Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his member Tristan person appeared successful a national courtroom successful Miami, marking the opening of extradition proceedings to the UK implicit a slate of caller charges that includes rape and enactment trafficking.
Speaking extracurricular the tribunal aft the hearing, a lawyer for the brothers said they would combat extradition.
The Tates person been held successful a Florida jailhouse since their apprehension connected Saturday, aft the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which prosecutes transgression cases successful England and Wales, announced 38 caller charges against them.
The Tate brothers, who arrived successful Florida successful 2025 aft departing Romania wherever they look akin charges, person repeatedly denied immoderate wrongdoing.
In tribunal connected Monday, the brace wore airy brownish situation uniforms and were handcuffed and shackled astatine the waist and ankles.
They spoke lone erstwhile asked if they understood their rights to which they replied unneurotic "yes your honour".
The brothers' attorney, Joe McBride, told reporters aft the little proceeding that his clients are innocent.
"They've ne'er done thing wrong. They shouldn't beryllium extradited for crimes they didn't commit," McBride said.
"It's garbage. It's a stitch up job," helium added.
He compared the charges against the men to the ineligible proceedings against US President Donald Trump - which helium called a "witch hunt" - and referred to the attempted extradition arsenic "political kidnapping".
When asked however agelong the extradition proceedings would take, McBride estimated up of the hearing that it would beryllium "around 60 days".
The justice acceptable the brother's adjacent tribunal proceeding for 27 July, according to AP News.
Any last determination connected extradition would yet person to beryllium made by the Trump administration.
The latest allegations against the men were said to person occurred betwixt July 2010 and August 2017.
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