Andrew Tate charged with rape and human trafficking (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[-] Yadaran@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

[-] dedale@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like knowing anything about that guy makes my life worse.

[-] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I hope they get a fair trial, are allowed to present their defense, and are treated properly by the courts as defendents.

If they're found guilty I hope they're given a very long sentence in a very dark hole. No, I won't shed a tear if they're convicted. They're both human pieces of shit. If they're tried and convicted pieces of shit then the world will be a little bit better while they're incarcerated.

[-] AlexTheLost@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

On one hand I'm pretty sure we all can be pretty confident he's guilty

On the other I wish everyone acted more like this instead of treating the idea of making a rich person go to court to find out the truth like it's an attack

CoughTrumpcough

[-] johnyma22@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Can we not make Lemmy all about divisive American politics please? :)

[-] underisk@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Trying to silence discussion of politics is itself a tacit endorsement of the status quo.

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

OOTL: who is he and why is this a story?

[-] yoevli@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He's a self-help guru who primarily targets young men and is notable for being comically misogynistic and essentially equating women to inanimate objects. Unfortunately, he has a huge cult following in spite or maybe even because of this.

[-] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Massively popular influencer who bragged about sex trafficking, avoiding taxes with crypto, and had courses on how to become a sex trafficker. He talks about women as if they’re literal property, and brags about using coercion to exploit women into sex work, and using fraud to take their money. That’s the legal definition of sex trafficking.

He moved to a county where he bragged that he can’t be touched because it’s so corrupt and he can just pay them off. Said country arrested him and charged him with the crimes he openly articulated committing, and a little rape for the cherry on top.

His popularity cannot be overstated. He had 25 million people watching his stream at one time. That’s like Super Bowl numbers. His fans are a cult. He redpilled millions of incels and insecure teenagers.

Here’s a legal breakdown:

https://youtu.be/Gs5b04hnfMQ

Obviously investigators would have additional evidence.