Andrew And Tristan Tate Arrested In Florida On Rape, Child Pornography Charges

Controversial influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate on Saturday were arrested by federal officials in Miami pursuant to rape charges and an outstanding arrest warrant in the United Kingdom.

The Crown Prosecution Service last year charged Andrew Tate with 10 counts of crimes, including rape and human trafficking related to three women. His younger brother, Tristan, was charged with 11 counts of similar crimes tied to one woman. On Saturday, the Crown Prosecution Service announced additional counts for each brother, including 19 charges related to illegal child images and pornography for Andrew Tate.

“We can confirm the arrest of the Tate brothers today in Miami,” the U.S. Marshals Service said in a statement. “The warrant was sealed so we are unable to confirm the charges.” The office of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier — who last year opened an investigation into the Tate brothers — confirmed to The Daily Wire that the pair were taken into custody on an arrest warrant from the United Kingdom.

Florida AG’s office tells @realDailyWire the Tate brothers were taken into custody on a UK arrest warrant. https://t.co/6wDfk5xadK

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“To me, when they’re making statements that sound an awful lot like criminal activity, I think as attorney general, I’ve got a duty to investigate and make sure that we’re not subjecting, you know, women in our state to dangers,” Uthmeier said last year. “If there’s a crime that occurred here in our jurisdiction, we’ve got a prerogative to prosecute it, and we will do so.”

This is the latest bout of legal trouble for the Tates, who were first arrested in Romania in 2022 on charges of rape, human trafficking, sex with a minor, and trafficking minors. British prosecutors charged the brothers with those crimes last May.

The Tates rose to prominence as central figures of the “manosphere,” a controversial internet community popular among disaffected young men. Figures like the Tates flaunt their lavish lifestyles and tell listeners that they too can achieve success and impress women by acting like “alpha males.”

But behind the public bravado lurks a much darker reality.

Last year, Andrew Tate’s ex-girlfriend, Brianna Stern, accused the former kickboxer of physical abuse.

“The last time I saw Andrew was on March 11, 2025 at the Beverly Hill’s Hotel,” Stern wrote on social media. “The last words he said to me before I left the hotel were: ‘Shut the f*** up, b****. You will never backtalk me. You are my property.'”

Months after Stern came forward with her allegations, Canadian YouTuber Lauren Southern accused Andrew Tate of sexual assault in a self-published memoir.

“I said no, very clearly, multiple times, and tried to pull his hands off me,” Southern wrote of their encounter. “He put his arm around my neck and began strangling me unconscious. I tried to fight back. He repeatedly strangled me every time I regained enough consciousness to pull at his arms. I’d prefer not to share the rest. It’s pretty obvious.”

Andrew and Tristan Tate have repeatedly denied all the allegations made against them.

The brothers, who hold dual citizenship in the United States and the United Kingdom, moved to Romania in 2016 but returned to the United States last year as Romanian authorities investigated their activity. The United Kingdom is reportedly seeking to extradite the brothers.