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EPISODE · Aug 30, 2025 · 41 MIN

Tate Brothers Suing Meta and TikTok

from Crime Stories with Nancy Grace · host iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, file lawsuits in California, suing Meta and TikTok for kicking the pair off their platforms in 2022. The lawsuits allege defamation and unlawful deplatforming.They claim the banning of their accounts was a politically motivated campaign to suppress and destroy their reputations and livelihoods, not a neutral enforcement of platform rules. They also claim Meta and TikTok defamed them by making "reckless and inflammatory statements portraying Tate as a sex trafficker—without evidence, without trial, and without due process."  The brothers are seeking over $50 million in compensatory damages from each company.  This is in the midst of new assault claims against the Tate brothers. Lauren Southern, a right-wing Canadian political influencer, writes in her Substack that she met Andrew Tate on a trip to Bucharest.  At 22, Southern approached Tate with a business proposition. She says on that 2018 trip, Tate choked and assaulted her while she was intoxicated. The self-published memoir is titled “This Is Not Real Life.” Kickboxer and media influencer Andrew Tate is charged with rape, human trafficking, and more. He's now facing three sex abuse legal battles in two countries. Tate and his brother were taken into custody in Romania, where they live. Prosecutors say the Tates and two associates formed an organized criminal group to groom and sexually traffic women in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Romania. The indictment names seven women who say the Tate brothers recruited them with false promises, including love and marriage, but instead took them to buildings where they intimidated them and watched over them constantly, forcing them into debt and pornography.  Joining Nancy Grace Today: Greg Ahlgren – International Attorney-at-Law at the US-MX Law Group, Ltd. & DRT Alliance/Diaz Reus International Law Firm Dr. Joni Johnston – Forensic Psychologist and Private Investigator (performs risk and threat assessments on violent offenders); Author: “Serial Killers: 101 Questions True Crime Fans Ask” Sheryl McCollum – Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder & Host of New Podcast: “Zone 7;" X: @149Zone7 Lee Reiber – Mobile Device Forensic Expert, COO: Oxygen Forensics, Inc., Author: “Mobile Forensic Investigations: A Guide to Evidence Collection, Analysis, and Presentation” Dawn Schiller (Los Angeles, CA)- Training Director for the L.A. County Project at Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST), Lived Experience Expert Consultant, and Best-selling Author: “The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes;" Also a National Speaker, Educator and Mentor; Twitter: @DawnSchiller, Instagram: DawnSchiller55, Facebook: Author Dawn Schiller Caitlyn Becker (Los Angeles, CA) - Senior Reporter for Dailymail.com; Twitter: @caitlynbecker See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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