- A woman in the UK claimed that in 2014, Andrew Tate choked her during sex until she passed out.
- The woman told the BBC that when she regained consciousness, Tate was still trying to have sex with her.
A woman in the UK said a sexual encounter with Andrew Tate turned violent, and that he choked her until she passed out.
Speaking to BBC Newsnight's Victoria Derbyshire, Evie — not her real name — said that she met the controversial influencer and ex-kick boxer in 2014 when he was working as a club doorman in a bar in Luton, UK.
He seemed "nice enough," Evie told Derbyshire.
Then aged 20, she said she first had consensual sex with Tate in August 2014. A few months later, they had sex again in her apartment, but he quickly turned violent during that sexual encounter, she said to the BBC.
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Evie said to the outlet that Tate "put his hand on my throat and strangled me," causing her to pass out.
She said that when she regained consciousness, Tate was "still trying to have sex" with her, per the BBC.
Evie also added that Tate kept repeating: "I own you, you belong to me." She told the BBC as well that Tate threatened to kill her, and continued to make violent threats until he left the following morning.
She said that she is only speaking out now because she "didn't see it as rape or sexual assault" when it happened. But about six years later, when she described the experience to her friends, she realized that she had been a victim of sexual assault, per the BBC.
A spokesperson for Tate told Insider in an email statement: "We understand there is a lot of interest surrounding Andrew at the moment; however, he vehemently denies these accusations and does not condone violence of any kind towards women. All sexual acts that Andrew has partaken in have been consensual and agreed upon before by both parties."
Evie joins three other women who have alleged that they were sexually assaulted by Tate. And in February, a former girlfriend of Tate said he convinced her to join him in Romania to make porn, and also choked her during sex until she passed out.
Tate, a self-proclaimed misogynist, is currently under house arrest with his brother Tristan. They are under investigation in Romania for sexual assault and human trafficking but have denied all the allegations against them.
Tate's lawyers did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.