Bri Stern, the ex-girlfriend of Andrew Tate, is claiming in a lawsuit that the controversial online influencer and accused rapist set her up in Dubai by filing a false police report against her, causing her to be detained in the city for six weeks.
Stern alleges that in June, Tate, 38, reported her to Dubai police, claiming that she took to social media to share false posts about him, TMZ reported. Since the United Arab Emirates has criminalized such actions, people being investigated for making false statements are prohibited from leaving the country.
Stern alleges that Tate’s actions were the “honeypot trap,” as she usually travels to Dubai because of her modeling career. She also said it was something that Tate, also a former professional kickboxer, was aware of. Stern, in the lawsuit, said that she arrived in Dubai for work on September 27, but she ultimately experienced an issue with Emirati authorities when she attempted to fly out on October 12.
Court documents allege that when Stern arrived at the airport, officials informed her that she had been banned from traveling out of the country because she was being investigated. She also said that the alleged false social media posts she made about Tate were shown to her by the police. But she claims those posts were falsified.
Stern said that she ended up being detained in Dubai for six weeks, adding that police took her phone and repeatedly interrogated her. Stern also said that she reached out to the U.S. Embassy for help, but she was informed their hands were tied.
Stern alleges that she was additionally targeted with threatening messages on social media from Tate’s “minions,”, TMZ reported. She claims that one of the messages that was sent to her DMs, read, “Tate’s gonna get you.”
The model said that her fears heightened when she became aware of reports about Tate and his brother landing in Dubai. In September, Stern was granted a three-year restraining order against Tate, prohibiting the 38-year-old from getting close to her or establishing contact with her during that period. Tate would have breached the order if it were established that he was behind the threatening messages.
Stern filed a civil sexual assault lawsuit against Tate earlier in the year, with popular attorney Tony Buzbee filing the amended complaint on Wednesday. In the amended lawsuit, Tate is accused of false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Stern, in the lawsuit, stated that she ultimately arrived in Los Angeles around November 21, though she did not provide details on how she left the United Arab Emirates.
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