According to the law firm McCue Jury & Partners, representing the women, the primary aim of the lawsuit is to seek “justice, accountability and compensation for Tate’s victims”, who worked as webcam models for Tate in Luton from 2013 onwards and claim they were abused, poorly paid and threatened to try to stop them going to the police, according to Sky News.

The women are currently hoping to raise funds to start their UK civil damages claim through crowdfunding and are encouraging Hertfordshire police to reopen an abandoned police investigation into Tate.

Hertfordshire police began investigating the women’s allegations in 2015 and arrested Tate three times on suspicion of raping two women and assaulting a third; however, the case was abandoned four years later with no further action. The Crown Prosecution Service said it had reviewed carefully all the evidence provided by Hertfordshire police in its investigation in 2019 and found no realistic prospect of conviction.

The controversial kickboxer-turned-influencer continues to deny all accusations against him and was released from a Romanian jail on 31 March 2023 before being placed under house arrest. In August 2023, he was released from house arrest and placed under judicial control measures that currently prevent him from leaving Romania.

What we know about the sexual assault allegations against Tristan and Andrew Tate