MIAMI — Andrew and Tristan Tate, the “manosphere” influencers accused of sex crimes in the United Kingdom, told a judge Thursday that they’re not actually outrageous online personalities in real life.
\n\nU.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis will decide whether the men brothers, who are dual American and U.K. citizens, should be eligible for bail as they fight extradition across on charges of rape, sex trafficking and other crimes.
\n\nAfter Andrew Tate took the witness stand Thursday afternoon, he denied being a rapist or human trafficker and described the proceedings as his “last chance.”
\n\n“If there’s any court in the world that will listen to me,” he testified, “it will be an American court.”
\n\nEarlier, Tristian Tate told the judge that he was testifying against the advice of his defense attorneys and compared his and his brother’s online personas to actor Sacha Baron Cohen, the famed British Jewish comic best known for playing journalist Borat Sagdiyev.
\n\nAt one point, when Assistant U.S. Attorney Abbie Waxman asked Tristan Tate if he was a liar, the defendant responded: “I play a character, no more than any actor.”
\n\nTristan Tate said he spends his days locked in a 5-by-11 cell that has a bunk…
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