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Social Media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate Arrested in Miami, US Marshals Service Tells AP
WKRN ^
| Jul 18, 2026
| ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Posted on 07/18/2026 10:55:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world’s most polarizing internet personalities, were arrested Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex trafficking charges.
The brothers were taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service on a sealed warrant, agency spokesperson Brady McCarron told The Associated Press, placing the United States at the center of an international legal saga that has stretched from Romania to Britain.
British prosecutors announced Saturday that they were seeking the brothers’ extradition on charges alleging they raped and trafficked women between 2010 and 2017.
The dual U.S. and British citizens moved to Romania in 2016. They were arrested there in 2022, accused of participating in schemes to lure women for sexual exploitation. They denied those allegations and the Romanian case hasn’t gone forward because of legal and procedural problems.
President Trump addresses the nation
Last year, they were allowed to leave Romania and flew to Florida on a private jet.
The brothers are expected to appear in Miami’s federal court early next week, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive law enforcement operations.
The pending charges in the United Kingdom accused the brothers of abusing women in an area north of London, where they grew up. Their lawyers had said they denied the allegations.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: alexjones; andrewtate; antiamerican; antisemite; ceryptfeminist; creeps; goodriddance; humandebris; infowars; losers; maplesyrup; misandrist; misogynist; nazitrash; tommyrobinson; tristantate
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Why are these two misandrist leftists in our country? I've seen videos where they say they hate the U.S. and how much better Romania is. They should go home.
To: nickcarraway
How are they worse than Hassan Piker?
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posted on
07/19/2026 12:04:53 AM PDT
by
Prince of Space
(I cannot hate the media enough!)
To: nickcarraway
How are they worse than Hassan Piker?
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posted on
07/19/2026 12:04:55 AM PDT
by
Prince of Space
(I cannot hate the media enough!)
To: nickcarraway
He supposedly converted to Muslim?
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posted on
07/19/2026 12:08:07 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
To: Prince of Space
To: Prince of Space
Does Hasan Piker admit to conning men out of money?
To: nickcarraway
If you took the dogshit off the bottom of your boot and you examined the parasites living in that dogshit... These two are less intelligent than those parasites.
Just fly over the UK and dump them without a parachute out of a C130.
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posted on
07/19/2026 12:54:58 AM PDT
by
jerod
(Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: dennisw
He supposedly converted to Muslim?
That's what this is all about. If the Tate brothers are sincere and wear Arabic or Islamic clothing as a demonstration to the UK court that they're companions of the final prophet, they're home free.
To: nickcarraway
I suspect that Britain has built its case against them quite solidly. They’ve had at least 5 years to build something.
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posted on
07/19/2026 1:09:14 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(A quiet man is a thinking man. A quiet woman is angry.)
To: nickcarraway
Leaked War Room chats and videos (from hacks and investigations by BBC, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, etc.) show Tate and members discussing aggressive “lover boy” tactics, isolation of women, financial control, and “Pimpin’ Hoes Degree” (PhD) methods for recruiting women into webcam/OnlyFans work. Examples include him saying things like “I’ve done this with over 100 girls... I almost sound evil. But I’m not. I’m a shepherd leading the sheep.”
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posted on
07/19/2026 1:18:57 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(A quiet man is a thinking man. A quiet woman is angry.)
To: nickcarraway
If they just claim that they have converted to islam the British will drop all charges.
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posted on
07/19/2026 1:49:32 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
To: nickcarraway
If they just claim that they have converted to islam the British will drop all charges.
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posted on
07/19/2026 1:49:34 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
To: nickcarraway
If they just claim that they have converted to islam the British will drop all charges.
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posted on
07/19/2026 1:49:35 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
To: Jonty30
I suspect that Britain has built its case against them quite solidly.
Doubtful, based on what happened in Rumania. But this isn't a case about crimes backed by testimony and forensic evidence, but rather a test of ideological purity.
The Tate brothers were a product of a black American father who was a multi-lingual and mathematical/chess genius with lifelong mental health problems, and an English mother with a serious white guilt complex. The two brothers had the misfortune of inheriting both the genetic deficiencies of the father and the cultural deficiencies of the mother.
To: Right_Wing_Madman
Romania seemed rushed to me, a political hit-job.
I will be surprised if it is the same in Britain. The intent may be the same, but we can’t call this case rushed because they’ve had 10 years or more of building a case.
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posted on
07/19/2026 2:00:52 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(A quiet man is a thinking man. A quiet woman is angry.)
To: Jonty30
I will be surprised if it is the same in Britain.
It won't be the same in Britain. In Rumania, the Tate brothers faced a God-fearing orthodox judge who challenged, and ultimately rejected the "irregularities" of the indictments. That won't be the case in the UK. If the Tate brothers sincerely embrace Mohammed as their prophet in the UK courts, they'll be okay (they don't want to do that, but it beats a 40-year prison sentence).
To: fella
they’ll even make a few more TV commercials using a 12 year old girl to welcome them home!!
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posted on
07/19/2026 2:37:50 AM PDT
by
sit-rep
(START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
To: nickcarraway
I have no idea who they are but the article states they are "vocal supporters of Donald Trump".
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posted on
07/19/2026 2:46:48 AM PDT
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: Jonty30
Romania seemed rushed to me
Rumania was over-extended, not rushed. The Tate brothers spent over two years (December 2022 to January 2025) in jail and then house arrest before their first court appearance in Rumania. The endless delays are what convinced me the charges were bogus.
The Tate brothers spent more time under house arrest, awaiting their trial, than Apostle Paul in Rome did (at least the Roman courts were more efficient).
To: nickcarraway
What happened to personal responsibility? The rest of us aren’t liable for the stupidity of a stranger. The stock market cons ppl out of their money daily but we aren’t calling for it to be shut down.
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posted on
07/19/2026 3:07:31 AM PDT
by
Prince of Space
(I cannot hate the media enough!)
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