Andrew and Tristan Tate face new charges of rape, human trafficking, and sexual exploitation
17:39, 20 июля 2026 г.
Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service has brought 38 additional charges against social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape and trafficking for sexual exploitation, and requested their extradition from the United States.
The brothers were arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service on Saturday, July 18, according to a CPS statement published the following day. British prosecutors said the new charges concern four additional alleged victims and bring the total number of alleged victims in the U.K. case to seven.
Andrew Tate, 39, faces seven additional rape counts, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, and three counts of assault causing actual bodily harm. He also faces 19 additional charges involving indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.
Tristan Tate, 38, faces two rape counts, one count of sexual assault, and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.
The alleged offenses took place between July 2010 and August 2017, prosecutors said. The new charges bring the total number faced by the brothers in Britain to 59, including 21 previously authorized charges involving three alleged victims.
“These charging decisions followed receipt of a further file of evidence from Bedfordshire Police,” Malcolm McHaffie, head of the CPS Special Crime Division, said in the statement.
The CPS said it is seeking the brothers’ extradition from the United States to face both the original and additional charges. The agency stressed that criminal proceedings are active and that the brothers are entitled to a fair trial.
The Tates, dual British and U.S. citizens, have denied wrongdoing. Their lawyer, Joseph McBride, called them innocent and said the charges represented an abuse of authority.
The brothers also face legal proceedings in Romania. Romanian prosecutors charged them in 2023 with rape, human trafficking, and forming an organized criminal group to sexually exploit women.
OCCRP previously reported that the brothers flew to Florida in February 2025 after Romanian authorities lifted restrictions preventing them from leaving the country. Romania’s justice minister later denied that pressure from the U.S. government influenced that decision.
Earlier OCCRP reported that Andrew Tate had obtained Vanuatu citizenship around the time of his 2022 arrest and that the brothers had business links to Romanian casino owners accused of organized crime.