The arrests of the online influencers known for their misogynistic views come after years of investigations in Britain and Romania. The new charges concern offenses dating back to 2010, officials said.
Tate Brothers Arrested in Miami as U.K. Authorities File Sex Crime Charges
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/us/tate-brothers-arrest-miami.html
69 Comments
Dionysus@leminal.space · 114 pts · 34d
This should be in UpliftingNews
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 34d
or OrphanCrushingMachine
gedfromgont@piefed.ca · 6 pts · 33d
N...no? Why would it? They committed real crimes, served time in a prison but then got out somehow.
mig@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 33d
More like, yay someone finally arrested these known human traffickers! Distopian part: and they've been selling online coursework how to pimp and abuse women for a decade. Many young men think its fantastic stuff. The US has embraced them as successful buisness men and examples. Meanwhile 2 other nations have tried to make the law stick to these rotten potatoes.
Widdershins@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 32d
I want to pirate that coursework. Not because I want to consume it. I heard piracy is bad for the creators. I want to pirate it just for the sake of that.
turtlesareneat@piefed.ca · 50 pts · 34d
May they die in prison
RePsyche@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 34d
Well, that’s just great news! !
Bananskal@nord.pub · 3 pts · 34d
And on your cake day no less! Happy cake day!
Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 32 pts · 34d
so the main diddler can pardon them
echo@lemmy.today · 39 pts · 34d
The main diddler will have no power in this case once they are out of the US... they're being extradited.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 32 pts · 34d
Anybody want to take bets on whether he'll try to stop extradition, though?
echo@lemmy.today · 15 pts · 34d
It'll be interesting to see what he does... on the one hand, it's his chance to 'own the libs' to rally his base. On the other, it could bring Epstein back into focus.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · -6 pts · 34d
Since when to 'the libs' like the Tate brothers?
echo@lemmy.today · 21 pts · 34d
By getting them released he will completely piss off and distract 'the libs' - that is the 'own'.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 34d
He has to be desperate for a new "supplier" after his BFF Epstein was suicided, maybe he's thinking these morons fit the bill.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 3 pts · 33d
You say that as if he didn't order it done himself.
(Or, hey -- one of my favorite conspiracies: Did you ever see Epstein's body? I didn't. Maybe they just said he was suicided (perhaps with some poor lookalike soul swapped in for him), but he was actually whisked out of prison and taken to his next island where he could keep offering his services to the rich and powerful.)
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 34d
If he did this it would kill the extradition treaty we have.
Which considering the USA uses it way more than us would hurt them more.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 5 pts · 34d
USA has been pushing all kind of shit and UK politicians often give in because they're Trump fanboys or pushovers, so the US does have power. How long and how far that goes remains to be seen
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 25 pts · 33d
I keep hearing about these guys being rounded up over and over, but is anyone ever going to prosecute them for something?
echodot@feddit.uk · 22 pts · 33d
Like all bad things that are happening at the moment it's trump's fault. They were arrested in Romania and were in a Romanian prison until Trump got involved and kept threatening things until the Romanian authorities released them.
They should have told Trump to spin on it, he wouldn't have done anything.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 33d
His son Baron wanted them out, he's a fan
ripcord@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 33d
If you really do care about knowing, probably should read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_affairs_of_the_Tate_brothers
MrSulu@lemmy.ml · 25 pts · 34d
Let's get them locked up. They're currently riding the wave of extremism and even young lads are starting to think they are "getting their manliness back".
nullspace@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 34d
It's not often you hear of good news anymore.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 34d
Just collecting charges. Maybe someday they can get a sentence.
daychilde@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 34d
Hell, even a phrase would be better than nothing.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 19 pts · 34d
Good. And pleeease also take their phones away!
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 34d
Weren’t these guys arrested like 10 years ago?
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 20 pts · 34d
I don't think it was that long, but at least Andrew had been in prison in Romania already. Complaining how he's a victim of communist state violence etc. Not sure why they got out, but I'm glad the UK is picking up the ball.
It's not like these guys are going to stop to abuse women (and brag about it online) otherwise.
Kirp123@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 34d
They got out because the US "leaned" on Romania to release them.
In February 2025, according to the Financial Times, Richard Grenell played a key role in securing the release of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, two influencers prosecuted in Romania on charges of rape and human trafficking. He discussed the matter with Romanian foreign minister Emil Hurezeanu at the 61st Munich Security Conference. Grenell denied any pressure on the Romanian government.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
...but the problem is they do stop to abuse women. That's what the arrests are for.
stickyprimer@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 32d
I object to this phrasing. What they do isn’t masculine, only moreso. It isn’t masculine, just really really masculine.
What they do is toxic, abusive, and criminal. That shit should not be anywhere on the scale of masculinity.
nickiwest@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 32d
You are correct.
I wonder how normal, healthy men can "take back" the concept of masculinity and get young people to ignore the toxic teachings coming out of the "manosphere." I think that Louis Theroux tried with his documentary, but I'm not sure it reached a wide enough audience.
stickyprimer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 32d
Laughing at these pieces of shit while they go to jail is a good start.
