Andrew Tate's Legal Counterattack Allegations of Harassment and Intimidation

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Andrew Tate, the controversial influencer facing charges of rape and human trafficking, is now accused of orchestrating a calculated campaign to intimidate and silence his alleged victims and critics. According to court filings revealed by The Times, Tate and his brother Tristan have launched defamation lawsuits in Palm Beach, Florida, against several individuals, including one of their accusers and her parents, as well as journalists and social media commentators who have spoken out against them.

 

 

Lawyers for two alleged victims, identified in court documents as Jane Doe and Mary Doe to protect their identities, claim that the brothers have engaged in a "scorched earth" strategy. This includes hiring private investigators and internet researchers to gather potentially damaging information about their accusers.

 

It is alleged that while in prison in Romania, Andrew Tate instructed his cousin and others to produce videos aimed at discrediting the women. “In these [prison] calls Tate said, ‘Keep going! Good job. Over and over again, different ones … we need the girls to cry, to be frustrated, angry’,” Jane Doe’s legal team stated.

 

These videos, described as “highly salacious, humiliating and defamatory,” reportedly circulated widely online. Additional claims allege that Tate sent individuals to Jane Doe’s parents’ home in Florida to photograph the property as a means of harassment and intimidation.

 

One disturbing allegation involves Sulaiman Ahmed, a British social media personality with over 600,000 followers on X (formerly Twitter). According to Jane Doe’s lawyers, Ahmed was paid by the Tates to interview a former boyfriend of Jane Doe who had sexually assaulted her when she was 17. This individual allegedly accessed her mobile phone without consent and shared its contents with Ahmed, who in turn provided the information to the Tate brothers.

 

The campaign did not stop there. Ryan Dawson, another influencer and conspiracy theorist based in South Korea, is accused of being paid to fly to the U.S. to investigate Jane Doe further. “The defamatory and harassing posts Ryan Dawson has made on X, formerly Twitter, about Jane Doe were done at the direction and for the benefit of the Tate Brothers,” her lawyers claim. In a screenshot presented as evidence, Dawson is seen telling a prospective client, “Looks like I’m going to Florida in June [to meet an ex-boyfriend of] one of Tate’s accusers. Tate actually pays so their stuff comes first.”

 

Jane Doe’s legal team characterizes the Tates’ defamation suit as a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation), accusing the brothers of trying to suppress dissent through “frivolous lawsuits to discredit, intimidate, humiliate and embarrass” anyone speaking against them. “Their scorched-earth litigation strategy would be regarded as odious and utterly intolerable in a civilized community,” the lawyers wrote.

 

Another accuser, Brianna Stern, who has filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Andrew Tate in Los Angeles, has reportedly gone into hiding and hired private security due to fear of retaliation. Meanwhile, Bedfordshire police in the UK have obtained a warrant for the Tates’ arrest on similar charges, and the brothers are expected to be extradited from Romania once current legal proceedings conclude.

 

Despite the serious allegations, the Tates continue to deny all wrongdoing. Their lawyer in the U.S., Thomas Maniotis, has labeled Jane Doe a “con artist” who “engages in romance scams.” He also claims that the brothers are the true victims, targeted by what he calls “Team Matrix,” a group allegedly conspiring to destroy their reputations. “Team Matrix took part in a concerted effort [to] terrorise and threaten almost anyone coming to the defence of, or that support, the Tate brothers,” Maniotis stated.

 

Andrew Tate’s legal strategy was candidly revealed in a 2022 interview on The Unplugged Alpha podcast. “I don’t need a reason. I don’t care if it costs me a million dollars to take a thousand dollars out of your bank, you’re going to be in court twice a month for the rest of your human years,” he said. “I will sue you for any and every reason, for ever. I will do that, I’m that guy. I’m petty and I’ve got a lot of money and a lot of time. It’s not about guilty, it’s not about why, it’s because I can.”

 

In response to the lawsuits, a citizen journalist named in the filings who posts under the handle CrayonMurders on X wrote, “We shared the truth. We shared opinions,” while announcing a fundraiser to cover legal fees. “If they win, it won’t stop here. It sets a dangerous precedent for free speech, journalism and every person who uses their voice to speak the truth. They want to scare people into silence.”

 

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Andrew and Tristan Tate Expected to Be Extradited to UK After Romanian Trial

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Times  2025-05-28

 

 

[koolkarl]

Lock these losers up for the rest of their lives.

[mikeymike100]

49 minutes ago, koolkarl said:

Lock these losers up for the rest of their lives.

Surely they need to go to court first and have a trial?

[giddyup]

1 hour ago, koolkarl said:

Lock these losers up for the rest of their lives.

Multi millionaire losers?

[rudi49jr]

I always love it when criminals accuse the state of violating their human rights.