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re: Andrew Tate & Brother Tristan Detained in Romania on UK Arrest Warrant
Andrew Tate: Chats in 'War Room' Suggest Dozens of Women Groomed
Evidence that dozens of women were groomed into online sex work by members of influencer Andrew Tate's "War Room" group has been uncovered by the BBC.
BBC 1 SEP 2023
Leaked internal chat logs identify 45 potential victims between March 2019 and April 2020 but the total number is likely to be higher.
The texts also appear to show the techniques used by War Room members to exploit possible victims.
Mr Tate denies any wrongdoing and says he is prepared to defend his innocence.
A statement issued by his press officer said the BBC's findings represent "another brazen attempt to present one-sided, unverified" allegations against him.
The 36-year-old former kickboxer has been charged in Romania with rape and human trafficking.
On 4 August he was released from house arrest pending his trial. Last week details of graphic evidence compiled by Romanian prosecutors were revealed by the BBC.
His brother Tristan and two associates also face charges. All have denied the allegations.
The BBC's latest investigation - outlined in the documentary Andrew Tate: The Man Who Groomed the World? - centres on 12,000 pages of encrypted Telegram messages sent by hundreds of War Room members.
However the BBC's access to the logs was limited to those sent over a period of 13 months - so the total number of women possibly targeted and exploited by the group, which was formed in 2019, could be much higher.
Mr Tate says the War Room - which costs $8,000 (£6,300) a year to join - is a network of powerful men and those who want to learn from them.
"The War Room promotes self-discipline, motivation and confidence building whilst giving members access to thousands of professionals from around the world who encourage personal responsibility and accountability, emphasising the importance of taking ownership of your choices and actions," the statement issued by Mr Tate reads.
However, the leaked online chats indicate the War Room teaches members through its so-called "PhD" course - the initials stand for "Pimpin' Hoes Degree" - how to groom women into sex work.
Members are instructed by some of the War Room leadership - known as "generals" - to romantically seduce, emotionally manipulate and socially isolate women before luring them into performing on webcams - often taking all or most of the money they make.
While most media attention around the organisation has focused on the Tate brothers, the BBC's investigation found that a self-proclaimed "wizard" who goes by the alias "Iggy Semmelweiss" appears to be the War Room's true leader and intellectual driving force.
Message from "Iggy Semmelweiss" to War Room members:
"We deliberately reduce attention and note if she chases. / Then we set up a 'coffee date' and execute a move to find out if she is WILLING TO PAY for our coffee and serve us.
After that it becomes a series of gradual steps to remove her entire support structure from her life. / Then we 'punish' her for a transgression - real or imagined - by having her get our name tattooed on her, leaving her family's home/apartment/town/country
WebCamming/stripping/walking the track for us, getting us girls, escalate, escalate, escalate.
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