Why Trump or Rubio won’t help free Andrew and Tristan Tate
President Trump has not intervened in the case against Andrew and Tristan Tate, who have been accused of crimes including rape and child pornography.
The Tate brothers, on Sept. 9, lost a bid for release from a United States jail pending their extradition back to Europe, where they are wanted on charges, including rape.
The move came during a hearing before Southern District of Florida Judge Lauren Louis, who denied bail for Andrew Tate, 39, and Tristan Tate, 38.
Romanian prosecutors indicted Andrew Tate on Sept. 4 for allegedly trafficking minors, money laundering, sex with a minor and witness tampering and his brother Tristan Tate, for alleged complicity, years after they began investigating them.
The former kickboxers with dual U.S. and British citizenship were arrested in Miami on July 18 after Britain requested their extradition to face the felony charges.
In an Aug. 10 court filing, prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida said the brothers recruited dozens of women to work for a webcam pornography business starting in 2014, and later ran online courses called “Hustler’s University,” Reuters reported.
The brothers have denied any wrongdoing.
This is a developing story
Contributing: Reuters
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.