Social media influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested in Miami on Saturday, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), after the United Kingdom sought their extradition for a variety of charges, including sexual assault, rape, and human trafficking.
CPS had previously charged the brothers with a total of 21 counts in relation to three victims, including rape and human trafficking.
On Saturday, CPS announced that it had added an additional 38 charges against the two brothers, in relation to four additional victims.
The new charges against Tristan included sexual assault, rape, and arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation. The new charges against Andrew included rape, arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and “nine additional charges for offenses relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.”
All of the charges brought against the Tate brothers were alleged to have taken place between July 2010 and August 2017.
Both of the brothers have consistently denied all wrongdoing.
According to US Marshals Service spokesperson Brady McCarron, speaking to The Associated Press, the two brothers were taken into custody on a sealed warrant.
Joseph McBride, one of the Tate brothers’ attorneys, told AP that the new charges were “filth and slander.”
“They’re pulling out all the stops to make sure these guys never get their day in court,” McBride said.
“We are confident that once a competent judge sees the facts, and once the Department of Justice confronts this egregious abuse of its own authority, Andrew and Tristan Tate will walk free. America does not do Britain’s political dirty work.”
