{"id":222253,"date":"2026-08-28T05:21:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/its-death-by-scurvy-tristan-and-andrew-tate-seek-bail-as-they-fight-extradition-to-united-kingdom-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T05:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:21:47","slug":"its-death-by-scurvy-tristan-and-andrew-tate-seek-bail-as-they-fight-extradition-to-united-kingdom-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/its-death-by-scurvy-tristan-and-andrew-tate-seek-bail-as-they-fight-extradition-to-united-kingdom-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s death by scurvy\u2019: Tristan and Andrew Tate seek bail as they fight extradition to United Kingdom – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MIAMI \u2014 <\/strong>Andrew and Tristan Tate, the \u201cmanosphere\u201d influencers accused of sex crimes in the United Kingdom, told a judge Thursday that they\u2019re not actually outrageous online personalities in real life.
The claim came during an all-day hearing that concluded Thursday night with no decision about whether the brothers, who are dual American and U.K. citizens, should be eligible for bail as they fight extradition on charges of rape, sex trafficking and other crimes.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis said she would issue a written ruling.
The Tates have denied the allegations. During Thursday\u2019s hearing, their attorneys argued that the brothers should be released so they can defend themselves in Romania, where they face separate criminal charges that they have also denied.
Prosecutors described the brothers as flight risks who exaggerate, lie under oath and should remain behind bars.
Andrew Tate took the witness stand Thursday afternoon and denied being a rapist or a human trafficker. He described the proceedings as his \u201clast chance.\u201d
\u201cIf there\u2019s any court in the world that will listen to me,\u201d he testified, \u201cit will be an American court.\u201d
Earlier, Tristan Tate told the judge that he was testifying against the advice of his defense attorneys and compared his and his brother\u2019s online personas to actor Sacha Baron Cohen, the famed British Jewish comic best known for playing journalist Borat Sagdiyev.
At one point, when Assistant U.S. Attorney Abbie Waxman asked Tristan Tate whether he was a liar, he responded, \u201cI play a character, no more than any actor.\u201d
Tristan Tate said he spends his days locked in a 5-by-11-foot cell that has a bunk bed, a toilet and unwanted roommates. He said that he\u2019d been subjected to chemical attacks and that his daily diet consists mostly of candy and chips.
\u201cIt\u2019s death by scurvy instead of death by starvation.\u201d
The brothers, shackled and wearing beige jail garb Thursday, were taken into custody in Miami in July<\/a> after prosecutors in the U.K. filed new charges.
Defense lawyer Howard Srebnick argued that his clients are not flight risks and that they have appeared \u201ceach and every time\u201d for court dates in the U.K. and Romania.
The pair have been unfairly cast as monsters for the internet \u201ccharacters\u201d they play, Srebnick said.
Andrew Tate\u2019s social media personality as \u201cTop G\u201d uses \u201cfoul language, speaks in vulgarities, advocates positions that are in many ways outrageous,\u201d Srebnick conceded.
But that internet personality \u201cis not the real Andrew Tate \u2014 that is not the person Andrew Tate. That is the character,\u201d Srebnick said.
At the bail hearing, Andrew Tate\u2019s girlfriend testified to his character.
Natasha Sesay said that she has known Andrew Tate for about 5\u00bd years and they have a child who is 8\u00bd months old and another one due in a month.
\u201cIt\u2019s a very different character from the person you see online versus the one I know personally,\u201d Sesay told the court. \u201cHe\u2019s a great father to his children.\u201d
Defense attorney Joe McBride has denied the allegations and said the brothers\u2019 incarceration was the \u201cresult of an unholy alliance between the enemies of free speech in the United States and the United Kingdom.\u201d
McBride told the court Thursday that his clients are \u201crunning to the fight,\u201d calling them \u201ctwo innocent men who have shown up\u201d in multiple jurisdictions to \u201cface the music\u201d and to \u201cgo on the offense.\u201d
\u201cInnocent men don\u2019t run. They lean into the process,\u201d McBride added.
Prosecutors in the U.K. had argued against their release, saying in a filing this month that the men\u2019s own statements suggest they intended to evade justice.
The filing also alleged that they might seek to interfere with witnesses and that the brothers repeatedly sought the names of their accusers from prosecutors in exchange for a \u201csecurity\u201d fee worth tens of thousands of pounds and a promise not to publicly identify the accusers.
The Crown Prosecution Service declined the offer to safeguard the complainants, the filing says.
McBride said the filing \u201cdrips falsehood from every page.\u201d
Andrew Tate, 39, a former professional kickboxer, built a vast online following<\/a> espousing misogynistic and hypermasculine views. He once told an interviewer that there was \u201cno way you can be rooted in reality and not be sexist.\u201d
British prosecutors initially charged the Tates with 21 counts of rape, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and arranging or facilitating travel for sexual exploitation. Andrew Tate was also charged with controlling prostitution.
The additional charges filed last month against Andrew Tate include seven counts of rape, 15 counts of making or distributing indecent images of children and four counts of possession of extreme pornography.
Tristan Tate, 38, was charged with six additional counts of rape, sexual assault and sexual exploitation.
U.K. authorities said the alleged crimes took place from 2010 to 2017.
The brothers also face criminal charges in Romania<\/a>, where they reportedly moved in 2016 to build an online porn business and were later indicted on allegations of forming an organized criminal group, human trafficking, trafficking of minors and money laundering. They have denied the charges.
Juliette Arcodia reported from Miami, Tim Stelloh from San Francisco and David K. Li from New York City.<\/em>
Juliette Arcodia is a producer for NBC News’ Southern Region.
Tim Stelloh is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
Senior Breaking News Reporter
© 2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n

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