Self-proclaimed misogynist ‘brazen’ about refusing to pay tax on revenue from online businesses, court told

Self-proclaimed misogynist ‘brazen’ about refusing to pay tax on revenue from online businesses, court told

Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, have been accused of failing to pay tax on £21m of revenue from their online businesses.

Devon and Cornwall police are bringing a civil claim against the brothers and a third person referred to as J over unpaid tax, Westminster magistrates’ court heard on Monday. The force is seeking about £2.8m in seven frozen bank accounts.

Sarah Clarke KC for Devon and Cornwall police said: “Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are serial tax and VAT evaders. They, in particular Andrew Tate, are brazen about it.”

It is claimed that they paid no tax in any country on £21m revenue from businesses online earned between 2014 and 2022. Clarke quoted from a video posted online by Andrew Tate, in which the self-proclaimed misogynist said: “When I lived in England I refused to pay tax.”

The court heard he said his approach was “ignore, ignore, ignore because in the end they go away”. The court also heard that the brothers had a “huge number of bank accounts” in the UK, seven of which have been frozen.

  • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    211·
    6 months ago

    I’m not a fan of Tate and don’t like him at all but I have never once seen actual evidence of the claims. Which I find odd.

    If he truly did all these horrifying things, he should be sent to prison for good. However, I haven’t seen a single evidence of any claims. Perhaps it’s me not looking the right way.

    • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      151·
      6 months ago

      Perhaps it’s me not looking the right way.

      Well…are you an officer, detective, or prosecutor working on a case against him? Lol

    • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
      114·
      6 months ago

      There isn’t any. For the most part he’s just mobbed on from people seeing 10 second clips of him bragging or saying what a woman should do.

      Their favorite influencer said something bad about them and now that’s their opinion too. Ya know like how most of everybody’s hate mobs are developed these days.