Model Bri Stern, the ex-girlfriend who accused Andrew Tate of violently attacking her during sex earlier this month, is suing the accused trafficker for sexual assault and battery, as well as gender violence.
The move comes on the heels of the police report Stern filed claiming that a March 11 encounter at the Beverly Hills Hotel started out consensually but ended with Tate choking her nearly unconscious.
In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Stern reveals more alleged details of the moment he switched and became verbally degrading and physically violent. She says that although he often denigrated her while they were having sex, this night was “much worse, more aggressive and more violent,” according to the suit.
The two had been dating since last summer, when Stern met Tate while in Romania for a modeling gig for his crypto coin.
Once he began choking her that night, there was no stopping him, Stern alleges. The more she begged, cried and screamed, the more he hurt her. According to the suit, Stern says she almost passed out as Tate gripped her throat with one hand and smacked her face and head with the other until he climaxed.
Tate, a right-wing influencer and self-proclaimed misogynist who stands accused in Romania of rape and trafficking along with his brother, allegedly told Stern that if she ever crossed him he’d kill her. Too frightened to leave that night, she says she photographed her injuries in the bathroom, then pretended nothing was amiss the next morning.
In a statement on Instagram Thursday, Stern said the last words Tate said to her before she left the hotel were, “Shut the f— up, b—h. You will never backtalk me. You are my property.”
Days later, after traveling to New York, Stern consulted a doctor who diagnosed her as “post-concussive,” according to emergency room discharge documents she shared with TMZ.
Stern also supplied screenshots of text messages purportedly from Tate, in which he said things like, “I really love hitting you, it’s very good for me,” and “If you ever betray me, you will regret it.”
Stern filed her police report earlier this week after Tate left the United States and returned to Romania in compliance with requirements in the case against him. She has since hired attorney Tony Buzbee, the lawyer representing more than a hundred alleged victims of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs.
In her statement on Thursday, Stern said that she considered “silently leaving” Tate many times because she was too scared to speak out about the abuse. But she now realizes she “can’t be silent.”
“I will not publicly go over the details of my relationship with Andrew Tate. I know he and his followers will insult me and attack me,” she wrote. “I will not comment further about Andrew Tate beyond what my lawyer has set forth in detail in my lawsuit. Those facts speak for themselves.”
Tate has denied the assault allegations.