Controversial influencer Andrew Tate is suing a Florida girl, saying she lied when she accused him of human trafficking.
Tate, who has been charged in Romania with human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group, claims the girl's false accusations led to his arrest.
Tate's brother Tristan additionally faces human trafficking and organised crime prices, alongside a cost of inciting others to violence.
The brothers are in search of not less than $5m (£3.8m) of their lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday towards the girl, her mother and father, one other girl who lived on the Tates' property and a male pal of the girl.
The Tates say the 5 conspired to falsely accuse them of human trafficking and rape, costing them their freedom and hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in revenue from their profitable social media, podcasting and enterprise ventures.
They had been first arrested at a property in Bucharest in December final yr and held in custody till March, after they had been launched below home arrest.
The brothers are accused of tricking seven ladies into sexual exploitation on faux guarantees of a relationship, forcing them into pornography and subjecting them to bodily violence.
But the Tates' attorneys declare the brothers are victims of the Florida girl, calling her "a professional con artist".
The lawsuit claims she pursued a sexual relationship with Tristan Tate to be able to transfer to Romania, then tried to defraud the brothers.
When that failed, she conspired with the others to make false statements to Romanian and US embassy authorities that led to the arrests, the attorneys say.
"At no point did the Tate brothers engage in human trafficking," the lawsuit says.
The attorneys say the girl "is a serial liar, manipulator and schemer who exploits vulnerable, often wealthy men with good intentions for sexual, financial and emotional profit".
Romanian investigators have mentioned the ladies dwelling on the Tates' Bucharest property had been allegedly managed by “intimidation, constant surveillance” and claims they had been in debt.
The lawsuit says the ladies dwelling on the Tates' property had been free to come back and go as they happy, and claims Tristan Tate solely paid for the Florida girl's flight to Romania "in the spirit of fun and adventure" after discussing her modelling plans.
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The brothers allege she conspired with a British girl on the property to defraud them of $200,000 (£152,000) by falsely claiming they wanted it for "something important" and went to the US embassy with trafficking claims when that plan failed.
That led Romanian officers to raid the house the place she was staying, starting the investigation into the Tates, the lawsuit says.
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