A film producer behind last year’s popular movie “Sound of Freedom,” which raised awareness about the prevalence of human trafficking, is facing criticism after he expressed solidarity with social media personality Andrew Tate, who is accused of sex trafficking.
In a statement published last week, the Washington-based advocacy group National Center on Sexual Exploitation condemned “Sound of Freedom” producer Eduardo Verastegui for recently meeting with Tate.
Describing Tate as an “accused sex trafficker,” the advocacy group called on Verastegui to “disavow and publicly apologize” for meeting with Tate and retweeting “Tate’s message disparaging the Romanian sex trafficking prosecution against him.”
“It is abhorrent and an affront to victims and survivors of sex trafficking everywhere for the producer of a successful anti-sex trafficking film to meet with one of the world’s most infamous accused sex traffickers,” said NCOSE President Dawn Hawkins. “Sound of Freedom producer Eduardo Verastegui has given legitimacy to accused rapist and human trafficker and self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate. This is inexcusable.”
In an April 29 post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Tate shared pictures from a dinner he attended with Verastegui. The post showed a waiter pouring alcohol into Verastegui’s glass as the two of them posed. Verastegui retweeted the post, which stated, “When this obvious Matrix attack against me is over, we will fix REAL human trafficking.”
“The elites attack anyone who tells you the truth,” Tate added. “They say TikTok is human trafficking, then traffic children FOR REAL.”
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