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Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested in Miami as U.S. Marshals begin extradition to the UK over new rape and trafficking charges.<\/p>\n
Photo by Matias J. Ocner<\/p>\n
mocner@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n
Just outside the James L. Knight Center in the heart of Miami, video shows infamous social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate being handcuffed and carted off by federal agents Saturday in the latest chapter of their year-long stay in South Florida.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Marshals Service in South Florida arrested the brothers, who\u2019ve received billions of views online and are known for \u201cteaching\u201d men how to be more dominant, on a sealed warrant, the agency said. The U.K.\u2019s Crown Prosecution Service announced it would be pursuing new charges against the pair for rapes that allegedly occurred between July 2010 and August 2017.<\/p>\n
TMZ reported that the brothers were arrested just before a bare-knuckle boxing event<\/a> at the Knight Center, 400 SE Second Ave., that Andrew was going to co-host.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \u201cThese 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,\u201d said Malcolm McHaffie, head of the Special Crime Division at the Crown Prosecution Service.<\/p>\n History of trouble in South Florida<\/p>\n The Tate brothers, dual U.S. and British citizens, were arrested in Romania in 2022 in connection to an investigation of sexual exploitation. However, during that case, which eventually fell through, they were allowed to leave the country.<\/p>\n Within hours, Andrew and Tristan flew on a private jet from Bucharest to Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Trump and DeSantis plead ignorance on Andrew Tate\u2019s flight to Florida<\/a><\/p>\n President Donald J. Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis, the state\u2019s two most powerful residents, both said at the time they were in the dark on the brothers\u2019 spontaneous destination decision.<\/p>\n DeSantis verbally rebuffed their arrival, saying, \u201cFlorida is not a place where you\u2019re welcome with that type of conduct. \u2026 I don\u2019t know how it came to this.\u201d<\/p>\n UltraViolet, a gender-justice organization, launched an a campaign online and with posters hung through Miami\u2019s Wynwood neighborhood marking Andrew as \u201cUnwanted in Miami.\u201d<\/p>\n They branded him a \u201csexual predator imported to the U.S. by President Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n The brothers had once visited Miami in 2023, boasting the city was for rich people, according to one of their online videos.<\/p>\n READ MORE: \u2018Unwanted in Miami\u2019: New ad campaign targets Tate brothers\u2019 Florida stay<\/a><\/p>\n In January, the brothers made headlines when a viral video showed the pair partying with influencers Nick Fuentes, Clavicular, Sneako, Myron Gaines and Justin Waller. blasting Kanye West\u2019s controversial song \u201cHeil Hitler,\u201d inside Miami Beach\u2019s Vend\u00f4me nightclub.<\/p>\n The Greater Miami Jewish Federation condemned the actions, three employees were fired, and the nightclub apologized for the \u201cdeeply offensive and unacceptable\u201d actions.<\/p>\n READ MORE: \u2018Utter disgust\u2019 over Miami Beach\u2019s Vend\u00f4me playing \u2018Heil Hitler\u2019 for influencers<\/a><\/p>\n Not first U.K. criminal charges<\/p>\n U.K. authorities had previously charged the brothers with 21 charges after allegations from 2012.<\/p>\n Andrew and Tristan Tate will appear in Miami federal court, a formality in the extradition process but can take weeks if the suspect chooses to fight the extradition.<\/p>\n Their lawyer, Joseph McBride, told the AP his clients were innocent of the charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re pulling out all the stops to make sure these guys never get their day in court,\u201d McBride said. \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n This story was originally published July 18, 2026 at 9:26 PM.<\/p>\n