[ACSOL notes: Although we don’t normally post articles about arrests, it will be interesting to see if these two high profile individuals can escape from the requirement to register]
British prosecutors said they will seek the brothers’ extradition to the U.K.
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, the controversial social media influencers, were arrested Saturday evening in Miami, after British prosecutors brought new charges of rape and sex trafficking against them, according to U.S. and U.K. authorities.
The U.S. Marshals Service confirmed to ABC News the brothers were taken into custody into Miami.
The Crown Prosecution Service said in a news release that the brothers were charged in connection with sexual offenses involving four women that allegedly took place between July 2010 and August 2017.
Andrew Tate, 39, was hit with “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 for offences relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography,” prosecutors said.
Tristan Tate, 38, was charged with “with one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation,” according to the CPS.
They are both awaiting extradition, according to …