Andrew Tate, 38, born Emory Andrew Tate III, and his younger brother Tristan Tate, 36, are U.K.-U.S. citizens born to Emory Tate, an African American international chess master, and mother, Eileen Tate.

An attorney for the brothers said they are citizens of the United States and part of an ongoing defamation case in a Florida court.

Alleged human traffickers Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate flew back to the United States after being detained in Romania for over two years. Both brothers, who are dual U.S.-British citizens,