A few years ago, a wealthy man was arrested and imprisoned by authorities on suspicion of sex trafficking. The man’s wealth was of unknown provenance, and his modest upbringing and early career were shrouded in mystery. Yet he had powerful friends in high places, leading to questions about whether they may have helped him evade punishment for his alleged crimes.

The above accurately describes Jeffrey Epstein , the late sex offender whose emails with elite figures such as Steve Bannon and former Harvard president Larry Summers were released by Congress last week. But it also describes the boorish manosphere influencer Andrew Tate .

A former professional kickboxer who was expelled from Celebrity Big Brother U.K. over a video that showed him beating a former sexual partner with a belt

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