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Two women who say they were raped and strangled by the controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate have spoken to the BBC about their experiences.

Another woman has alleged, for the first time, she was raped by Mr Tate’s younger brother, Tristan - also an influencer with millions of followers.

The Tate brothers, aged 37 and 36, currently face charges in Romania of human trafficking and forming an organised group to sexually exploit women. Andrew Tate is also charged with rape.

If found guilty, the two men could be jailed for more than 10 years. They strongly deny the charges against them.

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[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Maybe young men should build a role-model construct of good qualities they see rather than idolize a single patriarchal figure and seek to emulate them, including their flaws.

Speaking as someone who was fortunate to have a decent dad, and a decent step dad, who were radically different.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Plenty of kids do not have decent male role models in their life though. That's part of the problem. So they turn to the internet and find people like Tate.

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I really have no idea how we fix that on the internet. I guess volunteer for big brothers/big sisters if you can.

[-] PeefJerky@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

The power of anonymity.

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