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X Factor star reveals she ‘dodged a bullet’ after matching with Andrew Tate on dating app
A FORMER X Factor singer has revealed she "dodged a bullet" after matching with Andrew Tate on a dating app
Janet Devlin, who rose to fame on the eight series of the show in 2011, revealed she exchanged numbers with the disgraced media personality.
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The singer-songwriter, who finished in fifth place on The X Factor, said she matched with the jailed star on a matchmaking site.
Her allegations come as Tate was accused of violently abusing two women while running a webcam business in the UK.
The 36-year-old misogynist influencer has been accused of sex trafficking and rape and is currently in jail.
Janet said she got an "icky" vibe from Tate, who was arrested last year in Romania, after speaking on the phone.
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Tate and his brother Tristan remain in prison as prosecutors and police investigate his dealings, including allegations of rape against Andrew.
Janet, 28, thinks she "dodged a bullet" after calling off chatting to the media star as she could have been "locked in Romania doing webcam".
"I matched with him on a dating app," she explained on with comedian Dave Elliot.
"I matched with Andrew Tate, right – it was, I can't remember if it was Raya or Tinder, but I used to be a dating app fiend.
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"We matched and I think we organised to go on a date, and then I had to cancel it and move it.
"I was not really fully sold on him, whenever he came out later on and I Googled him, I was like, 'I think it's the same guy'.
"That photo showed up and I was like, 'It's the same guy'.
"He had my number, I think we exchanged numbers, and he called me and I stayed on this phone call.
"I can't remember anything that was said I just remember being like, ugh, icky vibe. I just got the ick.
"Do you know what, I have a s**t gut, but I could have been locked up in Romania doing webcam."
It comes after a woman who worked as a web cam girl for Tate alleged he strangled her until she passed out.
The woman, who’s now helping the prosecution, she was approached “completely out of the blue” by Tate on Facebook.
Tate said he wanted her to be his girlfriend and persuaded her to visit him in Romania then to work as a webcam girl.
But she said Tate became increasingly controlling, fining her if out without his permission and he then became violent.
The woman - who was given the pseudonym Sophie by the BBC - explained that “most of the violence was sexual.
She said "that's obviously something that he's into” and “used to strangle me, to the point where I passed out”.
Sophie even described how she was pressured to get a tattoo of Tate's name on her arm.
A court last week rejected a bid by the pair to be released on bail meaning they will stay in jail until at least February 27.
Meanwhile, Tate's prized £5million Bugatti supercar and his £20million villa are set to be seized by cops.
Prosecutors want to take control of the Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport and the property on the exclusive artificial island of Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, sources told The Sun Online.
Tate is believed to have purchased both assets in 2022.
And the Bugatti is the same one which he used to taunt eco-activist Greta Thunberg.
Romanian police are seizing the assets pending the criminal investigation.
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And should Tate be convicted, it is believed they will be auctioned off.
The Tates have now hired as their lawyer Tina Glandian, who has represented disgraced stars Chris Brown, Mike Tyson and Jussie Smollett.
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