Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested in Miami on Saturday on a combined 59 new charges, including child and extreme pornography and rape.
US Marshals took the brothers into custody outside the James L Knight Center in the afternoon, moments before Andrew was due to host a bareknuckle boxing event.
The arrest was made on an extradition request from the UK, where the pair face a combined 59 charges, including rape and human trafficking.
The pending charges in Britain accuse Andrew, 39, and Tristan, 37, of abusing women between July 2010 and August 2017, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
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Andrew faces seven further counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 19 additional charges relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.
Tristan is charged with one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.
The brothers have strongly denied any wrongdoing.
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Their lawyer Joseph McBride said in a statement to the Daily Mail: "The world knows Andrew and Tristan Tate are innocent. Their enemies know it best of all. That is exactly why they have been attacked."
The arrest came days after the Daily Mail reported that the brothers met with US Republican Rep Wesley Hunt in Washington 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 the arrest. "A good reminder that he's not exactly representative."
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The Tates will be processed at the federal courthouse in Miami on Monday, a Department of Justice source told the Daily Mail. The DOJ will also unseal the indictment against them.
Hours before his arrest, Andrew posted on X about criminal charges he faces in Romania.
"The prosecutor reads every single tweet I make. They're all corrupt. Hello Diicot please raid the house," he wrote, referencing Romania's Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism.
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He also told his followers: "Learn to enjoy all forms of attention and haters become powerless."
McBride said the arrest was approved by a low-level DOJ official who "never got approval from leadership."
"Two men who came to this country openly, lawfully, and peacefully were thrown in a cage on the say-so of a bureaucrat freelancing with the full force of American law enforcement," he wrote.
Footage obtained by TMZ showed US Marshals handcuffing the brothers outside the event center. Agents were seen inspecting Andrew's ears and shirt collar as they took him into custody.
Fans gathered outside the event were ordered to "back up" before the brothers were loaded into unmarked police vehicles.
A DOJ spokesperson said the arrests were made "in accordance with the treaties and law enforcement agreements governing Justice
Source: Daily Mail
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