Andrew Tate ‘raped and choked women unconscious in UK and had sick stash of indecent child images’, court hears

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An image collage containing 3 images, Image 1 shows Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate appear before U.S. Magistrate Lauren Louis at a procedural hearing in Miami, Image 2 shows Tristan and Andrew Tate deliver a press statement in front of their house after landing back in Romania, near Bucharest, Romania, March 22, 2025. Inquam Photos/Eduard Vinatoru via REUTERS ATTENTION, Image 3 shows Tate Brothers

ANDREW Tate raped and choked women unconscious in the UK, it is alleged.

The self-proclaimed misogynist has also been accused of possessing indecent child imagery and extreme porn as part of 32 fresh charges laid against him.

Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate appear before U.S. Magistrate Lauren Louis at a procedural hearing in Miami

Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate appeared in a US court on Monday, illustrated in this sketch Credit: Reuters

Tristan and Andrew Tate deliver a press statement in front of their house after landing back in Romania, near Bucharest, Romania, March 22, 2025. Inquam Photos/Eduard Vinatoru via REUTERS ATTENTION...

Andrew and his brother Tristan were arrested over the weekend Credit: Reuters

Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested in Miami over the weekend and now face extradition to the UK.

The pair have been hit with 38 new charges in total.

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They appeared at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr Courthouse on Monday, wearing tan jail uniforms and handcuffs.

Andrew and Tristan, 39 and 38, shackled at the waist and ankles, spoke only when asked if they understood their rights, replying together: “Yes your honour.”

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The brothers were detained in Florida on Saturday as they arrived at a bare-knuckle boxing event.

Andrew faces 32 new charges, including seven relating to rape and 19 involving extreme pornography and indecent images of children.

Tristan, 38, faces six more, including two rape and sex-trafficking charges.

The brothers have been accused of choking women, sometimes until they fell unconscious, and then raping them.

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The brothers were hit with fresh charges over the weekend Credit: AP

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Self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew has been charged with possessing child abuse images Credit: Instagram

According to unsealed documents, Andrew allegedly repeatedly choked one woman until she passed out and then raped her at her home in Bedford in 2015.

Another woman alleged Andrew visited her Manchester home before choking her to the point that “she was afraid Tate was going to kill her”.

The complaint also alleged that Tristan regularly choked, beat and raped a woman that he was in a romantic relationship in 2012 and 2013.

The alleged victim claimed he regularly choked her until she passed out, gave her a black eye and whipped her with a belt, causing welts and bruises.

US prosecutors are seeking to extradite them to the UK – with a district judge set to consider whether they meet the conditions over the coming weeks.

The Tates’ lawyer Joseph McBride said that the brothers will fight the move.

Speaking outside court after the hearing on Monday, 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.”

The brothers will remain in custody in Florida until their next court hearing on July 27.

Andrew and Tristan 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 repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

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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.