Prosecutors Say Andrew Tate Had Passports Tied to Six Countries, and His Brother Had One Under a Bond Villain’s Name

Prosecutors say Andrew Tate once boasted that he has “8 lives … 8 licenses and passports,” and that if police ever stopped him, he’d simply hand over a license from another country. Now British authorities are citing those very words in a US courtroom to argue that the self-styled influencer is too slippery to be released while he fights extradition.

The claim sits at the center of a bail dispute unfolding in Florida, where the Tate brothers were detained last month. To prosecutors, Andrew’s own online bragging is less bravado than evidence — a road map of the escape routes they say he could use if freed.

His brother’s alleged paperwork only deepened those suspicions. The name on Tristan Tate‘s alleged Mexican passport was “Vladimir Scorpius,” lifted from the villain of a 1988 James Bond novel, according to court filings. The document carried his real photo and date of birth, an odd blend of the genuine and the fictional.

Tristan didn’t stop there. He appeared in an online video declaring “I’m Vladimir Scorpius,” then registered a UK company called Scorpius Ltd. in 2022, listing himself as its main director and majority shareholder. The company has since been dissolved, but prosecutors point to the paper trail as a sign of how far the brothers were willing to go to build alternate identities.

The travel documents are the crux of the flight-risk argument. British Embassy filings in the Southern District of Florida allege Andrew, 39, had access to travel documents tied to six countries: the UK, US, Estonia, Nigeria, Poland and Vanuatu. Prosecutors lean on his social media claim of having “8 lives … 8 licenses and passports” to argue he is a serious flight risk, and they say both brothers could try to identify or interfere with witnesses if released.

The brothers, Andrew and Tristan, 38, were arrested in Miami on July 18 on the UK’s extradition request. They’re wanted in Britain over 59 charges including rape, sex trafficking, and offenses involving indecent images of a child and extreme pornography, with prosecutors saying more allegations followed the investigation of four additional alleged victims. They also face separate proceedings in Romania over human trafficking, organized crime, and money laundering.

Both brothers deny all of it, and their legal team has consistently framed the cases as politically motivated. A detention hearing is set for August 27, where a judge will weigh the flight-risk arguments as the pair keep fighting extradition.

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