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The Sun
29-05-2025
- General
- The Sun
Andrew Tate and brother Tristan ‘WILL return to the UK' to face rape and string of other offences, lawyer says
ANDREW and Tristan Tate will return to the UK to plead their case after the pair were hit with rape charges, their lawyer has said. The Tate brother's were charged with rape and a string of other offences against three women in the UK on Wednesday. 4 4 4 Controversial influencer Andrew, who is currently in Romania, is accused of ten charges in total. This includes rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain against three women. His brother Tristan, 36, is charged with 11 offences against one alleged victim - including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking. The brothers are facing a string of alleged sex crimes in Romania, which prosecutors say must be settled first. Andrew Ford, the pair's legal representative, confirmed in a statement that once proceedings in Romania are over they will address the ones in Britain. Ford told Sky News: "The Tates will return to face UK allegations". Lawyer Matt Jury, representing the alleged victims, said: 'We welcome the clarity from the Crown Prosecution Service that our authorities are working to ensure the Tates face justice here in the UK – they cannot be allowed to escape extradition." Tate is also being sued by four other women, after the CPS decided not to prosecute in 2019. It comes after the brothers flew to the US in February after they were freed from house arrest in Romania. While in the States, the Tate brothers did a tour of popular podcasts and rubbed shoulders with some of Los Angeles biggest influencers. Andrew and Tristan returned to Bucharest shortly after while investigations continue into their alleged sex crimes. Both have continued to maintain their innocence over those allegations. Ex-kickboxer Andrew moved to Romania years ago after first starting a webcam business in the UK. The self-proclaimed misogynist also appeared on Big Brother but was famously booted off the show.
Daily Mail
28-05-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
Bombshell twist in rape case against woke CEO accused of sick sex crimes
The rape charges against woke CEO Dan Price have been dropped due to lack of evidence. Price, 41, was once hailed as the most loved CEO ever after he slashed $1 million from his own salary at his Seattle-based company Gravity Payments to raise his staff's minimum salaries to $70,000. However, his clean image was soiled when he was accused of rape by his model ex-girlfriend Kacie Margis. Margis came forward in a New York Times piece claiming that Price raped her in a Palm Springs, California hotel room in 2021. A grand jury in Riverside County indicted him on one count of rape of an unconscious victim in September, reported the Los Angeles Times. However, the charges were dropped on Tuesday after prosecutors decided they did not have enough evidence to pursue the case. The Riverside County district attorney's office told The Seattle Times, 'Our office thoroughly reviewed all available evidence and, after careful consideration, has determined that we are unable to pursue charges against Mr. Price.' At the time of the indictment, Price voluntarily appeared in court and posted a $55,000 bail. 'As I have said repeatedly throughout that time, I have never physically or sexually assaulted anyone; and I look forward to the opportunity to prove my innocence,' he said on X in October. Price denied the allegations but never entered a formal plea because his arraignment was delayed several times. His lawyer Vicki Podberesky said their team had submitted additional evidence to the district attorney's office and praised their decision to drop the case. 'Dan has never wavered in asserting his innocence. There was not a shred of credible evidence that Dan did anything wrong, and the dismissal of these charges was the only just result,' said Podberesky. Margis gave a statement to the court expressing her disappointment with the dismissal. '[The grand jury] believed me, but now I sit here watching that same man walk free again,' she said. 'I hope this court recognizes the strength it takes to survive something like this – to speak out, to relive it over and over and still stand tall.' Margis told the New York Times that Price reportedly said it was 'so hard being him in the world because of his intelligence.' The model returned to the hotel room after their argument, taking a cannabis edible before Price asked her for sex and she refused. She told cops that as she fell asleep she felt Price penetrate her even after she said no, and was worried 'he would kill her if she tried to stop him.' Margis said she asked Price 'did you just rape me?' before the multi-millionaire denied the allegation that he assaulted her. Price started dating Margis after messaging her on Instagram on Valentine's Day in 2020, but the model didn't reply until the following year. After the attack, Margis text a friend that she was 'shaking' and 'could hardly speak,' adding that Price had looked her 'dead in the eyes and said what I know happened didn't happen.' She only came across Price after spotting his posts on social media championing workers' rights and corporate responsibility. His ex-wife Kristie Colon appeared on Good Morning America to describe how he 'terrified' her during their marriage. 'He threw me on the ground, he punched me he got on top of me he strangled me, all of those things. 'It was always extremely less stressful for me if others were there because I knew he wouldn't be as brutal to me as he was in private. 'People were terrified of what Dan would potentially do... it's hard to go up against a well-curated persona,' she said.
Times
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Rape charges against Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis dropped
A judge in the southern Italian town of Brindisi has agreed not to pursue rape charges against the Oscar-winning Canadian film director Paul Haggis three years after Haggis was arrested at a film festival in Puglia. Judge Vilma Gilli accepted a prosecutor's request to drop the case against Haggis, who was arrested in 2022 while in Puglia to make a promotional film and attend the Allora Film Festival in Ostuni. Haggis won Oscars for writing Million Dollar Baby, which was directed by Clint Eastwood and named best picture in 2005, and for directing the following year's best picture winner, Crash. Haggis, 72, was put under house arrest for two weeks in June 2022 after being accused of sexual assault and aggravated injuries by
