Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate discuss 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 felony expenses in whole, that embody rape, assault and human trafficking.
It is the primary time that Britain’s Crown Prosecution has revealed the detailed expenses, that it first approved final yr after a police service in Bedfordshire — north of London — offered it with a file of allegations courting 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.Ok. from Romania, the place they presently stay, however their extradition remains to be pending as a result of they’re nonetheless concerned in separate felony proceedings in Romania. They contain allegations of getting fashioned a felony gang to take advantage of ladies.
Andrew Tate, 38, a former kickboxing champion turned self-styled misogynist influencer is accused of 10 offences tied to three alleged victims. The fees embody rape, human trafficking, a type of assault recognized below British regulation as “actual bodily harm”, and a kind of prostitution for monetary achieve.
His youthful brother Tristan, 36, has been charged with 11 offences, together with rape and trafficking, which might be tied to a single alleged sufferer.
A European arrest warrant has already been issued and authorised by the courts in Romanian, however a journey ban on the Tates was lifted just lately, permitting them to fly to Florida through personal jet in February, earlier than returning to the Romanian capital of Bucharest in March.
The brothers, recognized for his or her extravagant life-style and controversial on-line personas, each deny all expenses.
Andrew Tate boasts a following of 10 million customers on the X social media platform, and has earned a fame for posting about masculinity, self-disciplined and his amassing of wealth. A lot 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 recent 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 struggle the costs in Britain and Romania, publicly declaring their intent to show their innocence in each jurisdictions.
Within the meantime, 4 different ladies within the U.Ok. have continued with a separate lawsuit in opposition to 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 felony expenses 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.
“Criminal proceedings are active, and the defendants have the right to a fair trial,” stated a spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service.
