Ms. Southern’s account of a 2018 encounter, made in a self-published memoir, adds to the allegations against Mr. Tate, the online influencer. “She is lying through her teeth,” Mr. Tate’s lawyer said.
In February 2018, Lauren Southern, a right-wing Canadian political influencer, met Andrew Tate on a trip to Bucharest, the Romanian capital.
Ms. Southern, then 22, was gaining prominence with provocative videos that expressed anti-feminist and anti-immigrant views. Mr. Tate, a British American kickboxer living in Romania, was building his own online brand of flashy hyper-masculinity — and was years away from public scrutiny over accusations of rape and human trafficking.
On that 2018 trip, Mr. Tate strangled and assaulted Ms. Southern in a hotel room while she was intoxicated, according to a self-published memoir that she released on Tuesday. Chapters of the book, “This Is Not Real Life,” that involve Mr. Tate were published on her Substack.
NEW: @Lauren_Southern provided EVIDENCE of Tate abuse to New York Times
> medical report shows Lauren had signs of strangulation
> Lauren told other people about the alleged abuse THE DAY AFTER
> TEXT MESSAGES corroborating Andrew Tate was drunk and APOLOGIZED to Lauren after… pic.twitter.com/dhJ1NgLD3b— Nick Monroe (@lobsterlooker) July 17, 2025
Substack Link h/t Patti Jo
