Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested by U.S. Marshals on Saturday afternoon outside the James L. Knight Center in downtown Miami, where Andrew Tate had been scheduled to cohost a bareknuckle boxing card that evening. The brothers were handcuffed outside the venue as federal agents loaded them into waiting vehicles, according to multiple reports and footage from the scene.
The U.S. Marshals Service executed a sealed warrant tied to an extradition request from the United Kingdom. Brady McCarron, a Marshals Service spokesperson, confirmed the arrests to the Associated Press. A Department of Justice spokesperson told CBS News the arrests were made “in accordance with the treaties and law enforcement agreements governing Justice Department extraditions.”
The brothers are expected to appear in Miami federal court early next week, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service announced Saturday that it was bringing 38 new charges against the brothers, tied to four additional alleged victims and bringing the total number of alleged victims in the case to seven. The charges cover alleged offenses spanning July 2010 through August 2017.
Andrew Tate, 39, faces seven counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and 19 charges related to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography. Tristan Tate, 38, faces one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape, and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.
Those charges stack on top of 21 criminal charges already authorized against the brothers in a separate U.K. case involving three alleged victims — 10 against Andrew, 11 against Tristan — including rape, actual bodily harm, and human trafficking.
“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,” said Malcolm McHaffie, head of the CPS’s special crime division.
Joseph McBride, an attorney representing the Tate brothers, called the charges “filth and slander” in a phone interview with the AP and described the extradition demand as a “political hit.” He said he had not been able to speak with his clients. “America does not do Britain’s political dirty work,” McBride said. “Not here. Never.”
The Tates are dual U.S. and British citizens who moved to Romania in 2016. They were arrested there in December 2022 on charges of human trafficking, rape, and forming an organized criminal group, but the case stalled amid legal and procedural problems. They were allowed to leave Romania and flew to Florida on a private jet in February 2025. Since returning to the U.S., they have attended public events including a Power Slap card in Las Vegas and UFC 327 in Miami.
Saturday’s arrest came just before the debut event of Russia-based IBA Bare Knuckle, which Andrew Tate was set to cohost alongside former UFC champion Jon Jones. Instead, the brothers were taken into custody outside the venue before the card began.
Andrew Tate first reached a mainstream audience as a contestant on the U.K. reality show “Big Brother” in 2016, before being removed when a video surfaced that appeared to show him assaulting a woman. He has since amassed more than 10 million followers on X while being banned from YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram for violating hate speech guidelines. Both brothers have consistently denied all allegations of abuse and trafficking, claiming their rhetoric has been taken out of context.
“There is no place for male violence against women and girls, and we will continue to work tirelessly to support victims and investigate all reports made to us,” said Karena Thomas, an assistant chief constable of the Bedfordshire Police, which investigated the case.