Andrew Tate pointed a gun in a woman's face and threatened her, "You'll do what I tell you or you'll pay a hell of a price," according to one of four UK women suing the influencer.

The allegation is described in court documents seen by the BBC, which contain detailed accounts of rape, assault and coercive control.

One of the women claims that Tate threatened to kill her, another that he made it clear he would kill anyone who spoke to her and a third that Tate convinced her he had killed other people.

Tate denied the allegations in a written defence submitted to the High Court, calling them "a pack of lies" and "blatant fabrications".

Tate also faces investigations in three countries - civil and criminal actions in the UK, the US and Romania.

The specific civil case relates to incidents the four women allege happened in Luton and Hitchin between 2013 and 2015.

Two of the women worked for Tate's webcam business in 2015 and the other two had connections to him in 2013 and 2014 | BGNES