When he was a contestant on the well-known UK TV show Big Brother season 17, a rumored obscene video of him purportedly whipping a woman emerged online. His tumultuous eviction followed the acrimonious claim and backlash.

He has asserted, nonetheless, that she authorized the actions.

Plus, he was expelled from the British Big Brother house in 2016 after a video showed him using a belt to assault a woman. A piece about him and his brother, Tristan Tate, appeared in the Daily Mirror newspaper in March.

Conversely, a Romanian magazine said the raid was sparked by suspicions that an American woman was being held captive at the Tate home.

Cops discovered both the American and a Romanian woman inside the residence during the raid, according to the post.