Controversial social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been taken into federal custody by U.S. Marshals in Miami, according to official statements from the agency. The arrest, carried out on Saturday, centers on a sealed arrest warrant that has not yet been released to the public, per U.S. Marshals spokesperson Brady McCarron, who confirmed the details to The Associated Press.
Hours after the Miami arrest, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the UK’s public prosecution body, publicly confirmed that British authorities are moving forward with a formal extradition request for the two brothers. The new charges from UK prosecutors include rape and organized sex trafficking, with the alleged offenses spanning from 2010 through 2017. Specifically, prosecutors say the alleged abuse occurred between 2012 and 2015 in a region north of London, where the pair grew up.
Both Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are dual citizens of the United States and the United Kingdom, relocated to Romania in 2016. The pair, both former professional kickboxers, rose to global fame by cultivating a persona centered on extreme hypermasculinity, a lavish luxury lifestyle, and unapologetic misogyny, amassing millions of followers across major social media platforms. Their audience draws heavily from young men and adolescent boys, making their controversial ideological stances a frequent topic of public debate worldwide.
This is not the first time the brothers have faced criminal allegations related to sexual exploitation. In 2022, Romanian authorities arrested the pair on charges that they ran a criminal scheme to lure women into coerced sexual exploitation. The brothers have consistently denied all wrongdoing in every case brought against them, and the 2022 Romanian charges never proceeded to trial after legal and procedural irregularities were identified in the handling of the case. Defense representatives for the Tate brothers have also reaffirmed their clients’ denial of the new UK allegations.