Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami connected to rape charges in UK: officials

Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald on Jul 18, 2026

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Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate, infamously known for “teaching” men how to be more dominant, were arrested in Miami on Saturday as part of extradition to the United Kingdom to face a rape investigation involving multiple accusers, officials say.

The U.S. Marshals Service in South Florida arrested the brothers on a sealed warrant, the agency said.

The U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service announced it would be pursuing new charges against the pair for rapes that allegedly occurred between July 2010 and August 2017.

Andrew, 39, is facing seven new counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 19 additional charges for offenses relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.

Tristan, 38, is facing one new 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,” said Malcolm McHaffie, head of the Special Crime Division at the Crown Prosecution Service.

U.K. authorities had previously charged the brothers with 21 charges after allegations from 2012.

They also had been arrested in Romania after a sex exploitation investigation; however, the case did not go forward.

Andrew and Tristan Tate will appear in Miami federal court. Their lawyer, Joseph McBride, told the AP his clients were innocent of the charges.

“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.”