Social media star Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Miami, Florida, as UK authorities want to extradite them on new allegations of rape, sex trafficking and assault.
The United States Marshals Service confirmed the brothers’ arrest Saturday but declined to specify the charges, citing a sealed arrest warrant.
However, the Crown Prosecution Service in the UK, CPS, said, Andrew Tate faces seven further counts of rape as well as sex trafficking and possession of indecent images of a child.
Tristan Tate faces two counts of rape and three counts of conspiracy to commit or facilitate trafficking for sexual exploitation.
The brothers now face 59 combined criminal charges, said Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Police.
The offences are alleged to have taken place between July 2010 and August 2017. The Tate brothers have denied all the allegations against them.
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Prosecutors in Britain said they will now begin extradition proceedings to return the dual British-American citizens to Britain to stand trial.
“These charging decisions follow receipt of a further file of evidence from Bedfordshire Police and bring the total number of alleged victims in this case to seven,” said Malcolm McHaffie, Head of the Special Crime Division at the CPS.
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire police have been investigating a number of offences as part of what they called a “complex investigation”.
This has resulted in 38 further charges being brought against the brothers. Andrew, 39, now faces a total of 42 charges in the UK, and Tristan, 37, faces 17.
In 2024, Bedfordshire Police secured European arrest warrants for Andrew and Tristan Tate, seeking their extradition from Romania where the pair are living and are under investigation for separate criminal offences.
In June, the brothers’ attempt to compel the authorities to reveal the names of their accusers in the UK was unsuccessful after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided to keep the alleged victims’ names under wraps until the formal legal process commences.
