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Florida Judge Rules in Tate Defamation Case: "Defendant knew the statements were untrue at the time she made them."

23/07/2024

A Florida court has issued a significant ruling in Andrew and Tristan Tate's civil defamation case against one of the women who accused the Tate Brothers of human trafficking in Romania and then directed those statements into Florida.

In his ruling, Judge G. Joseph Curley found that the Tate Brothers sufficiently pleaded defamation, defamation per se, and civil conspiracy. Regarding the defamation claims, the court held that "Defendant has made statements accusing Plaintiffs of the commission of serious criminal conduct and… that such defamatory statements were made with actual malice in that Defendant knew the statements were untrue at the time she made such accusatory statements…"

The court's decision is a critical development as it directly contradicts the allegations against Andrew and Tristan Tate in their ongoing case in Romania. The ruling sets the stage for extensive discovery, including the deposition of the key defendants, including one of the alleged Romanian victims.

Lead counsel, Joseph McBride of The McBride Law Firm said: "We have successfully pleaded the claims of civil conspiracy and defamation against the woman who conspired to destroy the lives of Andrew and Tristan Tate by wrongfully accusing them of human trafficking. We are excited that this case will now proceed to discovery. I look forward to deposing the defendants."

Regarding civil conspiracy, the court held that the Tate Brothers sufficiently pleaded that there was a conspiratorial agreement between at least two people to commit an unlawful act against them and that the conspirators took steps to further the conspiracy, including defrauding the Tate Brothers out of 200,000 Euros.