Joule Sullivan, who became one of Tate’s closest friends and advisers, told this masthead he had now turned his back on Tate and the so-called “manosphere”, having grown concerned “there might be something” to the charges of sex trafficking, abuse and rape Tate and his brother Tristan are now fighting in multiple countries.
Tate and his inner circle of War Room generals have cultivated close relationships with US President Donald Trump’s sons and advisers and other wealthy figures in America. As the Tates sit in detention in Miami fighting an extradition request from British prosecutors, their War Room network and university “The Real World” continue to run, charging subscribers thousands of dollars a year for access to Tate’s “secrets to getting rich”.
Data leaks show many of their students are teen boys, including from Australia. And this masthead can reveal at least three Australians were key generals and “professors” inside Tate’s operation.
They include the former Australian Defence Force soldier-turned-security specialist Sullivan, who taught the “penetrating the elite” and “operator” classes to Tate subscribers, adapting covert intelligence skills for networking, personal security and financial gain. He denies they were “blackmail courses”.
Another wealthy Australian in Tate’s inner circle is ex-porn star Stirling Cooper, who teaches courses on how to sexually dominate women and has also been revealed by this masthead as a senior figure in Australia’s main neo-Nazi group.
For many years, Cooper and Sullivan were two of Tate’s staunchest defenders, frequently pictured with the Tate brothers smoking cigars on private jets and partying on yachts.
Inside Tate’s exclusive War Room, leaked chatlogs previously published by the BBC and obtained by this masthead suggest Cooper and Sullivan both took part in discussions about grooming women into online sex work in order to make money and disciplining those who stepped out of line. Neither man has been charged as part of investigations into Tate’s alleged trafficking operation. The Tates deny any wrongdoing.
Sullivan quickly became a leader in the War Room, which he still defends as a place of mentorship and brotherhood. His video lessons on “penetrating the elite to get paid” were available only to a small group of War Room members and leaders.
“Ultra-high net worth will have hookers and mistresses or sugar babies, they’ll always have mistresses, typically they’re always paid,” he says in one video. But “hotels often have issues [with] privacy”.
“If you’ve got a big house, let them know that they can bring their chicks over to your house and f— them … And ‘if you want ladies, this is the number to call’ … Partake in taboo activities with them. If they’re going out in the town to pick up some hired help, go do it with them … something that could get you into trouble. It does cement the trust.”