Few people have become as popular, influential and seemingly wealthy in as short a space of time as the influencer Andrew Tate. In December 2022 Tate was arrested in Romania accused of rape and of grooming women into working for him as online sex workers. The world is now focused on his upcoming trial Andrew Tate: The Man Who Groomed the World? BBC 2023
For two years I’ve been investigating his secretive society The War Room … ‘Let’s not kid ourselves, this is a cult.’ ibid.
The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate, Vice TV 2022: His messaging at this stage was misogynistic but many thought it was an act rather than evidence of something genuinely criminal. ibid.
Membership to Andrew Tate’s War Room: ‘They’ll be a spiritual journey there are well.’ ibid. Tate
Manipulating women into sex work seems central to the War Room’s agenda. ibid.
He says he’s the most relevant person in the world. ibid.
Central to the War Room … [Grand High Priest] Iggy has managed to dodge accountability by remaining in the shadows. ibid.