Andrew Tate & brother Tristan will remain behind bars as they appear in court fighting extradition to UK after arrest

ANDREW and Tristan Tate were hauled before a US court earlier today as they face extradition to the UK over further rape charges. The online influencers were arrested by federal authorities in Miami on Saturday after the CPS authorised 38 more rape charges against them. Tristan and Andrew Tate deliver a press statement in front of their house after landing back in Romania, near Bucharest, Romania, March 22, 2025 Credit: Reuters Joseph D. McBride (C), attorney for Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate, and Justin Waller (L) depart following a hearing for the Tate brothers Credit: AFP The new counts relate to the alleged sexual abuse of four additional women in Britain between July 2010 and August 2017. The brothers were detained as they arrived at a bareknuckle boxing event, before being handcuffed and taken into custody. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! They made their first appearance before a federal magistrate at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr Courthouse in Miami on Monday afternoon.US prosecutors are seeking to extradite them to the UK. A district judge will consider whether they meet the conditions over the coming weeks. Read more on the Tate brothers The Tates’ lawyer Joseph McBride confirmed that the brothers will fight the move. Speaking outside the court after the preliminary hearing, he said: “Today was about enforcing Andrew and Tristan Tate’s rights and objecting to the extradition process. We are of course objecting to extradition because Andrew and Tristan are innocent.” He claimed his clients are the victims of a “political witch hunt” and are being “attacked for what they say, not what they’ve done”. The lawyer also branded Britain “a fallen state that prosecutes its citizens for free speech” and suggested US President Donald Trump could intervene in the proceedings, saying “he was elected to fight against this kind of nonsense”. Most read in The Sun The pair were seized by US Marshals on Saturday Andrew Tate (C) and his brother Tristan Tate (back R) speak to journalists after having been released from detention in Bucharest, Romania on March 12, 2024 Credit: AFP Self-styled misogynist Andrew, 39, faces 32 further counts, including seven rape charges and 19 involving extreme pornography and indecent images of children. Tristan, 38, faces six more, including two rape and sex-trafficking charges. They already faced 21 charges between them relating to three alleged victims, so will now be prosecuted for 59 allegations relating to seven women. The brothers have previously denied any wrongdoing. Mr McBride added: “We’ve never seen a scintilla of evidence that indicates that these guys are guilty of anything…You can love them, you can hate them, but nobody should go to jail for free speech, and that is exactly what this is about. “Make no mistake about it, the United Kingdom was once the greatest empire the world has ever known. It is a fallen nation. “It is a fallen state that prosecutes its citizens for free speech.” He added: “That is not what democracies and free societies do. That is what communist China and despotic regimes do. Andrew Tate, left, watches his brother Tristan speak, outside a police station in Voluntari, Romania, May 21, 2025 Credit: AP The pair have previously denied any wrongdoing Credit: EPA “And we’re going to fight them at every turn, at every corner, because they are American citizens.” The Tates were born in the US before moving to Luton as children. They are now based in Romania, where they were initially arrested in 2022.