January 9, 2025: MP Sorcha Eastwood speaks in the House of Commons during a debate on violence against women and girls.@allianceparty, X

Sorcha Eastwood, an MP for the Alliance Party representing the Lagan Valley in Northern Ireland, has launched legal proceedings against brothers Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate.

“We act on behalf of Sorcha Eastwood MP,” Kevin Winters from KRW Law told the Belfast Telegraph in a statement on Tuesday, January 14.

“We are instructed to issue legal proceedings against Andrew and Tristan Tate over their continued publication of social media postings on 10 January 2025.

“We can confirm the service of correspondence on today's date to their solicitors.

"In view of the sensitivities of the issues engaged we have no further comment at this stage.”

Though not directly referenced in KRW Law's statement on Tuesday, Eastwood and the Tate brothers engaged in a back-and-forth on X on Friday, January 10.

The self-proclaimed misogynist Tate brothers, who have a combined 13.8 million followers on X, began to respond to Eastwood after she posted on Friday that it is "only proper order that [Elon] Musk tweets are looked at through a Counter-Extremism lens."

Replying the Eastwood, Tristan said that the UK is "lost," adding that "one of the world's most influential men pointing it out isn't a threat to The United Kingdom. It is simply a threat to you."

Eastwood replied to Tristan, saying he is "the last person on earth that has any knowledge, experience, passion or care for the people of UK & Ireland, especially women & girls."

Andrew then replied to Eastwood's post to Tate, writing in part: "my message to Sorcha is simple. Nobody likes you. Nobody trusts you. Nobody even knows who you are. Soon, you will be replaced and forgotten. But the Tates? Elon Musk? Trump? We are forever. The future is ours. Your irrelevance is lingering along side my inevitable conquest. Stay afraid."

Andrew then replied to his own post, writing "SORCHA life out" with cry-laughing emojis, and tagging his BRUV party that he recently launched in the UK with the aim of becoming the next Prime Minister.

Andrew went on to reply to a post issued by Eastwood in October in which she correlates Tate, Musk, and Trump's popularity with violence against women and girls.

"I don’t think all women are stupid I just think you are stupid and let the team down," Andrew said in reply to Eastwood's October post, adding again "SORCHA life out."

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Meanwhile, the Tate brothers, who are citizens of the US and UK and have been banned from Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, are facing charges including human trafficking, rape, and allegations of sexual relations with minors. The brothers deny all the charges against them.

The news that Eastwood is launching legal action against the Tate brothers comes the same day a Romanian court lifted the house order arrest against Andrew, replacing it with judicial control dictating that he can travel through Romania "while adhering to the required legal conditions."

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The day before the back-and-forth on X, Eastwood delivered what has been hailed as a powerful speech during a debate about violence against women and girls in the UK House of Commons.

Eastwood said during the January 9 debate that "Northern Ireland is one of the most dangerous places in Europe to be a woman," adding that in Northern Ireland, eight women were murdered last year and over 20 in the last four years. 

"We need to address the root causes, including online abuse and harmful cultural norms," Eastwood said.

The MP shared one shocking example: "We would see a lot of school groups coming through the constituency. We previously did a lot of visits to the Parliament Building in Stormont whenever I sat there in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

"During one school visit, a member of the public came up and said that they wanted to rape me.

"There were two people there, and we were just kind of paralyzed in response. That was not the right response—not from me, but from the people around—but it is so normalized that that was exactly what people thought. That is not good enough."

Eastwood said she, party colleague and Northern Ireland's Minister for Justice Naomi Long, as well as First Minister Michelle O'Neill, are "eager to act" when it comes to tackling violence against women and girls, adding that "we need the help of every single Member of this House."