Andrew, Tristan Tate arrested in Miami after British prosecutors bring new charges

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, the controversial social media influencers, have been arrested Saturday night in Miami, after British prosecutors introduced new prices of rape and intercourse trafficking in opposition to them, in keeping with U.S. and U.Okay. authorities.

The U.S. Marshals Service confirmed to ABC Information the brothers have been taken into custody into Miami.

The Crown Prosecution Service mentioned in a information launch that the brothers have been charged in reference to sexual offenses involving 4 ladies that allegedly happened between July 2010 and August 2017.

Andrew Tate, 39, was hit with “seven additional counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning precise bodily hurt and 19 further prices for offences referring to indecent photographs of a kid and excessive pornography,” prosecutors mentioned.

Tristan Tate, 38, was charged with “with one rely of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation,” in keeping with the CPS.

They’re each awaiting extradition, in keeping with prosecutors.

“These arrests have been made in accordance with the treaties and legislation enforcement agreements governing Justice Division extraditions,” a spokesperson for the U.S. Division of Justice mentioned in an announcement Saturday.

Lawyer info for the brothers was not instantly out there.

The brothers are slated to make a courtroom look in Florida subsequent week, in keeping with a legislation enforcement supply.

The arrests mark the most recent improvement in a sequence of courtroom instances spanning a number of nations.

The brothers have been beforehand charged within the U.Okay. in Could 2025 with a complete of 21 counts — together with a number of counts of rape, bodily hurt and human trafficking. That case concerned three ladies, British prosecutors mentioned.  

The brothers denied all prices in that case.  

When the costs have been licensed final 12 months, legal professionals for the Tate brothers accused U.Okay. prosecutors and police of refusing to present “even essentially the most fundamental info” in regards to the prices, together with who the alleged victims have been. Additionally they accused the media of a “vendetta” and broadcasting a “huge quantity of misinformation,” suggesting it may have an effect on the Tate’s proper to a good trial.

In Romania, the place Andrew and Tristan Tate made their dwelling for a number of years, they have been charged in each 2023 and 2024 with human trafficking, sexual abuse, cash laundering and forming an organized legal group.  

In December 2024, a Bucharest courtroom dominated that the primary case in opposition to the Tates and their two feminine associates could not proceed to trial due to a number of authorized and procedural irregularities and despatched it again to prosecutors. The costs weren’t dropped. The second human trafficking case in opposition to the brothers in Romania was additionally nonetheless ongoing as of February 2025. 

The Tate brothers have additionally denied the costs within the instances in Romania. 

Chatting with reporters upon arriving in Florida in February 2025  Andrew Tate mentioned he believed he and his brother have been “largely misunderstood.”

“We have but to be convicted of any crime in our lives ever. Now we have no legal file wherever on the planet, ever,” Andrew Tate mentioned.