Controversial influencer Andrew Tate portrays himself arsenic "uberwealthy" but did not ain cars and a yacht featured connected his societal media and exaggerated his manner for online attention, his ineligible representatives person said.
Tate and his member Tristan are presently being held successful a Florida jailhouse but are seeking merchandise connected bail portion they await the result of extradition proceedings.
They were arrested past period aft British prosecutors unveiled caller charges including alleged intersexual offences against them, which some men deny.
Prosecutors person argued the Tates are a "flight risk", citing the brothers' past statements astir their wealthiness and power and having aggregate identities to evade the law.
In a ineligible submission to the court, the brothers' ineligible representatives said the Tates' concern exemplary "depends connected online attention".
"The outrageousness of the posts by them and astir them is the point. The much hyperbolic and outlandish the post, the much apt it volition make views and likes, which successful crook generates income. In short, they are playing a role," it says.
At times Andrew Tate has besides exaggerated and utilized hyperbole for "comedic effect" with nary volition to beryllium taken seriously, the submission argues.
"The authorities alleges that the Tates are a hazard of formation based connected their societal media claims that they are 'self-proclaimed billionaires' who ain 'high-end vehicles, backstage jets, and a customized $50-million-dollar superyacht and person unrestricted entree to accepted funds, cryptocurrency, and bitcoin,'" it says.
"But the authorities has not established these grandiose claims are true," it adds.
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