Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami on UK charges of rape and sex trafficking

Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami after British authorities issued 38 new charges against the pair over the weekend. The brothers were arrested on Saturday (July 18) on an extradition request from British authorities. A news release from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Andrew had been charged with 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 for offences relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography. Additional charges against Tristan Tate include one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, with the charges stemming from events alleged to have taken place from July 2010 to August 2017. “We have decided to prosecute Andrew and Tristan Tate for further offences including rape, arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation and offences relating to indecent images of a child,” Malcolm McHaffie, the head of the CPS’s Special Crime Division, said. “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.” Bedfordshire police said the total number of charges against the brothers had now mounted to 59, with 42 against Andrew Tate and 17 against Tristan Tate. Its officers were working closely with the CPS and national and international law enforcement agencies on the “complex investigation”, Assistant Chief Constable Karena Thomas said. Following the arrest of Andrew and Tristan Tate overnight in the US, our Assistant Chief Constable Karena Thomas has issued a statement. The brothers were arrested as part of an ongoing investigation by our major crime unit into a number of sexual offences. pic.twitter.com/wwsaXO3Muz — Bedfordshire Police (@bedspolice) July 19, 2026 They have previously denied any wrongdoing, and a lawyer who represents the Tate’s, Joseph McBride, said “the world knows Andrew and Tristan are innocent” in a statement shared after their arrest on Saturday evening. “Their enemies know it best of all,” he said, per BBC News. “That is exactly why they have been attacked,” McBride continued, describing the new UK charges as a “political hit”. He claimed the new charges were designed to counter a defamation action filed by the brothers in the US. “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. “America does not do Britain’s political dirty work.” The CPS had already charged the Tate brothers with 21 criminal charges in a separate case, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking. Andrew Tate faces 10 charges from the original case including rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain. The charges are connected to three alleged victims. Tristan Tate faces 11 charges including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking, with the charges connected to one alleged victim. Tate was arrested in December 2022, accused of rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. His brother Tristan was also arrested at the same time, as well as two Romanian female suspects. Their home in Romania was once again raided in 2024. The brothers are proponents of hypermasculinity and blatant misogyny who have millions of followers on social media. Tate’s influence online was interrogated by Louis Theroux in his latest Netflix doc, Inside The Manosphere.