The brothers, who arrived in court in shackles, were questioned in turn by their defence attorneys and government lawyers as they took the stand.<\/p>\n
Andrew Tate, 39, declared he has “never committed the crimes I’m accused of”.<\/p>\n
Tristan Tate, 38, described his detention conditions as small and hot, with little sunlight and exercise.<\/p>\n
“It’s beginning to grate on me because I can’t partake in helping with my defence,” he told the court, according to CBS News, the BBC’s US partner.<\/p>\n
“It’s death by scurvy,” he said, adding that he had lost 14lb (6.3kg).<\/p>\n
The British Embassy filed court documents asking the judge to keep the Tates in custody as the UK pursues extradition.<\/p>\n
US government lawyers pushed back against the brothers’ claims that they had exaggerated their wealth to massage their online personas.<\/p>\n
The federal attorneys said the Tates had access to resources that could help fund an escape and they had bragged about having multiple passports.<\/p>\n
But Andrew Tate, a former professional kickboxer, testified that to support himself financially, he “had to go back to the boxing ring against heavier, younger opponents”, according to CBS News.<\/p>\n
“I’ve said some stupid things, but sometimes you have to shake the internet to get noticed,” he testified about his online statements, according to CBS.<\/p>\n
“This is the reality of the internet.<\/p>\n
“I’m being treated like El Chapo,” he added, referring to the Mexican drug kingpin, “but I have a perfect record in the court system”.<\/p>\n
Under questioning from his attorney, Joseph McBride, Andrew Tate denied he was a human trafficker.<\/p>\n
The defence also called Natasha Sesay, from England, to testify in support of releasing Andrew Tate.<\/p>\n
She described a five-year romantic relationship, saying she had had one child with him and was expecting a second.<\/p>\n
“It’s nice having him at home,” she told the court, reports CBS.<\/p>\n
Sesay also said that despite his online persona, Andrew Tate “has never ever been violent toward women”, according to CBS.<\/p>\n
The UK has brought a total of 59 criminal charges against the Tates, including rape and counts relating to sex trafficking and indecent images of a child.<\/p>\n
The British authorities filed 21 charges last year against the brothers, then 38 additional counts last month.<\/p>\n
The combined charges involve seven accusers, UK prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
The brothers also faced sex-trafficking charges in Romania in 2022, and were under a travel ban until they were allowed to come to the US in 2025.<\/p>\n
“If I go to England they will lock me up,” Tristan Tate said on the stand in Miami on Thursday, “and take everything I’ve ever worked for”.<\/p>\n
He also said the Romanian charges had “destroyed my entire life”, reports CBS.<\/p>\n
“They took everything, even the savings accounts for their [his children’s] college funds. This case is make or break for me.”<\/p>\n
The Tates built an influencer empire in the so-called manosphere, showcasing a lifestyle of conspicuous wealth and excess.<\/p>\n
Andrew Tate accumulated millions of followers among an audience of primarily young men.<\/p>\n
The White House has said President Donald Trump will not intervene in the extradition case of the brothers, who have been vocal supporters of him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The brothers, who arrived in court in shackles, were questioned in turn by their defence attorneys and government…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-752157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}