spanning 2012 to 2015 reaffirmed the original decision, concluding no viable criminal case existed. These allegations also form the basis of an ongoing civil lawsuit by four British women alleging rape, assault, and coercive control, with trial set for 2026, but no criminal charges resulted. No further pre-2022 investigations or proceedings resulted in indictments or convictions against Tate in the UK or elsewhere.

Romanian Criminal Investigations

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested on December 29, 2022, following a raid on Tate's compound in Pipera, Bucharest, Romania, by the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT). The arrests arose from allegations of human trafficking, rape, and forming an organized criminal group to sexually exploit women. Prosecutors claimed the brothers recruited victims under false romantic pretenses, then coerced them into producing pornographic content for platforms like OnlyFans. Initial detention lasted 30 days, during which authorities seized luxury assets valued at millions of euros, including vehicles, properties, watches, cash, and cryptocurrency in subsequent operations through 2024. On June 20, 2023, DIICOT indicted Andrew Tate, Tristan Tate, and associates Luana Radu and Georgiana Naghel on charges of human trafficking, rape, and forming an organized crime group for sexual exploitation. Prosecutors identified seven victims. The group allegedly used the Loverboy method to recruit women, transported them to the compound, and coerced them via physical and psychological means to produce pornography. Andrew Tate faces a specific rape charge involving non-consensual acts. The indictment described a structured hierarchy with defined roles and shared financial goals. Case files include wiretap transcripts discussing webcam operations, victim management, and profit laundering. The activities occurred from 2021 to 2022. The case was sent to Bucharest court for trial preparation. The Tates deny the charges, claiming all interactions were consensual in their webcam business and alleging fabrication due to their public profile. Judicial proceedings featured repeated appeals over detention. After initial pre-trial detention, the brothers moved to house arrest in March 2023, then to judicial controls in August 2023 that restricted travel and required check-ins. A May 2024 appeal for further restrictions was denied. On August 21, 2024, Romanian prosecutors expanded their investigation to include trafficking of minors, sex with a minor, money laundering, and attempting to influence witnesses, identifying 35 alleged victims; DIICOT raided their properties for this separate human trafficking probe, distinct from the original case. In December 2024, a Romanian appeals court ruled the primary case could not proceed to trial due to procedural issues and returned it to prosecutors for correction, without dismissing charges. In February 2025, authorities lifted the travel ban, permitting temporary U.S. travel with return requirements for hearings, and restored some seized assets after challenges. The brothers complied by March 2025. As of October 2025, no trial date is set for the original charges, with proceedings ongoing amid claims of political motivation tied to their online presence.

UK and International Charges (2022-2026)

In December 2022, Bedfordshire Police issued European Arrest Warrants for Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate over allegations of rape, actual bodily harm, and human trafficking from incidents between 2012 and 2015 involving multiple women. The warrants were not executed immediately due to the brothers' detention in Romania on separate charges. Romanian authorities confirmed their validity and imposed judicial measures pending resolution of the Romanian case. On March 12, 2024, a Romanian court approved extradition to the UK after Romanian proceedings conclude. The allegations involve sexual aggression, including rape and coercive control, with three women accusing Andrew Tate and additional complainants accusing Tristan. On May 28, 2025, the UK Crown Prosecution Service authorized 21 charges: Andrew faces 10 counts of rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking, and controlling prostitution for gain; Tristan faces 11 counts including similar offenses, rape, and assault. Extradition awaits the Romanian trial outcome. The brothers' lawyer stated they plan to return voluntarily to contest the charges, which they deny as politically motivated and lacking evidence. As of February 2026, the UK arrest warrant issued in 2024 for allegations of sexual aggression, rape, and human trafficking remains active, with extradition delayed until Tate's ongoing Romanian human trafficking trial concludes; Tate has not been extradited to the UK. No UK trials have occurred. Separate UK civil claims against Andrew Tate for abuse did not yield additional criminal charges after CPS review. No other international criminal charges have been filed. During a February–March 2025 U.S. visit after Romania lifted its travel ban, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier opened a criminal investigation, directing state prosecutors to execute search warrants and issue subpoenas; U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized the brothers' electronic devices amid a federal sex trafficking probe. U.S. authorities have not linked this to UK or Romanian cases, and no charges have followed. A November 2025 ProPublica report noted a request from White House DHS liaison Paul Ingrassia—who had prior ties to the Tates' team—to return the devices, but they remain seized. The brothers attribute global scrutiny to their critiques of institutional views on gender and power, without proof of guilt.

