Controversial internet personalities Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Florida as British authorities move to extradite the brothers over a sweeping list of alleged sex crimes.
The pair were taken into custody in Miami on Saturday, July 18, under a sealed warrant, a spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed.
Their arrests came the same day British prosecutors announced that they intended to bring the brothers back to the United Kingdom to face charges including rape, sexual assault, trafficking for sexual exploitation and offenses involving indecent images of a child.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, the alleged offenses took place between July 2010 and August 2017 and involve several alleged victims.
The brothers were already facing 21 criminal charges in the U.K., but prosecutors announced more than a dozen additional counts on Saturday.
Andrew Tate, 39, is now being prosecuted on seven counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation and three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
He also faces 19 additional charges related to alleged indecent images of a child and extreme pornography, according to prosecutors.
His younger brother, Tristan Tate, 38, is being prosecuted on one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.
“These charging decisions followed receipt of a further file of evidence from Bedfordshire Police and bring the total number of alleged victims in this case to seven,” Malcolm McHaffie, head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crime Division, said in a statement.
McHaffie confirmed that both brothers had been arrested and were awaiting extradition proceedings in the United States.
“The Crown Prosecution Service reminds everyone that criminal proceedings are active, and that these defendants have the right to a fair trial,” he added.
The Tate brothers, who are dual American and British citizens and were born in Chicago, built enormous online followings through provocative videos centered on wealth, masculinity and relationships.
Together, they have nearly 15 million followers on X and are among the most recognizable figures in the online “manosphere,” a loosely connected community frequently criticized for promoting misogynistic views.
Andrew Tate has repeatedly drawn outrage for statements suggesting women “belong” to men and that women bear some responsibility for being sexually assaulted. He has also claimed that feminism is designed to weaken men and prevent them from succeeding.
The brothers’ latest legal trouble follows years of investigations in both Europe and the United States.
Andrew and Tristan were first arrested in Romania in December 2022 as part of an investigation into alleged human trafficking, rape and the formation of a criminal organization intended to sexually exploit women.
Romanian prosecutors formally indicted the brothers in June 2023. They were placed under house arrest, and authorities seized several of their assets.
However, a Romanian appeals court ruled in December 2024 that the trafficking case could not proceed to trial because of legal and procedural problems with the prosecution.
The case was returned to prosecutors and remains open.
The brothers were also detained in Romania in March 2024 after British authorities issued a separate arrest warrant involving alleged sexual offenses. Both men have denied all allegations against them.
They returned to the United States in 2025 and have since made several public appearances.
A ProPublica report published in November 2025 claimed that a member of President Donald Trump’s administration intervened after border officials confiscated the brothers’ electronic devices when they entered the country.
According to the report, the unnamed official instructed senior Department of Homeland Security staff to return the devices several days later.
The brothers are also facing a civil lawsuit in the United States filed by a woman who accused them of coercing her into sex work and later defaming her after she cooperated with Romanian investigators.
A Florida judge dismissed most of the woman’s claims in October but allowed the defamation portion of the case to continue.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier also announced a separate criminal investigation into the Tate brothers in March.
The brothers’ attorney, Joseph McBride, told the Associated Press that he had not yet been able to speak with his clients following their arrests.
He dismissed the latest charges as “filth and slander” and claimed they were intended to interfere with defamation lawsuits filed by the brothers in the United States.
“They’re pulling out all the stops to make sure these guys never get their day in court,” McBride said.
“We are confident that once a competent judge sees the facts, and once the Department of Justice confronts this egregious abuse of its own authority, Andrew and Tristan Tate will walk free,” he added. “America does not do Britain’s political dirty work.”
Andrew and Tristan Tate have denied wrongdoing in the cases against them. Their extradition proceedings are expected to determine whether they will be sent to Britain to face trial.
Send the Bastards there NOW! Chop off their bidens first!