MIAMI — Attorneys for social media personalities Andrew and Tristan Tate announced Monday that the brothers plan to seek release from federal custody in Miami while they battle British efforts to have them sent to the United Kingdom to face charges of rape, assault, and facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.
Andrew Tate, 39, and Tristan Tate, 38, were taken into custody in Miami on July 18. The following day, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service announced it had filed additional charges against the pair, alleging offenses involving four victims that took place between July 2010 and August 2017.
The Tate brothers — former kickboxers who hold dual U.S. and British citizenship — have denied all wrongdoing. They are currently held in a federal detention facility in Miami while a U.S. judge considers Britain’s extradition request.
Their arrests represent the latest development in a growing list of legal challenges for the brothers, who have amassed a massive online following by promoting their views on masculinity and wealth. Andrew Tate has previously referred to himself as a misogynist.
Prior to the current charges, the Crown Prosecution Service had already brought rape and human trafficking allegations against the brothers in connection with three alleged victims. A British judge issued an arrest warrant for the pair in January 2024, though neither brother has appeared in a British courtroom to respond to those charges.
Britain is pursuing extradition on both sets of allegations.
Bail Hearing Scheduled for August 13
Prosecutors from the Miami U.S. Attorney’s Office have urged U.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis to keep the brothers behind bars, citing concerns about flight risk and potential danger to the public.
Defense attorney Joseph McBride pushed back on the flight risk claim, pointing out that the brothers had shown up for all required court appearances in Romania, where they have been under criminal investigation since 2022 on human trafficking allegations.
