The US Justice Department filed a 57-page memorandum, entered on the court docket October 26, supporting Andrew Tate’s extradition to Britain. It argues the UK’s submission establishes probable cause that he committed all 39 offenses before the court.
Prosecutors also say the allegations do not rest on victims’ statements alone. According to the filing, communications, witness accounts, travel records and banking records independently corroborate the accusers.
The filing says Britain asks the US to extradite Tate, a dual US-UK citizen, to face more than three dozen offenses over alleged conduct in the United Kingdom between 2011 and 2017. He faces 39 counts in the US proceeding, fewer than the 42 charges Britain announced against him. The State Department told the court it was leaving out three indecent-image charges. The UK charges include rape, sex trafficking and assault. Tate denies any wrongdoing.
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Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis set separate hearings for the brothers, with Andrew’s on November 19 and his brother Tristan’s on November 20. She rejected a bid to combine the cases. The judge decides whether the evidence meets the treaty’s requirements, and then the State Department makes the final decision on surrender. The White House ruled out any intervention shortly after their July 18 arrest.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Yassamin Ansari sent a letter on October 20 to Attorney General Todd Blanche and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Their questions include whether the administration will honor Britain’s request and whether senior Justice Department officials weighed in on the case. They want answers by November 3. The memorandum followed six days later.
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The brothers have been held in a Miami federal detention center since. Louis refused bail September 9, saying they had not proved they posed no flight risk or danger. They filed a habeas corpus petition on October 7 seeking release, and no ruling on it has been reported.
A separate 43-page memorandum, entered the same day, covers Tristan Tate. It says Britain wants him extradited to face more than a dozen offenses over alleged conduct between 2010 and 2017.
Their lawyer, Joseph McBride, says Britain has withheld the accusers’ names, which leaves the claims untestable. Both brothers also face an indictment in Romania, where prosecutors charged Andrew in September with trafficking minors and money laundering.
