Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been charged with a string of serious offences in the UK, including rape and human trafficking, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has confirmed.
Andrew Tate, 38, is facing ten charges – among them rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking, and controlling prostitution for gain – relating to three women.
His brother, Tristan Tate, 36, has been charged with 11 offences connected to one woman, including rape, human trafficking and assault.
The charges, authorised in January 2024, have only now been made public. The alleged offences occurred between 2012 and 2015.
A European Arrest Warrant was issued for the brothers by Bedfordshire Police. Both men “unequivocally deny” the allegations, which come as they face separate charges in Romania, Sky News reported.
In a statement, a CPS spokesperson said: “We can confirm that we have authorised charges against Andrew and Tristan Tate for offences including rape, human trafficking, controlling prostitution and actual bodily harm against three women.
These charging decisions followed receipt of a file of evidence from Bedfordshire Police.
“A European Arrest Warrant was issued in England in 2024, and as a result, the Romanian courts ordered the extradition to the UK of Andrew and Tristan Tate.”
The brothers are not expected to be extradited until the conclusion of criminal proceedings in Romania. They are currently facing separate allegations in that country, including trafficking minors, engaging in sexual acts with a minor, money laundering, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. That case has been returned to Romanian prosecutors.
The CPS spokesperson added: “The Crown Prosecution Service reminds everyone that criminal proceedings are active, and the defendants have the right to a fair trial. There must be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.”
Sky News has approached representatives of Andrew Tate for comment.
Lawyer Matt Jury, from McCue Jury & Partners, who is representing several alleged British victims of Andrew Tate, said: “We welcome the clarity from the Crown Prosecution Service that our authorities are working to ensure the Tates face justice here in the UK – they cannot be allowed to escape extradition.
“At the same time, we ask once more that CPS admit its mistake in failing to prosecute Tate when he lived in the UK and finally charge him for the rape and assault of the other three women, our clients, who originally filed criminal complaints against him as long ago as 2014 but were failed by the system. They deserve justice, too.”
An investigation into those earlier allegations was closed by police in 2019.
