Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in the United States after British authorities announced they would face further charges against them.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Andrew Tate had been charged with seven additional counts of rape, prostitution and child pornography.
Tristan Tate is charged with one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of soliciting or facilitating human trafficking for sexual exploitation.
The alleged crimes reportedly occurred between July 2010 and August 2017. Tates has previously denied any wrongdoing.
Malcolm McHaffie, head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crimes Department, said: “We have taken the decision to charge after receiving an additional file of evidence from Bedfordshire Police. The total number of alleged victims in this case has increased to seven.”
US marshals told the BBC the Tates were in custody, and a US Justice Department spokesman said the arrests were “in accordance with extradition proceedings”.
The CPS said in a statement that it had requested the brothers, who are dual British and American citizens, be extradited from the United States.
“The world knows that Andrew and Tristan are innocent,” attorney Joseph McBride, who represents the Tates, said in a statement released after the arrests Saturday evening.
McBride went on to describe Britain’s new charges as a “political blow”, saying “Their enemies know it best. That’s why they were attacked.”
He said the new charges were designed in response to a defamation suit filed by the brothers in the United States.
He added: “I am confident that Andrew and Tristan Tate will be freed once a competent judge finds the facts and confronts the Justice Department’s egregious abuse of its power. The United States does not do Britain’s political dirty work.”
In May 2025, prosecutors identified a list of 21 charges that Andrew Tate, 39, and Tristan Tate, 37, would eventually face in the UK.
These crimes reportedly occurred between 2012 and 2016.
In 2024, Bedfordshire Police obtained a European arrest warrant to extradite the pair from their home base in Romania, where they were being investigated for criminal charges.
Last June, the brothers lost a legal bid to obtain the names of their accusers in the UK. This was after the CPS decided that the names of the alleged victims should not be published until legal action has officially commenced.
