Tate brothers seek judicial review of decision not to tell them accusers’ names

Andrew and Tristan Tate are not being told the names of the women who have accused them of rape and human trafficking over fears the brothers might publish them on social media, the high court has heard. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorised charges against the Tates in March 2024 in relation to the women’s allegations but their accusers’ identities have not been disclosed to the brothers or their representatives. The Tates have denied any wrongdoing. On Tuesday, the Tates’ lawyers sought a judicial review of the CPS’s decision, claiming that the unprecedented withholding of the women’s identities prejudiced the brothers’ ability to defend themselves and breached their human rights. Lawyers for the Tates claimed the CPS had failed to take into consideration the brothers’ “good character”, adding that prosecutors were prejudicing the men’s right to a fair trial under article 6 of the European convention on human rights (ECHR). The Tates are now living in Romania. At a hearing in which the Tates were seeking a judicial review of the prosecutors’ decision, Mr Justice Chamberlain heard that Andrew Tate, 39, was being accused by three women of crimes that were said to have been committed between 2014 and 2016. His younger brother, Tristan, 37, is accused by one woman relating to alleged criminality that took place between April 2012 and 2016. They both deny the allegations. …