See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy OLIVIA CHRISTIE, NEWS REPORTER Published: 00:35 BST, 28 August 2026 | Updated: 04:22 BST, 28 August 2026
The Tate brothers have complained about the poor diet and lack of privacy at a Miami jail, where they remain detained while fighting against extradition to the UK.Andrew Tate, 39, who has built a large online following promoting his views on masculinity, and his brother Tristan, 38, were arrested in July on an extradition request from Britain, which has charged them with rape. Lawyers for the brothers, who have dual US and British citizenship, are asking a judge for them to be freed from custody at least until an extradition hearing can be held. They appeared at a court hearing on Thursday wearing prison clothes and shackles. Tristan was called to the stand, where he said he cannot prove he is innocent if he is kept in jail.'I need to clear my name. I need to take part in these proceedings, I can't do that from the secure housing unit,' he said.Tristan also complained about the conditions at the Miami jail. He said there are ants and the only toilet in his cell is where anyone walking by can see him. Andrew and Tristan Tate built a global following by flaunting their flashy lifestyle and apparent wealth, including their fleet of exotic supercars, in photos on social media On social media, Andrew frequently showed off what appeared to be his extraordinary wealth, even posing for photos with stacks of cash Andrew and Tristan shared videos and photos posing alongside multimillion-dollar Bugatti vehicles to create an image of wealth, some of which his lawyers now say were 'rented' He said he has lost 14lb eating mostly junk food in the nearly six weeks he has been in custody.The government says the Tates, who deny all the charges they face worldwide, would tap into their vast wealth and multiple identities to flee if they were released on bond. But their attorneys argue their high profile social media presence makes it nearly impossible for them to flee. They also say the brothers have shown they won't run through cooperating in a separate sex crime case in Romania.No date for an extradition hearing has been set and the UK has until mid-September to provide evidence to the State Department.The Tates have become among the world's most polarising internet personalities by promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny through their social media empire.Andrew has said women who are sexually assaulted should bear some responsibility for the attacks and shared graphic descriptions of how he might attack women. Tristan has worked with his brother on multiple businesses, including the production of online webcam pornography. Andrew projected a playboy image posing on luxury yachts for social media posts, but lawyers say the superyacht (not pictured) cited by prosecutors never belonged to themThe brothers have long claimed that their violent and misogynistic statements have been taken out of context or were intended as jokes.'That is not the real Andrew Tate, the person Andrew Tate,' said his lawyer Howard Srebnick, who in court on Thursday compared Tate on social media to Sacha Baron Cohen's confrontational Ali G character.Attorneys for the Tates also say they largely exaggerated their claims of wealth to boost their social media personas. They say their claims of multiple passports were satirical and a '$50-million-dollar superyacht' featured in one of the brothers' videos does not actually belong to them.The expensive luxury cars, including a $2.1million Aston Martin, that were featured in other videos were rented, the defense says.
