Andrew tet The next summer will face a civil test in the High Court on claims of rape and sexual violence brought by four women.
A judge ruled testsWhich was originally expected to be in February 2027, should be brought forward.
Four women are sue Former professional kickboxer on allegations of sexual violence, in which he caught one by throat on several occasions in 2015, assaulted him with a belt and pointed to a gun on his face. Mr. Tate denies any wrongdoing.
At a hearing on Wednesday, Mrs. Justice Lambert said he “was very keen” with the case and should be listed soon, fixing the test to start on 22 June 2026.
It can last up to five weeks, expected to be in a later date with another initial hearing.
He said: “We just need to do this, in fact. It is not in the interest of anyone that the matter goes into a long grass of 2027.”
After the short hearing, the four contenders said: “We welcome the judge’s decision to bring our case forward.
“We have already spent years waiting for justice, and so there is some comfort to hear that Andrew Tate will face these allegations in a court before the original plan of 2027.”
A previous hearing in April was told that the case is first considered legal as it would consider whether in a civil context, there may be a deliberate amount of forced control allegations.
Judge Richard Armstrong said the claimants were “demanding loss of six figures”.
Women are bringing a civil case after the Crown Prosecution Service did not decide to prosecute. Three of the British accused were the subject of an investigation by Hetfordshire Constabulary, which was discontinued in 2019.
In the court documents, one of the women claimed that the high-profile affecting “would strangle her or catch her or if she talks to her or says anything that she did not like … until she told her that she loved her or apologized for what she asked at that time”.
He alleged that Mr. Tate put him in a headlock or killed him with a belt, if he did not get out of bed and work for his webcam business.
Documents also claim that Mr. Tate, 38, “were weapons including firearms, which often pointed to him” and he “indicated him that he would like to kill someone if he could do”.
Shri tate It assumes that his account is “construction” and “a pack of lies”, and the first allegations have been described as “unproven and unused”.
In a statement, a spokesperson of Sri Tate said earlier: “He ever refuses to threaten someone with a gun, attached to non-peace acts or subjugates any person to physical or psychological losses.
“These are citizens claims, brought over years after alleged incidents and followed the CPS decision not to pursue criminal allegations.
“It is deeply upset that such graphic and unilateral accounts are being promoted before any judicial evaluation.”
The statement said: “Mr. Tate will strictly defend himself and believe that the truth will be strong.”
Mr. Tate and his brother Triston are also facing prosecution in Romania on allegations of smugglers, a minor and intercourse with money laundering.
