Andrew Tate sought CPS assurance he would not be arrested if he returned to UK, court hears

Andrew Tate sought written assurances from prosecutors that he would not be arrested if he returned to the UK for a civil case in which he is accused of rape, a court has heard. Lawyers for the influencer and self-described misogynist, who has been charged with ten criminal offences and is under investigation by various forces, made the submission last year. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) declined the request by Tate and his brother Tristan, who were charged together last May with rape, sexual assault and other offences. “There is no reason why the CPS should seek to withdraw the warrants to enable your clients to return to the UK to give evidence in the civil proceedings,” the service wrote, according to a witness statement submitted to the high court by a lawyer for the alleged victims. “It therefore follows that the CPS can give no assurances that should either of your clients voluntarily return to the UK that they would not be arrested.” Matt Jury, a lawyer representing the four claimants in the civil case said in his statement that it “appears extremely unlikely, given the defendant’s public statements, that he will ever voluntarily return to the UK, a view further supported by the fact that he and his brother have made a formal application to give evidence remotely in these proceedings from America.” The disclosure was made during a preliminary hearing in regard to a civil case in which four women accuse the Tate brothers of rape, coercive control and assault and …