Andrew and Tristan Tate are under federal criminal investigation by the heavy-hitting Manhattan US Attorney’s Office, according to a claim in a new court filing.
The revelation of the alleged federal probe was made in a Friday filing in a Florida civil case in which the Tates are involved.
It is the latest in a slew of criminal probes the alleged rapist and human trafficker brothers face – and is significant as the Southern District of New York (SDNY) US Attorney’s Office is known for its tough approach and ample resources.
The Tates already face rape and human trafficking charges in the UK as well as a $27 million tax evasion lawsuit brought by British police; rape, human trafficking and organized crime charges in Romania, with further Romanian police investigations over trafficking and sex with minors; a criminal investigation ordered by Florida’s Attorney General, and civil lawsuits by their alleged victims.
The news of this latest alleged federal probe came in a legal filing made in a Palm Beach County civil court.
The brothers sued an anonymous woman for defamation in 2023 after she claimed they trafficked her.
The woman’s attorney, sex abuse victims rights advocate Danielle Pinter, filed documents with the court on Friday that asked to keep aspects of the case confidential due to ‘the United States federal investigation and/or prosecution by the Department of Justice for the Southern District of New York’.
‘Until the United States federal investigation and/or prosecution by the Department of Justice for the Southern District of New York of Andrew and Tristan Tate has concluded, the entire document the Defendants’ and Counterclaimant Jane Doe’s Emergency Motion to Stay Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1595(b)(1) Related to United States Federal Investigation of Andrew and Tristan Tate should be confidential and sealed,’ Pinter’s filing said.
Andrew, 38, and Tristan Tate, 36, are under federal criminal investigation by the heavy-hitting Manhattan US Attorney’s Office, according to a claim in a new court filing. Pictured: Andrew Tate (left) with brother Tristan Tate (right) sitting cage side during UFC 313 at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas on March 8
The Tates already face rape and human trafficking charges in the UK as well as a $27 million tax evasion lawsuit brought by British police; rape, human trafficking and organized crime charges in Romania, among other things. Pictured: Andrew Tate (left) and his brother Tristan Tate (right) walk inside the Court of Appeals on October 15, 2024 in Bucharest, Romania
Since the defamation case is about claims of human trafficking, it is possible that the alleged SDNY investigation is a criminal probe of those allegations. Pictured: The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York
Since the defamation case is about claims of human trafficking, it is possible that the alleged SDNY investigation is a criminal probe of those allegations.
But the Manhattan federal prosecutor’s office did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.
Tate’s attorney Joseph McBride did not confirm or deny the federal criminal probe when asked by DailyMail.com.
‘Appearances can be deceiving. We’re not worried about anything,’ McBride said, in the cryptic statement.
A spokesman for SDNY Acting US Attorney Matthew Podolsky declined to comment.
British lawyer Matthew Jury, who represents four accusers of the Tate brothers, also posted on X about the alleged new criminal investigation.
‘Andrew and Tristan Tate’s civil action in Florida against one of their alleged trafficking victims has been stayed at the request of the US authorities. Why? Because the Tates are now the subject of a Federal investigation and/ or prosecution by the DOJ for the Southern District of New York,’ Jury wrote.
‘To be clear, this is separate from Florida’s criminal investigation of the Tates. This means the Tates are now the subject of criminal investigations in five separate jurisdictions: Romania, the UK, Florida, California, and the US.’
The searing allegations against the troubled brothers come as the Andrew’s ex, Brianna ‘Bri’ Stern, is suing him for alleged assault and battery.
She described how the elder Tate brother allegedly ‘took a dark turn’ after constant displays of affection during their ‘loving’ 10-month relationship.
The news of this latest alleged federal probe came in a legal filing made in a Palm Beach County civil court. Pictured: Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate speak to journalists after having been released from detention in Bucharest, Romania on March 12, 2024
Brianna ‘Bri’ Stern, who says she dated Andrew Tate for 10 months, spoke exclusively to DailyMail.com to detail what she describes as a terrifying night in a hotel where he allegedly choked her until she was almost unconscious
Stern filed a lawsuit against Tate on March 27 for alleged abuse. She claims he choked her at the Beverly Hills Hotel in the early hours of March 11 until she was almost unconscious, even though she begged him to stop
The model claims the self-proclaimed misogynist started attacking her with a barrage of sickening insults, physical abuse and threats to ‘ruin my life, rape me, and kill me’ if she betrayed him, as laid out in her recent lawsuit.
The 29-year-old has also accused the former kickboxer and anti-feminist of sending her a slew of threatening messages including: ‘What’s the point in having you if I don’t beat and impregnate you.’
She says the alleged assault took place in room 311 at the iconic Beverly Hills hotel, hotel, a 780-sq-ft suite costing $3,000 per night.
Stern says she has since been subjected to multiple death threats from fans of Tate, who has millions of followers on social media.
Tate has denied the allegations and his lawyers have questioned Stern’s credibility.
‘My heart was beating so fast, and I was really anxious, but there was something in me that just told me, ‘You need to go, run,’ she told DailyMail.com of the alleged violent encounter.
She escaped in the early morning hours after Tate said ‘shut the f**k up b**ch. You will never backtalk me. You are my property,’ according to her suit.
Their intense affair started off ‘sweet, kind, and loving’, but over 10 months turned ‘darker’ – much darker – until it exploded and flamed out in an episode of sexual violence at the famed ‘Pink Palace’ on Sunset Boulevard, says Stern.
Stern says she was physically abused by Tate, including being choked, during a sex session on March 11
Now, she says, she feels ‘completely shattered’ and ‘broken’.
‘My world was flipped upside down. I was so, so, so upset, sad, scared,’ she said about that night.
The model’s filing claims sexual battery and harassment by Tate, 38, which lists chilling details of abuse – emotional and physical.
She has also filed a complaint with the Beverly Hills Police Department and is seeking a restraining order.
