Online influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate must remain in custody in the US while they fight extradition to the United Kingdom to face rape and human trafficking charges, a federal judge in Miami ruled Wednesday.
The written ruling from Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis came after an hourslong August 27 hearing where the brothers asked for bail – a hearing that marked the first time the Tates had been seen in public since July after weeks in separate cells at the Federal Detention Center in Miami.
The Tate brothers “failed to meet their burden to demonstrate that they do not present a risk of flight or danger to the community, or that special circumstances warrant their release,” Louis wrote in Wednesday’s ruling.
The former kickboxers, who have dual US and British citizenship, were arrested in late July in Miami and have remained there while a judge decides on the request for their extradition to Britain to face rape charges.
The UK charges include allegations of rape and human trafficking involving a total of seven victims. Andrew Tate faces 42 charges and Tristan Tate 17, according to prosecutors. Among the additional counts against Andrew are allegations of making or distributing indecent images of children and possessing extreme pornography.
