Andrew Tate’s UK civil trial over abuse, coercive management allegations moved to 2026

The 4 claimants, who’ve been granted anonymity, allege Tate subjected them to bodily or sexual violence between 2013 and 2015. Two say they had been in an intimate relationship with Tate, whereas two labored for his on-line webcam enterprise.

The ladies’s legal professionals say in court docket filings that one girl was threatened with a gun as Tate stated “you are going to do as I say or there will be hell to pay”, whereas one other alleges Tate strangled her till she was unconscious throughout intercourse.

Tate, 38, denies the allegations and his legal professionals say in his written defence that the claims are false and that every one sexual exercise was consensual.

Throughout a preliminary listening to at London’s Excessive Court docket on Wednesday, the trial was introduced ahead to June 2026, having beforehand been resulting from begin in early 2027.

“It is not in anybody’s curiosity that this case goes into the lengthy grass of 2027,” choose Christina Lambert stated.

The claimants’ lawyer Anne Studd stated that, along with the 4 girls, there can be an extra six to eight witnesses.

The 4 British claimants welcomed the choice.

“We have already spent years ready for justice, and so it is of some consolation to listen to that Andrew Tate will face these allegations in a court docket sooner than the unique plan of 2027,” they stated.

Tate didn’t attend Wednesday’s temporary listening to and was not required to take action. His legal professionals beforehand stated he intends to provide proof in his defence on the trial.

Tate and his brother Tristan are beneath felony investigation in Romania and face a felony case in Britain. Their legal professionals stated final month the pair will return to face these costs as soon as proceedings in Romania conclude.

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