Tate brothers will return to UK to face charges
Andrew Tate has gained millions of fans by promoting an ultra-masculine lifestyle. (EPA Images pic)
LONDON : Internet personality Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan will return to Britain to face criminal charges once separate legal proceedings in Romania have been concluded, a lawyer for the siblings said.
Britain's Crown Prosecution Service confirmed earlier this week that it had previously authorised charges against the brothers including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking.
The Tates are facing a separate criminal investigation in Romania over trafficking allegations, and the courts there have already approved their extradition to the UK.
The brothers have denied all the allegations.
'Once those proceedings are concluded in their entirety then the Tates will return to face UK allegations,' Holborn Adams, the law firm representing the brothers, said in a statement yesterday.
Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist who has gained millions of fans by promoting an ultra-masculine lifestyle, separately faces a civil lawsuit in Britain, which has been brought by four women and is due to go to trial in 2027.
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