Andrew Tate will face no criminal charges over allegations made by four women who are suing him in a civil case at the high court in London.
The women accuse the self-proclaimed misogynist influencer of sexual violence, including grabbing one by the throat on several occasions in 2015, whipping her with a belt and pointing a gun at her face.
Tate’s barristers told an earlier court hearing there was “total denial of wrongdoing”.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Monday that the legal test to bring criminal charges had not been met.
“We undertook a further review of a case file in relation to allegations of assault and rape between 2013 and 2015,” a CPS spokesperson said.
“Following careful consideration of the evidence provided by Hertfordshire constabulary, we concluded that our legal test for prosecution was not met, and that no further action should be taken.
“We have informed all parties of our decision and offered to meet with the complainants to explain our reasoning in more detail.”
Tate’s UK solicitor, Andrew Ford, welcomed the decision. He said: “Despite much external pressure the evidence speaks for itself in this case and the Crown Prosecution Service have rightly confirmed the evidence is inadequate to provide any realistic prospect of conviction.
“The reason the CPS made this decision will become obvious when the evidence is played out during the civil proceedings.
“We are glad that this is yet another example of a potential criminal case against Andrew Tate falling by the wayside.”
The women brought a civil case against Tate at the high court after the CPS originally decided not to prosecute in 2019.
Three of them had reported Tate to Hertfordshire police, whose investigation was closed that same year.
Tate, 38, has denied the allegations, which include sexual violence, coercive control and assault and battery, describing them as a “pack of lies” and “gross fabrications”.
The women’s lawyer, Matt Jury of McCue Jury & Partners, said the CPS’s decision was “disappointing”.
The CPS announced separately in May that it had authorised 21 charges against Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, 37, after a receipt of a file of evidence from Bedfordshire police.
Andrew Tate faces 10 charges connected to three alleged victims, including rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain. Tristan Tate faces 11 charges connected to one alleged victim, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking.
Bedfordshire police obtained a European arrest warrant for the two men in 2024, but it was agreed that extradition would wait until separate proceedings in Romania had been completed.
