The cases against Andrew and Tristan Tate
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's Consider This, where every day we go deep on one big news story. Today, the United Kingdom's case against right-wing influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan.
What charges were recently filed against Andrew and Tristan Tate and how many total counts are there?
The Tates were arrested in Miami over the weekend after Crown prosecutors issued 38 new criminal charges. This brings the total number of charges against them to 59. And these charges include multiple counts of rape and sex trafficking. The brothers deny the charges against them.
How does Andrew Tate publicly describe women and masculinity in his media appearances?
Andrew Tate is, of course, known for polarizing and misogynistic views. Here he is earlier this year on the Raw Talk podcast talking about women in the U.S.
Women run this country. Women have more rights in basically any situation than a man. Men don't have a single benefit or right over women in any scenario ever. Women can accuse you of rape and things you didn't do and completely wreck your life with no evidence at all. Women have all the power in this entire country. Everything is all female-led. And that is done not because women are powerful. That is done by other men, evil men, who understand the best way to attack masculinity is to empower women to the point where they just completely drown out masculinity.
Andrew and Tristan Tate have dual U.S. and British citizenship, and the United Kingdom's Crown Prosecution Service is seeking to extradite them to Britain to face their charges. Consider this. The crimes that the Tate brothers are charged with are the foundation of a lucrative business believed to exploit women and young girls. Coming up, we talk to a reporter who has dug through the documents at the heart of another investigation into the Tates. From NPR, I'm Elsa Chang.
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What is the alleged business model behind the Tate brothers' online empire?
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It's Consider This from NPR. Andrew and Tristan Tate deny the dozens of charges against them that led to their arrest in Miami over the weekend. Their lawyer says that all of this is a, quote, political hit. The Tates are also under investigation in Romania, where they were indicted for a series of violent crimes several years ago. Heidi Blake is a reporter for The New Yorker who got a hold of sealed Romanian prosecutorial documents for that case. Also, British police records and thousands of texts between the Tates and numerous women. Heidi Blake joins us now from the U.K. where she is based. Welcome. Hi, Elsa. Great to be on the show. Great to have you. So people might be familiar with Andrew Tate as a right-wing influencer, but can you just explain the business of the Tate brothers at the core of these charges?
Yeah, so Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan made their fortune in webcam pornography. This was something they struck on at the end of careers as international kickboxers. They realised they weren't going to make big money in that sport and so they set about figuring out how to make a quick buck and alighted on the idea that they could persuade their girlfriends to perform online for them. as webcam pornography workers. And this was the starting point of what became a massive empire of online sexual exploitation. And they made a point of keeping the money these women made and using all sorts of pretty sophisticated and carefully calculated methods to control these women, to isolate them from their friends and family.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:12
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What charges were recently filed against Andrew and Tristan Tate and how many total counts are there?
0:12–0:30
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How does Andrew Tate publicly describe women and masculinity in his media appearances?
0:30–2:02
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What is the alleged business model behind the Tate brothers' online empire?
2:02–12:13
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