U.K. seeks extradition after influencer Tate brothers arrested in U.S.
Following their arrest in Miami, the Tate brothers are being sought for extradition by the U.K. on charges of rape and sex trafficking. Their legal team has dismissed the charges as a political attempt to interfere with ongoing defamation lawsuits.
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The charges against the pair were not immediately announced. Brady McCarron, a spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service, said the warrant was sealed.
British prosecutors announced late Saturday they were seeking the extradition of the brothers on rape and sex-trafficking charges. The offences are alleged to have occurred between July 2010 and August 2017, the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement.
The brothers, proponents of hypermasculinity who have millions of followers on social media, have been wanted in the United Kingdom, where they face rape and human-trafficking charges.
The Tates are dual U.S. and British citizens who moved to Romania in 2016. They were arrested there in 2022, accused of participating in schemes to lure women for sexual exploitation. They denied those allegations, and the case didn't go forward because of legal and procedural irregularities.
Andrew Tate, brother Tristan in U.S. after leaving Romania amid rape, trafficking charges
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