Controversial influencer Andrew Tate is suing a Florida girl, saying she lied when she accused him of human trafficking.
Tate, who has been charged in Romania with human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group, claims the lady's false accusations led to his arrest.
Tate's brother Tristan additionally faces human trafficking and organised crime prices, alongside a cost of inciting others to violence.
The brothers are looking for a minimum of $5m (£3.8m) of their lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday in opposition to the lady, her mother and father, one other girl who lived on the Tates' property and a male buddy of the lady.
The Tates say the 5 conspired to falsely accuse them of human trafficking and rape, costing them their freedom and tens of millions of {dollars} in earnings from their profitable social media, podcasting and enterprise ventures.
They have been first arrested at a property in Bucharest in December final yr and held in custody till March, once they have been launched underneath home arrest.
The brothers are accused of tricking seven ladies into sexual exploitation on faux guarantees of a relationship, forcing them into pornography and subjecting them to bodily violence.
But the Tates' attorneys declare the brothers are victims of the Florida girl, calling her "a professional con artist".
The lawsuit claims she pursued a sexual relationship with Tristan Tate to be able to transfer to Romania, then tried to defraud the brothers.
When that failed, she conspired with the others to make false statements to Romanian and US embassy authorities that led to the arrests, the attorneys say.
"At no point did the Tate brothers engage in human trafficking," the lawsuit says.
The attorneys say the lady "is a serial liar, manipulator and schemer who exploits vulnerable, often wealthy men with good intentions for sexual, financial and emotional profit".
Romanian investigators have stated the ladies dwelling on the Tates' Bucharest property have been allegedly managed by “intimidation, constant surveillance” and claims they have been in debt.
The lawsuit says the ladies dwelling on the Tates' property have been free to return and go as they happy, and claims Tristan Tate solely paid for the Florida girl's flight to Romania "in the spirit of fun and adventure" after discussing her modelling plans.
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The brothers allege she conspired with a British girl on the property to defraud them of $200,000 (£152,000) by falsely claiming they wanted it for "something important" and went to the US embassy with trafficking claims when that plan failed.
That led Romanian officers to raid the house the place she was staying, starting the investigation into the Tates, the lawsuit says.
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