Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate speak to the media outdoors their residence on March 23, 2025 in Bucharest, Romania.
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LONDON — British prosecutors have confirmed that Andrew and Tristan Tate face 21 prison costs in whole, that embrace rape, assault and human trafficking.
It is the primary time that Britain’s Crown Prosecution has revealed the detailed costs, that it first licensed final 12 months after a police service in Bedfordshire — north of London — supplied it with a file of allegations relationship again to a interval between 2012 and 2015.
The 2 British-American brothers will face the costs as soon as they’re extradited again to the U.Okay. from Romania, the place they at present stay, however their extradition remains to be pending as a result of they’re nonetheless concerned in separate prison proceedings in Romania. They contain allegations of getting fashioned a prison gang to take advantage of girls.
Andrew Tate, 38, a former kickboxing champion turned self-styled misogynist influencer is accused of 10 offences tied to three alleged victims. The fees embrace rape, human trafficking, a type of assault identified below British regulation as “precise bodily hurt”, and a kind of prostitution for monetary acquire.
His youthful brother Tristan, 36, has been charged with 11 offences, together with rape and trafficking, which can be tied to a single alleged sufferer.
A European arrest warrant has already been issued and accepted by the courts in Romanian, however a journey ban on the Tates was lifted lately, permitting them to fly to Florida through non-public jet in February, earlier than returning to the Romanian capital of Bucharest in March.
The brothers, identified for his or her extravagant life-style and controversial on-line personas, each deny all costs.
Andrew Tate boasts a following of 10 million customers on the X social media platform, and has earned a popularity for posting about masculinity, self-disciplined and his amassing of wealth. Lots of his followers are schoolboys — one thing that has sparked concern amongst educators worldwide.
Authorities in Romania first arrested the Tates in December 2022 throughout investigations into an alleged intercourse trafficking operation. The pair spent months below home arrest earlier than contemporary accusations had been launched in 2024 of intercourse with a minor and trafficking underage individuals. They’ve repeatedly denied all allegations.
The Tates have promised to battle the costs in Britain and Romania, publicly declaring their intent to show their innocence in each jurisdictions.
Within the meantime, 4 different girls within the U.Okay. have continued with a separate lawsuit towards Andrew Tate, accusing him in a civil continuing of getting raped and bodily abused them, and insisting police and prosecutors had failed them by declining to pursue prison costs a number of years in the past.
The British prosecutors have been at pains to remind the general public that the brothers stay harmless till confirmed responsible.
“Felony proceedings are energetic, and the defendants have the correct to a good trial,” mentioned a spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service.
