Andrew and Tristan Tate Arrested in Miami on U.K. Extradition Warrant, Face New Rape and Trafficking Charges

Andrew and Tristan Tate were taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Miami on Saturday, July 18, 2026, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. The arrest happened outside the James L. Knight Center, shortly before Andrew Tate was scheduled to host a bare-knuckle boxing event there, according to TMZ.

The warrant used to arrest them was sealed. Brady McCarron, a spokesperson for the Marshals Service, confirmed that much to The Associated Press but did not detail the underlying charges. A person familiar with the matter, speaking anonymously because they weren't authorized to discuss it publicly, told the AP the arrest stemmed from a U.K. extradition request.

That request became clearer late Saturday. The Crown Prosecution Service announced it had filed a new round of charges against both brothers, on top of charges they already faced.

What Andrew Tate is now charged with

According to the CPS, Andrew Tate, 39, faces seven additional 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 tied to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.

What Tristan Tate is now charged with

Tristan Tate, 38, faces one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape, and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, per the CPS.

The CPS says the alleged conduct in this new set of charges occurred between July 2010 and August 2017. Malcolm McHaffie, head of the CPS's special crime division, said the charging decisions followed a further evidence file from Bedfordshire Police and bring the total number of alleged victims in the case to seven.

These are allegations, not convictions. The brothers have denied all wrongdoing throughout every prior stage of this case, and no trial date has been set on the new charges.

This adds to an already long list of charges

The CPS had already charged the Tates with 21 criminal counts in a separate case. Andrew Tate faces 10 charges there, including rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking, and controlling prostitution for gain, tied to three alleged victims. Tristan Tate faces 11 charges in that case, including rape, actual bodily harm, and human trafficking, tied to one alleged victim. Those earlier U.K. allegations reportedly involve conduct between 2012 and 2015 in an area north of London where the brothers grew up.

A U.K. high court judge recently rejected the Tates' legal bid to learn the names of their female accusers, according to the Guardian.

The Romania case in the background

The brothers are dual U.S. and British citizens who relocated to Romania in 2016. Romanian authorities arrested them in December 2022 on charges including human trafficking, rape, and forming an organized criminal group, according to the Guardian and CBS News. They denied those allegations, and CBS News reported the Romanian case did not move forward due to legal and procedural irregularities. A criminal case can stall for reasons that have nothing to do with guilt or innocence. The dismissal did not clear the brothers of anything. It just didn't proceed.

Who they are

Andrew and Tristan Tate are former professional kickboxers turned social media influencers who built a following, particularly among young men and boys, promoting what CBS News and CBC both describe as a lifestyle of luxury paired with open misogyny. CBC noted the brothers were photographed at a UFC event in Miami on April 11 that President Trump also attended, underscoring how mainstream their public profile has become despite the pending allegations.

What happens next

The immediate legal question is extradition. The U.S. arrest was made on the strength of the U.K.'s request, but a formal extradition process still has to play out in American courts before the brothers could be sent to face the charges in England. That process can take months and typically includes hearings where defense lawyers can contest the transfer.

None of the CPS's new charges have gone to trial. The brothers deny all of it, as they have from the start. What's now confirmed, on the record, is the scope of what U.K. prosecutors say they intend to prove: rape charges tied to seven alleged victims across two separate case files, trafficking-for-sexual-exploitation charges against both men, and a batch of charges involving child sexual abuse imagery that hadn't previously been part of the public record. Whether any of it survives a courtroom is now a question for a British court, if and when extradition happens.