The influencers stand accused of various crimes and British prosecutors are seeking their extradition
Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in the US after British prosecutors brought additional charges against them and requested their extradition.
The brothers, who hold both US and British citizenship, were detained in Miami on Saturday under a sealed warrant. US Marshals in the Southern District of Florida carried out the arrests “pursuant to extradition proceedings,” a Justice Department spokesperson told CBS News.
A source familiar with the matter told AP that they are expected to appear in federal court early this week.
Earlier the same day, the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced that it had decided to bring 38 additional charges related to four further alleged victims, bringing the combined total to 59 charges involving seven alleged victims.
The offenses allegedly took place between July 2010 and August 2017.
Andrew Tate, 39, now faces 42 charges. The new allegations include seven counts of rape, three of facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and 19 offenses relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.
Tristan Tate, 38, faces 17 charges overall, including six new counts: two of rape, one of sexual assault and three of facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.
Both men deny all allegations. Their US lawyer, Joseph McBride, called the new charges “filth and slander” intended to derail the brothers’ defamation lawsuits in the US.
“They’re pulling out all the stops to make sure these guys never get their day in court,” he told AP.
Andrew Tate first gained mainstream attention after appearing on the UK reality show Big Brother in 2016 before building a large online following promoting a hypermasculine lifestyle.
The brothers moved to Romania in 2016 and were arrested there in December 2022 on allegations of human trafficking and forming an organized criminal group. Andrew was also accused of rape.
They spent three months in custody before being moved to house arrest and later placed under judicial supervision.
A Romanian court subsequently returned the original case to prosecutors over legal and procedural irregularities, but the charges were not dismissed.
Romania lifted the brothers’ travel restrictions in February 2025, allowing them to fly to Florida. The decision followed reports that Trump administration officials had raised their case with Bucharest, although Romanian officials denied facing US pressure.
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