Overview

• In excerpts released July 15, Southern alleges that during a 2018 trip to Romania Tate sexually assaulted her and repeatedly strangled her unconscious after she refused his advances.
• She describes a dinner and nightclub outing that left her disoriented before Tate carried her to her hotel room and forced himself on her despite her clear refusals.
• Tate took to social media to dismiss the allegations as attention-seeking and threatened to publish private messages he says contradict her account.
• The claims surface as Tate remains under house arrest in Romania on human trafficking and organized crime probes and faces forthcoming UK charges for rape and related offenses.
• Southern’s decision to go public underscores a pattern of similar accusations against Tate and influenced her departure from far-right activism.