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Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested in Miami on a sealed warrant as British authorities move to extradite them, after the UK filed 38 new charges including rape, sex trafficking, and offenses relating to indecent images of a child.

Some shit you should know before you dig in: The Tates are dual US-British citizens, born in America but raised in the UK. They built massive online followings in the “manosphere,” with Andrew in particular known for rhetoric about male dominance and female submission that got him suspended from major platforms. They moved to Romania in 2016, where prosecutors indicted them in 2023 on a separate set of charges including rape, human trafficking, and forcing women into pornography, a case that’s still open. They spent months under house arrest near Bucharest before Romanian authorities lifted travel restrictions, allowing them to fly to Florida in February 2025. Throughout all of it, the brothers have denied every allegation and have not been convicted of anything in any jurisdiction, with a spokesperson for Andrew calling the claims against him “unproven and untested allegations.” They’ve consistently framed the cases as politically driven persecution rather than legitimate prosecutions.

What’s going on now: Over the weekend, US Marshals took the brothers into custody in Miami, with the Justice Department confirming the arrests were “pursuant to extradition proceedings” carried out “in accordance with the treaties and law enforcement agreements governing Justice Department extraditions.” The Marshals Service said the warrant was sealed and that it could not confirm the charges as a result. Both are due in a Miami federal courtroom sometime this week, according to a law enforcement source.

Across the Atlantic, the Crown Prosecution Service says Andrew, 39, now faces seven further 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 relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography. Tristan, 38, picks up three more counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking, two of rape, and one of sexual assault. That brings Andrew’s UK total to 42 charges and Tristan’s to 17, a combined 59.

The offenses are alleged to have taken place between July 2010 and August 2017 and to involve four new complainants on top of the three from earlier charges, for a total of seven.

“These charging decisions followed receipt of a further file of evidence from Bedfordshire Police,” said Malcolm McHaffie, head of the CPS Special Crime Division. Bedfordshire Assistant Chief Constable Karena Thomas described the case as a “complex investigation” involving national and international agencies. He said, “There is no place for male violence against women and girls.”

The Tates’ attorney, Joseph McBride, rejected the case outright. “This is not law enforcement. This is a political hit,” he said, arguing that “America does not do Britain’s political dirty work” and predicting his clients “will walk free.” He also claimed the timing was meant to counter a defamation action the brothers filed in the US, and pointed to what he described as a standing agreement that the UK wouldn’t seek extradition while the Romanian case remains open.

Lawyers for the alleged victims took the opposite view. Matthew Jury, who represents four women bringing a separate civil suit in the UK accusing Andrew of rape, said: “Any step that advances the proper administration of justice deserves to be welcomed.”