Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami as UK prosecutors add rape and trafficking charges
British authorities have charged the Tate brothers with additional rape, assault and child-pornography offenses, leading to their arrest in Miami and a pending extradition request to the United Kingdom.
British prosecutors announced new charges against influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, prompting their arrest in Miami on Saturday. The Crown Prosecution Service said the allegations involve four additional victims and include rape, assault, sexual-trafficking offenses and offences related to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography. The latest accusations raise the total number of alleged UK victims to seven.
The charges stem from alleged incidents between 2010 and 2017. Andrew Tate faces seven further counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating sexual-exploitation trafficking, three counts of assault and 19 counts linked to child-pornography. Tristan Tate is charged with one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating sex trafficking.
The Crown Prosecution Service stated that it has requested the brothers' extradition from the United States and that they will remain in custody while extradition proceedings are considered. A U.S. federal judge is expected to determine whether the extradition criteria are met, after which the decision will be forwarded to the U.S. Secretary of State.
The Tate brothers, dual U.S.–British citizens and former professional kickboxers, have previously faced separate rape, bodily-harm, human-trafficking and prostitution-control charges in the United Kingdom and Romania. They have denied all wrongdoing. In Romania, they were arrested in late 2022 on similar allegations, but the case has stalled due to procedural issues.
If extradition is approved, bail is unlikely to be granted, as it is rarely offered in international extradition cases. The U.S. has historically complied with British extradition requests under the treaty ratified in 2007, with few exceptions.
"The Crown Prosecution Service has requested the extradition of the Tates from the U.S.," the agency said in a statement.
The brothers' recent travel to the United States followed the lifting of Romanian travel restrictions in early 2025, after which they flew to Florida on a private jet.