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MIAMI — Andrew Tate’s lawyers are taking down his thoughts during their jailhouse meetings so that his team can tweet them out, his attorney revealed on Monday.
Tate has been sending social media posts from behind bars while he awaits extradition for dozens of sex abuse and sex trafficking charges — claiming that he’s the victim of injustice and horrible conditions in the Miami federal lockup.
“Look, we meet with Andrew every day, we see Andrew,” attorney Joseph McBride told The Post outside court.
“I see Andrew four, five, six times a week. So we’re in there, we’re out of there, you know, it’s called the Pony Express.
“There’s a way to be like, ‘What would you like said to the world?’ It’s not very hard.”
Asked to confirm that former kickboxing champion Andrew does not have access to a phone while behind bars at FDC Miami, McBride said, “Of course not, no.”
“If he had a phone in there, they’d probably give him the electric chair,” he quipped.
McBride also addressed claims made on Andrew Tate’s social media that his “neighbor” in the detention center is a cannibal.
“I don’t know his name, we just know him as Mr. Cannibal,” McBride told The Post. “He screams all night. He’s got deep issues.
“We don’t know if they’re emotional, if they’re demonic or what’s going on but, you know, if you’re a cannibal, you’ve got problems — objectively.”
On July 23, Tate’s X account posted, “I am being held in [the special housing unit], the highest level of security which exists. No commissary. No visits. No contact with the outside world. My neighbor is a cannibal who screams throughout the night.”
Controversial “manosphere” influencers Andrew, 39, and his brother Tristan, 38, were arrested by US Marshals at a bare-knuckle boxing event in Miami on July 18.
They are facing extradition to the UK to face a combined total of 59 criminal charges there, including rape, sex trafficking and possession of indecent images of a child.
Federal Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis set a date Monday for a detention hearing on whether the brothers can be released on bail while awaiting extradition to be held on Aug. 13.
It means the Tates will remain in jail for two more weeks at the very least as they fight against being sent to the UK in a process which could last months.
Following the brief scheduling hearing at C. Clyde Atkins United States Courthouse in Miami, McBride was asked if Andrew Tate’s team has been sending social media posts for him while he’s held in federal detention in Miami.
McBride said he was hopeful the Tates will be released on bail but admitted “it’s a tall climb” because the presumption is against bail unless defendants can prove special circumstances, which he believes they can.
The brothers –– who are dual US and UK citizens –– did not attend Monday’s hearing, but they did make a brief appearance in court two days after their arrest.
Judge Louis gave the brothers’ legal team until Aug. 5 to file a motion for the brothers to be released on bail and prosecutors until Aug. 10 to respond before the hearing.
Prosecutors in Britain have said the latest charges were brought forward after British police investigated claims made by an additional four victims.
The new claims are the latest in a long-running international legal battle involving the Tates which has spanned the US, Britain and Romania.
The brothers vehemently deny the allegations against them, with Andrew’s X account claiming that he is being held as a “political prisoner.”
But the White House has said the brothers shouldn’t expect any help from President Trump, even though they have positioned themselves as allies of the MAGA movement.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt rejected the idea Thursday when asked whether the White House would intervene.
“No, we’ve already answered that question,” Leavitt said.
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