"I Preach...": Influencer Andrew Tate's Response To Manipulation Allegations

The Tate brothers are in their sixth and last month under judicial control in this investigation and any indictment is expected within the next few weeks.

Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate, who is facing human trafficking and rape charges in Romania, has given a fiery interview to the BBC News in which he denied allegations of emotional manipulation for financial gains. 

Both Tristan Tate and Andrew Tate were released from prison and placed under house arrest in April, three months after they were detained in late December on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group. The Tate brothers, along with two other suspects, have repeatedly denied allegations and none of them have been formally charged. 

Now, in the latest interview with the BBC, which took place at Mr Tate's house in Bucharest, the former kickboxer denied fuelling a culture of misogyny and defended his reputation. He dismissed the testimonies of individual women involved in the current investigation who have accused him of rape and exploitation. And he even described another woman, who was interviewed anonymously by the outlet earlier this year, as "imaginary," saying she had been invented by the BBC. 

The woman in question, who goes by the pseudonym Sophie, claimed that she followed Mr Tate to Romania believing he was in love with her. There, she was allegedly pressured into webcam work and into having Mr Tate's name tattooed on her body, she claimed.