Andrew and Tristan Tate will remain in federal custody in Miami until at least 13 August, when a judge is scheduled to decide whether they should be released while fighting extradition to the United Kingdom.
At a 27 July hearing, US Magistrate Judge Lauren Fleischer Louis set the detention hearing for the potentially months-long extradition case.
British authorities have until16 September to submit the full extradition request to the US State Department. The brothers were arrested by US Marshals in Miami on 18 July.
The UK Crown Prosecution Service says the brothers face a combined 59 charges involving seven alleged victims. Andrew Tate faces 42 charges, and Tristan Tate 17, including allegations of rape, assault, and facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation. Andrew also faces charges relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.
The alleged offences span 2010 to 2017, and both men deny wrongdoing.
Although Andrew Tate is being held without access to a mobile phone, his X account has remained highly active. His lawyer, Joseph McBride, said Tate dictates messages during legal visits before members of his team publish them online. His legal team reportedly visits him as often as six times each week.
A review of publicly indexed posts found at least 37 posts on Andrew Tate’s account between 19 July and 2 August – an average of approximately two and a half daily. The account published as many as six posts on 30 July alone. Many describe allegedly poor jail conditions, protest his detention, or repeat his claim that the proceedings are politically motivated.
By comparison, only one publicly indexed post appeared on Tristan Tate’s account during the same period, on 26 July. In it, he described himself as a political prisoner, writing, “Should this place be housing me as a political prisoner of the failing British state? No.”
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