Andrew Tate claims the woman accusing him is bankrolled by outside money, framing his legal fight as a political setup rather than a criminal case.

• The accuser known as "girl A" is said to have 11 lawyers paid for by a US-funded NGO.
• She was allegedly paid $30,000 days before contacting Tristan Tate and travelling to Miami.
• After five days in Romania she made her accusation and disappeared, and Romanian authorities moved against the brothers at British urging.
• The legal team is now spending heavily in a US court to get the case thrown out and avoid a public deposition.
• The whole fight is cast as an attack on men, with basic self-improvement advice treated as extremism.

Outlook: The US case is the pressure point — whether the accuser is forced to testify on the record will decide which story holds.