US prosecutors seek to keep Tate brothers jailed pending UK extradition
Federal prosecutors cite Andrew Tate's own social media boasts about fake passports and mocking the UK government as evidence the brothers are flight risks.
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Federal prosecutors filed motions Monday in Miami federal court arguing that Andrew and Tristan Tate should remain in custody while they face extradition proceedings to the United Kingdom on charges including rape, human trafficking, and assault. Prosecutors leveraged the brothers' own social media posts—in which Andrew Tate bragged about possessing multiple passports under false names and taunted UK authorities—as evidence they are flight risks. A detention hearing is scheduled for Thursday to determine whether the brothers remain jailed or are released during what could be months-long extradition proceedings.
- Prosecutors used Andrew Tate's own social media boasts about multiple passports, fake identities, and mocking UK authorities as primary evidence he is a flight risk.
- The defense argues the brothers' high-profile status and regular social media posts about their locations make flight nearly impossible, and they have complied with restrictions in Romania.
- Prosecutors disputed Tate's claims of harsh jail conditions, presenting commissary receipts showing both brothers ordered snacks and supplies, and stating they receive daily recreation time and frequent legal visits.
- A detention hearing Thursday will determine if the brothers remain in federal custody during months-long extradition proceedings on UK charges of rape, sex trafficking, and assault.
How it unfolded
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Coverage highlights that prosecutors built their detention argument directly on Andrew Tate's social media posts in which he claimed to have 'seven passports,' '15 driver's licenses,' and said he is 'above the law' and 'never getting extradited.'
“I have 'seven passports' and '15 driver's licenses,' adding if he is stopped by the police, he will 'pull out a license from some random country' to hide his real identity”
Andrew Tate · Bluesky ↗ -
Federal prosecutors filed their response arguing the Tate brothers should remain in custody, citing their social media posts bragging about multiple passports and their unwillingness to face UK prosecution as evidence of flight risk.
“That the Tates also claim to maintain multiple passports and identities, have access to excessive wealth and influence in numerous countries, and are stridently unwilling to voluntarily return to face prosecution in the United Kingdom…”
US Prosecutors · Bluesky ↗ -
Prosecutors disputed Andrew Tate's claims about harsh conditions, presenting commissary receipts from August 5 showing both brothers ordered items like Doritos, ramen, coffee, and candy, and claiming they receive adequate food, water, recreation time, and legal visits.
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Andrew Tate posted on X claiming he receives 'no commissary, no phone calls, no yard time' in solitary confinement, describing it as the 'worst possible conditions the US gov provides to terrorists and psychopaths.'
“no commissary, no phone calls, no yard time…worst possible conditions the US gov provides to terrorists and psychopaths”
Andrew Tate · Bluesky ↗ -
Defense attorneys filed a motion seeking release of the Tate brothers, acknowledging the presumption against bond in extradition cases but arguing special circumstances warrant release.
- 3 weeks quiet
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Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested and taken to Federal Detention Center in Miami. They made a brief court appearance two days after arrest.
What people are saying verbatim
“The Court need not look much further than the TATES' own social media posts to understand the great lengths they have gone to avoid detection by government”
US Prosecutors, Federal prosecutors, Miami · Forbes ↗ · Aug 10
“I have 'seven passports' and '15 driver's licenses,' adding if he is stopped by the police, he will 'pull out a license from some random country' to hide his real identity”
Andrew Tate, Defendant · Forbes (citing video post) ↗ · Aug 10
“no commissary, no phone calls, no yard time…worst possible conditions the US gov provides to terrorists and psychopaths”
Andrew Tate, Defendant · X (via prosecutors' filing) ↗ · Aug 9
“That the Tates also claim to maintain multiple passports and identities, have access to excessive wealth and influence in numerous countries, and are stridently unwilling to voluntarily return to face prosecution in the United Kingdom, collectively demonstrate a heightened risk of flight that no amount of bond could overcome”
US Prosecutors, Federal prosecutors, Miami · AP News ↗ · Aug 10
“The high profile makes it nearly impossible for them to flee, and that they regularly post updates about their locations on social media”
Tate defense team, Defense attorneys · AP News ↗ · Aug 10
“They have proved they are not [flight risks] by complying with all pretrial restrictions in Romania, where they are accused of luring women for sexual exploitation”
Tate defense team, Defense attorneys · AP News ↗ · Aug 10
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Prosecutors cited Andrew Tate’s own social media posts, in which he bragged about having multiple passports under different names, as evidence he and his brother Tristan are flight risks and should remain in jail.
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Federal Prosecutors Seek to Keep Tate Brothers Detained Pending UK Extradition Hearing Federal authorities in Miami are pushing to keep social media personalities Andrew and Tristan Tate locked up while the brothers contest their extradition to the United Kingdom, where they face allegations of rape and sex trafficking. Prosecutors filed their…
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Prosecutors want social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate to remain in federal custody.
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You know who ALSO had multiple passports under different names, even foreign ones? Jeffrey Epstein. Next to $70,000 in cash and a couple dozen loose diamonds. But of course the notion that the partner of Robert Maxwell's daughter was involved with foreign intelligence is an absurd conspiracy theory.
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These 2 monsters should never get out of jail. May they suffer the same hell they bought upon women. Besides the best place for alpha males is prison, among their own kind.
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Or Russian organized crime. Because otherwise the media would of course be constantly harping on about it. I mean it is ratings gold! Mindboggling political and indeed global security implications!
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They already ran away from one prosecution, of course they are a flight risk!
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I love it when they shoot their mouths off to make themselves out as something they are not and land themselves in the shit.
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How soon will Blanche, the Great Pedo Protector, insert himself in this proceeding?
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Just awful men. They have influenced so many young men to believe their entitled garbage and follow their doctrine. Jail swiftly please.