Tate – full name Emory Andrew Tate – was born in December 1986.

He is named after his father, an American who worked for the US Air Force in Britain, and who was also a chess master. His mother and father met in the UK before moving to America where Tate was raised until his parents divorced.

Following the divorce, Tate moved to Luton, England, with his mother – where the brothers have since said they experienced poverty.

Tate went on to become a four-time kickboxing world champion.

A self-proclaimed “misogynist” Andrew, he first rose to fame after an appearance on the British version of reality TV show Big Brother in 2016. He lasted six days on the programme, before being removed following the emergence of a video that appeared to show him attacking a woman.

He said at the time that the footage had been edited and was “a total lie trying to make me look bad”.

He went on to find worldwide fame as an online influencer, flaunting an ultra-luxurious lifestyle of fast cars, private jets, and yachts, gaining millions of followers on social media, and with videos featuring or discussing him having been viewed billions of times.

Tate, 38, and his brother Tristan face a number of civic and criminal legal cases, but have denied wrongdoing.