WHAT THEY DID TO ANDREW AND TRISTAN TATE ON SUNDAY
Andrew and Tristan Tate remain in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) at FDC Miami. They have seen the sun only four times since July 18th.
On Sunday, guards deployed OC spray in the SHU. My clients, Andrew and Tristan Tate, had nothing to do with the incident. They were locked in their cells when it happened.
The guards had gas masks. Andrew and Tristan, however, were afforded no such luxury. Locked in a cell with nowhere to go, the chemical spray quickly filled the SHU, poured into their cells, and burned their eyes, throats, and airways.
To protect themselves, Andrew and Tristan wet their T-shirts in the shower and wrapped their eyes and heads in the shirts as best they could.
The Bureau of Prisons' own regulation demands immediate medical examination and treatment. The Department of Justice's own manual says the first aid for this chemical is fresh air and copious amounts of cool water. Andrew and Tristan received no air, no water, no doctor, and no nurse.
Two men convicted of no crime in any country on Earth wrapped wet T-shirts around their faces, sat in a chemical cloud, and waited.
You do not have to take my word for it. Two hours later, my co-counsel Tom Maniotis arrived at the facility for a legal visit. The air was still so toxic that his eyes burned and he struggled to breathe. Thomas cut the meeting short and agreed to come back in two hours to give time for the chemicals to clear out.
Thomas went to our apartment and washed his face and hands. He returned to the SHU a second time, where the meeting had to be cut short because his eyes were irritated and his throat was burning. So much so that he went straight from the jail to urgent care, where he was diagnosed with acute toxic conjunctivitis, a chemical injury to his eyes.
That diagnosis is on paper, from a hospital. Think about what I am saying. Thomas' short-term exposure sent him straight to urgent care. Andrew and Tristan have been stuck in the SHU since this incident happened without medical care or decontamination protocol of any kind.
They sit in that cell over no American charge and no broken rule. They sit there because the United Kingdom, which watched them travel freely for three years and did nothing, suddenly demanded their arrest.
Instead of the safekeeping the law requires, Andrew and Tristan are being horribly punished. Four hours of sunlight in three weeks, bunks too short for their bodies, no pillows, legal meetings in rooms monitored by cameras, and now a chemical agent in their cells with no help afterward.
The Supreme Court says a man awaiting trial may not be punished at all. England's own law says a man jailed before trial is held for safe custody and not for punishment. Every rule forbids what is happening inside that building, and it is happening anyway.
On Thursday, August 13, a federal judge in Miami will hear our motion for Andrew and Tristan's release. If you care about justice and the right of all American citizens not to be punished this way, then you must speak out.
Let the whole world see your anger by sharing this post.
Punishment before judgment is tyranny.
Free Andrew and Tristan Tate. Free Them Now.
🚨🇺🇸 #BREAKING: Andrew and Tristan Tate’s lawyer, Joe McBride (@McBrideLawNYC) says the Tate Brothers were exposed to OC spray inside FDC Miami 😳
McBride says the chemical spray filled the SHU while Andrew and Tristan were locked inside their cells, causing severe irritation to their eyes, throats, and airways.
According to their lawyer, the brothers received no fresh air, water, or medical treatment afterward.
Their co-counsel, Tom Maniotis, was later exposed to the chemical during a legal visit and was forced to go to urgent care, where he was diagnosed with acute toxic conjunctivitis, a chemical injury to his eyes.
The Tate Brothers have seen the sun only four times since July 18 and remain in the SHU. 🤯
FREE THE TATE BROTHERS
I have a code: stand by your friends when shit gets real, not when everything is good.
The Tate brothers have been held for several weeks in inhumane incarceration despite not committing any crime in the US. That ends now.
On August 13 at 11 AM in Miami, FL, Fresh&Fit will be leading a massive peaceful protest outside the courthouse demanding the Tates be released on bond.
While we rally outside, at 1 PM Joe McBride (@McBrideLawNYC) will be inside the courtroom litigating for their release on bond.
U.S. citizens who haven’t committed a crime in the United States should not be locked in the SHU 23 hours a day at the extradition request of a corrupt British government.
Under Bell v. Wolfish, pretrial and extradition detainees cannot be punished.
Prolonged solitary that isn’t tied to a legitimate security need is unconstitutional.
They need to be out on bond so they can properly mount a defense.
If the Tates or I ever helped you through a dark period, now it’s our duty to repay the favor while the Tates are in theirs.
August 13, 2026
11 AM EST
C. Clyde Atkins Federal Courthouse
301 N Miami Ave, Miami, FL
Show up.
Stand with us.
Let’s get @Cobratate and @TateTheTalisman out on bond!
The U.K. told the United States that my clients were likely to flee. Four days before their arrest, Andrew and Tristan posted their location to millions of followers: the United States Capitol. The marshals who arrested them did not have to search for them. They walked into a publicly advertised boxing match in downtown Miami. Men who broadcast their whereabouts to the entire world do not flee.
Free Them Now.
The Tate situation is getting weirder!
Both @Cobratate and @TateTheTalisman still in solitary. Still isolated. Still denied requests.
Their lawyer @McBrideLawNYC was repeatedly denied access to at least obtain proof of life.
And UK still hasnt presented any actual evidence.🗿
Conditions at FDC Miami are abysmal. Every visit is held in a room with cameras. No legitimate attorney-client conversation can occur. We show up daily for proof of life because the UK wants them dead. Now the jail is not letting us see them. This is unacceptable! 🤬🤬🤬
Ask yourself this.
If we can jail someone with just an accusation of a sexual crime and we all view it as an automatic conviction then why are none of the names on the Epstein list currently not in jail.
Why is it just Andrew Tate that has no evidence or victims to any crime?
Why are the ones on the list being protected but not Andrew?
For all the Tate haters:
Where is the evidence? Have you seen it?
Why are the victims not identified?
And why are the initial victims now defending Andrew Tate, saying he's a good guy and it was all just a roleplay?
#FREETHETATES