Dozens of American and British teens traveled to Andrew Tate’s hideout Romanian warehouse to attend Hustlers University, which was reportedly added to Google Maps, reports NYPost.
Neighbors told the Times of London that during the summer, young men of around 18 and 19 began showing up there, where women reportedly worked around-the-clock shifts producing porn videos.
Tate, a 36-year-old former world kickboxing champ and British Big Brother participant, was arrested Thursday for allegedly running an „organized crime group” that trafficked women and forced them to create porn. The women were allegedly kept under „house arrest”, with videos of one victim suspected to have generated nearly $55,000 a month while she was paid nothing.
Tate has reportedly said that the women kept 80% to 85% of the income from their videos and that „most of the girls ended up being multimillionaires”.
Tate was caught out along with his brother Tristan, 34, and two alleged female accomplices during a raid on the compound, where cash and guns were allegedly seized.
Neighbors said at least eight to 10 women appeared in videos during constant rotating shifts inside.
„You could see the women inside working on the video cameras”, a neighbor said. „There were women there 24 hours a day”.
The number of women reportedly dropped after police raided the compound in April.
Tate bought the building in 2016 for roughly 180,000 British pounds, or about $217,000, neighbors said.
The king of toxic masculinity reportedly also bought an adjoining property during the summer.
The website for Tate’s „Hustlers University 3.0” claims it has more than 168,000 members who pay $49 a month to learn how to make money online. It also says the cost will increase to $147 a month after 170,000 people sign up to get rich quickly.
At the time of their arrests, the Tate brothers were preparing to host a New Year’s Eve party at a 48-room mansion Comarnic. They reportedly bought the century-old mansion about a year ago, after it was modernized to include an underground garage and swimming pool.
Tate also reportedly said that „40% of the reason I moved to Romania was because rape laws are more lenient there”.
„I’m not a f–king rapist but I like the idea of just being able to do what I want”, he added.
Tate’s defence lawyer Eugen Vidineac said last week’s criminal allegations involve videos posted on TikTok and OnlyFans, a subscription site widely used by sex workers.
„They deny the allegations, and they want to cooperate with the prosecutors and to declare their innocence”, he said. „They deny any exploitation of women”.
Pizza box may have led to arrest of controversial internet personality Andrew Tate in Romania
