evidence: Leaked Texts Show Andrew Tate’s Alleged Trafficking Tactics When far-right influencer Andrew Tate was arrested by Romanian authorities on suspicion of sex trafficking last December, the Romanian agency DIICOT argued that Tate and his brother Tristan used the "loverboy method" to lure women to their compound in Bucharest under the guise of having a relationship with them before forcing them to do sex work. Tate has maintained his innocence, arguing that he never at any point has had to coerce any of his partners into doing sex work for him and recently telling Tucker Carlson that he had "no financial motivation" to force women to make online content for him. [...] In a statement, a spokesperson for Tate told Rolling Stone that the woman referred to in the "purported screenshots" "has publicly and categorically refuted any mistreatment from the brothers," and that the release of the screenshots is part of a smear campaign against the Tates. "While all statements from the alleged victims, incriminating the brothers, have been unquestioningly accepted by the public, the evidence supporting the brothers’ innocence has not been given the same fair treatment," the spokesperson said.