Andrew Tate's lawyers formally requested written assurances from the Crown Prosecution Service that he would not be arrested if he returned to the United Kingdom to give evidence in a civil case in which four women accuse him of rape. The CPS refused that request. The disclosure was made at a preliminary hearing in the high court on Tuesday and confirms that Tate remains effectively unable to set foot on British soil without facing immediate arrest.
The CPS wrote to Tate's legal team stating there was no reason to withdraw the existing arrest warrants to allow him to return for civil proceedings, The Guardian reported.The service made its position clear: If either Andrew or his brother Tristan Tate chose to return to the UK voluntarily they would be arrested. Matt Jury, a lawyer representing the four women bringing the civil case, said in a witness statement that it now appeared extremely unlikely Tate would ever return to Britain voluntarily. He noted that both brothers had already applied to give their evidence remotely from the United States.