Civil Lawsuits and Restraining Orders

In the United Kingdom, four women filed civil lawsuits against Andrew Tate in 2024, alleging sexual violence, rape, assault, coercive control, physical beatings, forced sexual acts, psychological manipulation, and wrongful detention from incidents between 2013 and 2015. Tate denied the allegations, with his legal team asserting a total denial of wrongdoing and insufficient evidence for criminal prosecution. In September 2025, the UK's Crown Prosecution Service reviewed the evidence and declined criminal charges, citing failure to meet the prosecution threshold, though the civil cases continued. A High Court judge then rescheduled the consolidated trial for summer 2026. In the United States, model Brianna Stern sued Tate in March 2025 in Los Angeles Superior Court, accusing him of sexual assault and battery during their 2022 relationship, including multiple beatings and chokings—such as a violent incident at the Beverly Hills Hotel where she feared for her life—and seeking damages plus a restraining order. Tate denied the claims and countersued for $50 million in defamation; Stern moved to dismiss the countersuit in October 2025, arguing it lacked merit. On September 4, 2025, Tate agreed to a three-year restraining order prohibiting U.S. firearm possession or contact with Stern, without admitting liability. In January 2026, a judge denied Stern's motion for sanctions against Tate over her claim that he caused her wrongful detention in Dubai. In February 2025, Andrew and Tristan Tate secured a temporary restraining order against an anonymous accuser "Doe" upon U.S. arrival, citing text messages as evidence of threats. The order addressed alleged harassment from prior disputes.

Personal Life and Current Status

Family and Relationships

Tate was born to Emory Tate Jr., an African American chess master, and Eileen, an English mother who divorced during his childhood, leading the family to relocate to Luton, England, amid financial hardship. Emory died of a heart attack on October 17, 2015, in Milpitas, California, aged 56; despite absences, he shaped his sons' competitive mindset through discipline. Eileen raised the children alone and suffered a heart attack in December 2023; Tate's Romanian court request to visit her in the UK failed. Tate has two siblings: brother Tristan (born 1988), a former kickboxer who partners in Tate's online ventures and webcam businesses, with shared U.S.-U.K. citizenship and legal issues; and sister Janine, a law professional who avoids publicity. Tate has confirmed neither marriages nor children, voicing doubt on lifelong monogamy and traditional marriage while favoring non-exclusive setups and paternal duties. No verified records show offspring or long-term partnerships as of October 2025.

Lifestyle, Assets, and Relocations

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan relocated to Romania around 2016, purchasing initial properties in the small town of Voluntari for under €35,000 each before establishing a fortified compound near Bucharest. In February 2025, the brothers flew to Florida, United States, via private jet, but returned to Romania in March 2025. Tate's lifestyle emphasizes physical fitness, displays of wealth, and entrepreneurial pursuits, rooted in his background as a professional kickboxer. He maintains a regimen of training and promotes a philosophy of self-improvement through discipline, often residing in compounds that accommodate multiple associates. Tate's assets include luxury vehicles, properties, watches, cryptocurrencies, and cash holdings.

Health, Imprisonment, and Ongoing Activities

As of October 2025, Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan remain under judicial control in Romania pending trial, with extradition to the United Kingdom deferred until Romanian proceedings conclude. Tate has faced unconfirmed reports of health issues, including a lung lesion possibly indicating cancer noted in early 2023 leaked documents and associate statements, which prompted hospital visits and biopsies; Tate denied malignancy, citing tests showing no smoking damage. A March 2025 report referenced a "dark spot" on his lung potentially a tumor, but lacked independent verification or Tate's confirmation, similar to prior unsubstantiated rumors and sparse details on earlier potential heart conditions treated abroad. Despite restrictions, Tate continues online activities, posting on platforms like X (formerly Twitter) to defend himself, promote views on masculinity and success, and engage followers. He participates in permitted interviews and content creation while operating ventures such as The Real World (formerly Hustler's University), an online platform for wealth-building and mindset training.

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