Alleged rapists and human traffickers Andrew and Tristan Tate are suing 13 social media users for defamation, claiming they conspired to spread smears against the controversial influencer brothers.
The aggressive legal move, slammed by victims’ rights activists as an ‘intimidation tactic’, comes as Andrew’s influencer girlfriend filed a lawsuit against him on Thursday for alleged abuse including choking her on March 11 in Beverly Hills shortly after he returned to the US.
The Tates’ 61-page defamation lawsuit, filed from their new home of Florida, is the latest attempt by the multi-millionaire brothers to shut down accusers who claim they ran a criminal organization forcing women to make OnlyFans porn, trafficked minors for sex, beat and raped victims.
Their Palm Beach County court complaint is against a total 15 defendants, some identified only by their X social media usernames, such as ‘CrayonMurders’ and ‘Mad_About_Sheep’.
Among the 15 are popular Australian YouTuber Nathan Livingstone, UK lawyer for alleged Tate victims Matthew Jury, and top sex exploitation victim advocate Eleanor Gaetan, who also represents the Tates’ sex abuse accusers.
The Tate brothers claim these X users formed a group called ‘Team Matrix’ to ‘maliciously defame the Tate Brothers and turn public opinion against them,’ using information fed to them by lawyers for the alleged Tate victims.