Andrew and Tristan Tate have been held in federal custody in Florida since July, awaiting the end result of an extradition request from the British authorities over felony fees of rape, assault and intercourse trafficking.
The brothers, stalwarts of the so-called manosphere, are difficult the request. They have repeatedly denied the allegations and argued that their arrest is politically motivated.
A federal choose in Miami is about to contemplate on Thursday whether or not the Tates ought to stay in custody there as they problem their extradition.
The listening to is the most recent flip in additional than a decade of notoriety that has led to felony investigations in a number of nations.
Here is a timeline of the primary occasions.
Around 2015
Webcam Pornography Business
Sometime within the 2010s, Andrew Tate and his brother start working an internet pornography enterprise collectively, through which ladies carry out reside on webcams for paying clients. By 2015, they’re operating the operation in areas round Luton, a city close to London the place the brothers, U.S.-British residents, settled after leaving the United States as youngsters.
Both brothers had discovered success as skilled kickboxers, but it surely was the webcam enterprise, Andrew mentioned later in interviews, that made them actual cash. The brothers, he mentioned, romanced enticing ladies, coaxed them into performing and took most of the earnings.
2016-2022
Reality TV and Romania
Andrew Tate seems on the British actuality present “Big Brother.” His look is short-lived and he’s faraway from the present after The Sun, a British a tabloid, obtains a video of him whipping a girlfriend with a belt. They each say the act was consensual.
The scandal enhances his fame, together with on social media, the place Mr. Tate shares misogynistic views on ladies, revels in ostentatious wealth and publicizes his help for Donald J. Trump’s MAGA motion.
By then, the brothers transfer their base, and some of their webcam operations, to Romania.
They additionally start promoting self-help programs and entry to a personal community, promising to show younger males about entrepreneurship, courting and health.
Wealth follows. In the eight years main as much as 2022, a court docket in Britain found, the brothers make no less than 21 million British kilos in income (round $28 million) from grownup leisure platforms and on-line funds.
2022
Fame and Social Media Exile
Interest in Andrew Tate attracts hundreds of thousands of social media followers and makes him one of essentially the most searched folks on Google globally.
Teachers and advocacy teams increase issues concerning the results of Mr. Tate’s views on college students.
That summer time, Meta, YouTube and TikTok take down his accounts, citing violations of their guidelines. He had lengthy been banned from Twitter, however rejoins it after Elon Musk buys the platform in October.
A viral exchange in December between Andrew Tate and Greta Thunberg, the local weather activist, attracts him much more consideration.
Prosecutors in Romania detain the brothers, accusing them of forming an organized felony group and trafficking seven ladies into their pornography enterprise. Andrew Tate can also be accused of rape.
The brothers deny the allegations, and declare that their wealth and fame made them targets.
2023
Suing for Defamation
The Tates are formally indicted in June, confined first to jail and then to deal with arrest. They are later launched however barred from leaving Romania.
The case prompts headlines all over the world, and the brothers give interviews to sympathetic conservative commentators, amongst them Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens.
They additionally file a defamation case towards a woman in Florida who was described as a sufferer within the Romanian investigation.
British prosecutors apply for arrest warrants for the brothers on allegations of rape, human trafficking and assault.
A Romanian court docket agrees to extradite them to Britain as soon as the Romanian proceedings finish.
The fees, which weren’t fully detailed on the time by prosecutors, cowl a interval from 2012 to 2015.
At this time, Andrew faces 10 fees, together with rape, assault inflicting precise bodily hurt, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for acquire associated to 3 ladies.
Tristan faces 11 fees, together with rape, precise bodily hurt and human trafficking associated to 1 lady. A spokesman for the brothers mentioned they rejected the costs.
June 2024
Women Sue Andrew Tate
Opening one other authorized entrance, 4 British ladies file a civil lawsuit towards Andrew Tate.
They allege that he abused them from 2013 to 2015, when he was nonetheless dwelling in Britain. One lady who had labored for him says in court docket paperwork that he strangled her throughout intercourse; one other says he raped, beat and pulled a gun on her; a third lady says he raped and strangled her whereas they had been courting.
Mr. Tate, in each court docket filings and public statements, denies all of the accusations towards him and says that his interactions with the ladies had been consensual.
Late 2024
Another Criminal Case in Romania
Romanian prosecutors announce a second felony investigation into the brothers, this time accusing them of coercing 34 ladies into their on-line pornography enterprise.
One of the victims, the prosecutors say, was 17 years outdated. Andrew Tate can also be accused of beating and having intercourse with a 15-year outdated.
That December, in a setback for prosecutors, a choose blocks a trial in Romania within the first felony case, citing procedural errors and different points.
February 2025
Travel Ban Is Lifted
In February, the brothers fly by personal jet to Florida after prosecutors in Romania carry journey restrictions on them.
A New York Times investigation finds that Trump administration officers play a essential position of their exit from Romania. President Trump, on the time, says he is aware of nothing about it.
Their arrival stirs divisions amongst American conservatives. Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida says the Tates will not be welcome within the state. Soon after, the state’s lawyer common announces a criminal investigation of them, with out making clear its focus.
Mid-2025
Further Allegations
Brianna Stern, a mannequin who dated Andrew Tate, accuses him in a civil criticism filed in Los Angeles County of choking and beating her.
A few months later, in July, Lauren Southern, a former proper wing influencer, alleges in a self-published memoir that Mr. Tate choked and assaulted her in 2018 when the 2 met up in Romania.
Mr. Tate, by means of his legal professionals, calls each claims false. He later sues Ms. Stern for defamation.
July 18, 2026
Brothers Detained in Florida
Federal marshals arrest the Tate brothers in Miami on the request of British prosecutors, who subject new felony fees of rape and intercourse trafficking towards them.
For Andrew Tate, the brand new fees embody seven counts of rape; three counts of intercourse trafficking; three counts of assault; 15 counts referring to sexual photographs of youngsters and 4 counts referring to possession of “extreme pornography.”
Tristan Tate faces two counts of rape; one rely of sexual assault; and three counts of intercourse trafficking. The fees relate to a interval from 2010 to 2017 and contain 4 victims, British prosecutors say.
Lawyers for the brothers are combating for them to be launched on bail, arguing that they complied with restrictions in Britain and would respect the U.S. authorized course of as nicely.
British prosecutors, nevertheless, say the brothers will flee and ought to stay incarcerated.