BigBrownBeaver@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 34d
King Charles expects now a call from potus that the arrest was somewhat rigged and that he needs to release them asap
steveLeo@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 33d
May they throw away the key
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 33d
Good. Lock them up and keep them in the UK.
Zron@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 33d
I’d rather they get their trial in the states.
The UK has some bizarrely lenient sentencing for sex crimes. Like months or a couple of years. These chuckle fucks should rot for as long as possible, not only for their crimes but also as a punishment for the damage they’ve done to a generation of boys and young men.
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 33d
The US makes rapists who are popular president though so idk man the UK might be better in this case.
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 33d
Trump would pardon them.
echodot@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 33d
Not in this case though. What you're talking about is sexual assault but these two are facing far more than just a few sexual assault charges (not that those aren't serious either), including kidnap, false imprisonment, human trafficking, and money laundering.
The concern in sexual assault charges is always the possibility of false accusations. Sadly some people seem to try and use trumped up historical sexual assault accusations against people that they have a vendetta against, and it's kind of hard for the other party to defend against. How do you prove you didn't commit a crime 15 years ago when there's no evidence either way?
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 33d
At this point, I will take whatever justice we can get to put those clowns in jail.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 34d
DeSantis and/or Trump (depending on whether the charges are in state court, federal court, or both) pardon incoming in 3..2..1..
I hope I'm wrong, but both of them would do that shit with little to no bribes or political pressure needed 😮💨🤬
gnutrino@programming.dev · 22 pts · 34d
The charges are in the UK, the arrest was for extradition. Not sure who has what power to block that but I'm not holding my breath that they actually face justice just yet.
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 33d
My guess will be if they haven't already been flown out, Trump will have them delayed somehow so he can use this as a pressure tactic against the new PM.
But then again, that almost sounds too smart.
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 33d
not so fun fact: paywall is what pushes ppl to use AI to get the summaries
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 33d
Wait, there's two of them?
Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 33d
Agent Smith finally caught up with them
Tiral@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 33d
God they're so sigma I'm completely jealous /s
tigermountain@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 32d
These guys. What douchebags. And that outfit isn't something a straight man would wear. Just sayin.
Tattorack@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 34d
NYTimes is trying to force me to make an account. Is there an alternative link?
alvendam@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 34d
Yes.
Felis_Catus_Domesticus@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 33d
and prison rape jokes suddenly come back into fashion..
Abyssian@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 34d
No clue who they are, but they seem to be awful people so hooray.
TheOctonaut@piefed.zip · 11 pts · 34d
I know you seem to think this gives you some sort of "I only care about important things" cred, but you have to be ignorant of huge problems with our society to not know who they are, so maybe dial back the performance.
bndmg@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 34d
Proud ignorance as a moral high ground. A disease in itself
x_pikl_x@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
I read the news every day and haven't a clue who these people are either.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
I didn’t know who Tate was for a long time, and I wasn’t ashamed of that..
Much of my family don’t.
I love my Mom as an example. I cannot describe how much she hates misogynists… it’s almost comical. She hates them with her soul. She’ll throw them into a wall. She was a tentative Republican for a long time, but the instant she saw Donald Trump open his mouth on TV she went straight out and voted for Hillary Clinton and every Democrat she could find.
But she didn’t know who Andrew Tate was when I asked.
That’s fine. He’s an influencer for the chronically online, and I think people forget that.
Abyssian@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 34d
Genuinely have no idea who they are. I couldn't care less about the Internet fame bullshit, and have never understood why some people pay attention to any of them.
svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 34d
Do you pay attention to the actual news? The vast majority of reporting on the radicalisation of boys and young men to the far right in the past few years has mentioned Andrew Tate by name.
Abyssian@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 33d
This is a news community. Seems fairly clear I pay attention to the news in general. As for news about social media personalities, no. I don't care what someone on youtube or tiktok says. It's weird to me that so many people seem to.
svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 33d
Not news about social media personalities, or what someone on youtube or tiktok says. Actual news about current events.
Andrew Tate: 'I fear online influencer radicalised my son'
Influencers driving extreme misogyny, say police
Southport attack parents share Andrew Tate fears
Abyssian@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 33d
If I see something like "online influencer" I'm ignoring it. Because that would be news about social media personalities. I don't give a fuck.
TheOctonaut@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 32d
Incredibly stupid attitude. Do you think everyone who reads about fascism is interested in fascism? Eager to get the latest updates from how fascists are doing?
The manosphere crap is already affecting your life whether you're aware of it or not. This is not celebrity gossip, it is the same hijacking of new media that 10 years ago put a reality TV host in the White House. Things aren't relevant to you until they are very, very relevant to you.
BigBrownBeaver@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 34d
Then what are you even doing here in this thread?
ViaGetty@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 34d
Trying to be holier than thou, of course
Abyssian@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 33d
You think caring about random asshats on social media is a prerequisite to reading and commenting on news?