Tate brothers arrested in US after more charges laid against them in UK

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in the US after British authorities announced they were bringing further charges against them.The UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Andrew Tate was being charged with seven further counts of rape, as well as other charges relating to alleged crimes including sex trafficking and child pornography.Tristan Tate has been charged with one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.The alleged offending is said to have taken place between July 2010 and August 2017. The Tates have previously denied any wrongdoing."These charging decisions followed receipt of a further file of evidence from Bedfordshire Police and bring the total number of alleged victims in this case to seven," Malcolm McHaffie, Head of the Special Crime Division at the Crown Prosecution Service, said.The US Marshals confirmed to the BBC that the Tates had been taken into custody, while a US Department of Justice spokesperson said the arrests were "pursuant to extradition proceedings".The CPS said in its statement that prosecutors would seek to extradite the brothers, who are dual British-US citizens, from the US.A lawyer who represents the Tates, Joseph McBride, described the new charges as "filth and slander" brought to counter defamation charges filed by the brothers in the US.