Andrew Tate is well-known for popularizing hateful opinions in the 'manosphere.' He proudly calls himself a 'mysogynist' and has spread
violent, dangerous views online - including saying that women needed to "bear responsibility" for their own sexual assaults, claiming there is "no such thing as an independent female," and even writing to one woman: "I love raping you."
He and his brother Tristan have now
been arrested in Miami, Florida in preparation for extradition to the UK, where they will face charges of rape, sex trafficking, and possessing images of child abuse and "indecent images of a child."
It seems the UK government is willing to do what many other governments, including the US, won't. We're grateful to UK authorities for taking violence against women and girls seriously.
Unfortunately, there are even more perpetrators still out there - which the Epstein Files clearly show. Since the US also won't act against the perpetrators listed in these files, we're asking the UK government to do more instead. Sign the petition!In 2022, Andrew and Tristan were arrested in Romania on charges of sexual exploitation. Then, last year, the UK government charged them with 21 counts of horrific crimes, including rape, bodily harm, and human trafficking. Now, UK officials have brought an additional 38 charges against them, bringing the total to 59 counts. In total, in the UK, these charges have accounted for violence against
seven different women. This does not include victims in other countries.
Warning - disturbing details follow.The details are horrifying.
Multiple women recounted how the brothers
strangled them during their assaults. Two woman said Andrew strangled them to the point of
unconsciousness and proceeded to rape them, while another accuses Tristan of the same cruelty. Another woman said Andrew strangled her until the
blood vessels in her eye burst. A fifth woman said Andrew would only allow her "brief intervals" to breathe during her assault. Multiple women said they feared for their lives. One said that, during the horrors she endured,
she didn't know if Andrew "was just a rapist or if he would kill her."This violence is extreme and terrifying. And to add to all this, Andrew Tate has a
chilling level of influence in the manosphere, indoctrinating men and young boys with the belief that these actions are 'okay' or ideal. As the UK Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blyth explained: "We know that some of this is also linked to radicalisation of young people online, we know the influencers, Andrew Tate, the element of influencing of particularly boys, is quite terrifying."
Meanwhile, in the Epstein Files, we know that an entire criminal network of adults lured hundreds of young girls into entrapment, where they were routinely assaulted and raped.
Not a single one of the men involved has faced accountability, and only one woman in the criminal ring - Ghislaine Maxwell - has been imprisoned. The criminal ring included perpetrators and victims in and from the UK. If the US is apparently unwilling to take these horrors seriously, then the UK must step forward and set an example by creating accountability.
We cannot let these abusers get away with terrorizing women and girls, not anywhere in the world. They must not be allowed to simply continue with their atrocities, unchecked.
The UK government is on the right track, by showing it values the well-being of women victimized by the Tate brothers. It must now do the same by valuing the well-being of the girls brutalized by the Epstein network. Sign the petition now!