Andrew Tate rose to fame on a message of forceful masculinity that positioned men as rightful dominators over women. From his base in Romania, he promised to help guide men through “the Matrix,” his conspiratorial term for a world that he says unfairly demonizes men, and called the criminal accusations against him evidence of persecution.
Now, the sudden arrival of Mr. Tate and his brother Tristan Tate in Florida has alarmed women’s rights groups and women who say they have been victimized by the brothers.
Questions over whether U.S. officials intervened to help the Tates have only added to concerns that their ideology will thrive, even as they face separate investigations in Romania and Britain.
Here is what to know about the response to their arrival in the country.
Accusers called the move a ‘slap in the face.’
“It felt like their power knows no bounds,” said Dani Pinter, a lawyer representing an American woman who has accused the Tate brothers of luring her to Romania to exploit her.
The client, who has sued the brothers in a Florida court, was “terrified and shocked” that they had come to the state, said Ms. Pinter, a senior vice president at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
After their arrival, Ms. Pinter called it “a slap in the face to all the victims of the Tate brothers, especially the U.S. victim who is not being protected by her country.”
