Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested in Miami just moments before he was due to host a bareknuckle boxing event, it has emerged.

The Tates were taken into custody by US Marshals outside of the James L Knight Center on Saturday afternoon.

The brothers were arrested on an extradition request from the UK, where they are facing a combined 59 charges, including rape and human trafficking.

The pending charges in the UK accuse Andrew, 39, and Tristan, 37, of abusing women between 2012 and 2015 in an area north of London, where they grew up. 

The brothers have strongly denied any wrongdoing.

The Tates will be processed at the federal courthouse in Miami on Monday, a Department of Justice(DOJ) source told the Daily Mail. The DOJ will also unseal the indictment against them. 

Andrew and Tristan’s arrest comes just days after the Daily Mail exposed that the brothers met with US Republican Rep Wesley Hunt in DC and attended a party hosted by President Donald Trump’s special envoy Paolo Zampolli.

‘Paolo loves the Tates, but the rest of the government doesn’t,’ a source familiar with the Trump administration said after their arrest. ‘A good reminder that he’s not exactly representative.’ 

Andrew Tate, left, and his brother Tristan, right, were arrested on an extradition request from the UK, where they are facing a combined 59 charges, including rape and human trafficking

Hours before his arrest Saturday, Andrew made a taunting post on X.

‘The prosecutor reads every single tweet I make. They’re all corrupt. Hello Dicott please raid the house,’ he wrote. 

Andrew also told his followers: ‘Learn to enjoy all forms of attention and haters become powerless.’ 

The accused rapist appears to have been partying early Saturday morning, per video he shared on the platform.

Footage obtained by TMZ shows US Marshals handcuffing the Tate brothers outside the event center on Saturday. Agents were seen inspecting Andrew’s ears and shirt collar as they took him into custody. 

Fans gathered outside the event at the time of the arrest were ordered to ‘back up’ as the investigation unfolded.

The brothers were then loaded into the back of unmarked police vehicles and escorted away.

A DOJ spokesperson told the Daily Mail: ‘Today, US Marshals in the Southern District of Florida arrested Andrew and Tristan Tate pursuant to extradition proceedings. 

‘These arrests were made in accordance with the treaties and law enforcement agreements governing Justice Department extraditions.’

Bedfordshire Police in the UK also confirmed the pair’s arrest, stating they were detained pending ongoing legal proceedings in Britain.

The pending charges in the UK accuse Andrew, 39, and Tristan, 37, of abusing women between 2012 and 2015 in an area north of London , where they grew up

The Crown Prosecution Service has brought 42 charges against Andrew and 17 against Tristan.

‘Officers from our major crime unit have been working closely alongside the Crown Prosecution Service and both national and international law enforcement agencies as part of this complex investigation,’ Bedfordshire Police Assistant Chief Constable Karena Thomas said.

‘We understand the interest that this case will generate, but we would urge the public not to speculate and to allow the legal process to be carried out correctly.

‘There is no place for male violence against women and girls, and we will continue to work tirelessly to support victims and investigate all reports made to us.’

The Tates are dual US and British citizens who moved to Romania in 2016.

The former professional kickboxers have amassed a following of fans, particularly young men and boys, by professing a lifestyle of luxury and unapologetic misogyny.

Andrew and Tristan were arrested in Romania in December 2022 and charged in June 2023 with human trafficking and forming an organized crime group to sexually exploit women. Andrew was additionally charged with rape. 

Romanian prosecutors in August 2024 expanded the case against them to include money laundering, witness intimidation and complicity in the trafficking of minors.

British prosecutors filed their own charges against the brothers in May 2025, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking.

Romanian courts ruled the pair would be extradited to the UK once proceedings in Romania conclude.

The Bucharest court of appeals ruled against sending the ​Tates to trial in 2024 and sent the case back to prosecutors after removing several ​pieces of evidence that were ‘deemed inadmissible”‘ including initial testimonies from their alleged victims from the file.

Prosecutors ‌are ⁠still investigating the first case, but in 2024 they began a second criminal investigation against the Tates and four other suspects on suspicion of forming an organized criminal group, human trafficking, trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor and money laundering.

The Tates flew from Romania to Florida in February 2025 after authorities lifted their travel ban, a reversal that followed reported pressure from Trump administration figures. Trump told reporters he knew ‘nothing about it.’

ProPublica later reported that a White House official intervened to have federal agents return electronic devices seized from the brothers when they landed in Florida.

This week’s gathering was not Zampolli’s first encounter with the brothers. He and Andrew were seen together on the sidelines of the Milken Institute Global Conference in May, and the two recently recorded a lengthy interview together.

Andrew Tate has amassed over 10 million followers on X but has been banned from platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Instagram for violating hate speech guidelines. 

His most widely condemned rhetoric includes comments that women who are sexually assaulted should bear some responsibility for their attacks, graphic descriptions of how he might attack women and criticisms of people who seek treatment for mental illness. 

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