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Andrew Tate and his younger brother, Tristan, were arrested again and await potential extradition to the U.K. Here's what we know
Andrew Tate, the infamous internet misogynist and human-trafficking suspect, was arrested in Miami alongside his brother Tristan on Saturday after the U.K. leveled new charges of rape and child exploitation against them. A one-minute clip of U.S. marshals putting the two in handcuffs quickly went viral, with their ill-fitting outfits and especially Andrew’s gaping purple blouse inspiring widespread mockery. But the new charges brought by the U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are no laughing matter, and the Tate brothers are currently being held in a federal detention center awaiting an extradition process to potentially face trial in the U.K.
This is separate from the ongoing Romanian investigation into the Tates on suspicion of human trafficking, the trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, and money laundering. According to Romanian authorities, the brothers are suspected of convincing dozens of women that they were in relationships to coerce them into making pornography that was sold for more than $2.8 million and close to a million crypto tokens online.
