US Marshals arrested Andrew and Tristan Tate in Miami on July 19, 2026. The arrest came because the United Kingdom wants the brothers sent there to face criminal charges, and British officials announced 38 new charges against them the same day Reuters.

The Crown Prosecution Service, which is the government office that handles criminal cases in England and Wales, said it had decided to prosecute the Tate brothers for additional sexual offences. The 38 new charges bring the total number of UK charges to 59. That total includes 21 charges announced in 2025 plus the 38 new ones BBC. The CPS has formally asked the United States to hand the brothers over CPS.

The new charges against Andrew Tate, 39, include seven counts of rape, three counts of sex trafficking, three counts of assault, and 19 charges relating to sexual images of children and extreme pornography The Verge. Tristan Tate, 38, faces two counts of rape, one of sexual assault, and three of sex trafficking ABC7.

The brothers had been in the United States since February 2025, when Romanian authorities lifted a travel ban that had kept them in that country AP News. Before that, a Romanian judge had thrown out an earlier criminal case against them over procedural problems — meaning the case failed because of how it was handled, not because the facts were found to be false The Verge. The Tates have faced arrest and criminal investigations going back to 2015.

The brothers were not keeping a low profile in Miami. Andrew and Tristan Tate attended UFC 327, a major mixed martial arts event, at Kaseya Center on April 11, 2026, seated alongside US President Donald Trump, according to Reuters. Andrew Tate has over 10 million followers across social media platforms, even though YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram banned him for hate speech. The brothers have described themselves as misogynists The Verge.

The Tate brothers ran online schools that made money in several ways. One claimed to teach men how to recruit women into sexual slavery. Another offered lessons on cryptocurrency, drop shipping (a type of online retail), and activities that resembled pyramid schemes The Verge.

Extradition is the legal process where one country asks another to hand over a person to face charges. The United States and the United Kingdom have a treaty from 2003 that governs this. Under that treaty, a crime qualifies for extradition if it carries a prison sentence of at least one year in both countries. All of the charges the CPS filed — rape, sex trafficking, and offenses involving sexual images of children — carry sentences well above that threshold in both US and UK law.

The big question now is whether the Tate brothers will fight the extradition in a US court. If they do, the process could take months, because people facing extradition have legal rights in the US, including the ability to ask a judge to review whether their detention is lawful. If they give up that fight and agree to go, the transfer to UK custody could happen quickly. The brothers can challenge whether the extradition request is legally valid, but they cannot use US courts to argue about whether they are guilty. That question would be decided in an English court if they are sent there.

The broader picture is that authorities in multiple countries have been trying for years to bring the Tate brothers to court. Romania brought the first major criminal case, which fell apart over procedural problems. The UK charges are now the second major prosecution, and the 59 combined charges make this the largest case against either brother so far. The CPS announced its decision to prosecute only after the brothers had left Romania and settled in the United States.

It is worth noting the gap between what happens online and what happens in a courtroom. The platforms that banned the Tates did so because of hate speech, not because of the criminal investigations. Andrew Tate still has over 10 million followers on platforms that have not taken action against him. His attendance at a major public event next to a sitting president shows how far apart social media moderation decisions can be from the consequences that the criminal justice system is now pursuing.