Two women who say they were raped and strangled by the controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate have spoken to the BBC about their experiences.

Another woman has alleged, for the first time, she was raped by Mr Tate’s younger brother, Tristan - also an influencer with millions of followers.

The Tate brothers, aged 37 and 36, currently face charges in Romania of human trafficking and forming an organised group to sexually exploit women. Andrew Tate is also charged with rape.

If found guilty, the two men could be jailed for more than 10 years. They strongly deny the charges against them.

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    What makes you think Epstein was stupid? I’m asking genuinly. I always thought it was a clever scheme to get all the leverage on influential people, but I don’t know that much about him.

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      Go scratch the surface of his resume.

      He was a cutout used by more powerful people, and placed into roles he wasn’t remotely qualified for.

      Basically, his hedge fund was a front. Rich people would park their money there, and in return, get access to the underage girls he provided.

      Which gave him more access, and more influence, to other elites e.g. politicians and aristocrats, which was used by his handlers in the intelligence communities to unclear ends.

      There’s a reason why that tapes the FBI discovered at his properties have gone “missing”, at least from public view.

      As for why I said he’s a moron, start here:

      His plan to cryogenically freeze his head and penis, to be reanimated in the future and repopulate the Earth.

      Oh, and just for the lulz.

      "Donald Barr’s son, US Attorney General William Barr is currently investigating the death of Jeffrey Epstein.

      In 1973, Donald Barr, hired a young 20 year old college dropout named Jeffrey E. Epstein to teach math at the Dalton School. Epstein taught at the school between 1974 and 1976.

      Donald Barr also wrote this sci-fi novel, Space Relations, about sex slavery in space."

      Other accounts dispute that Donald Barr actually met Epstein, but not that he was the headmaster at the school that hired Epstein, nor that he wrote that book.

      I’m not sure if this is another piece of damning evidence of him being placed in positions because of his proclivities, or just a darkly hilarious wtf fact.

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        The cryogenic freezing is superstupid indeed if meant seriously and not just as a kind of kink. The rest of it is just immoral and/or perverted but kind of clever?