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Alexander Brothers Each Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking
Confirmed
In Short: The Alexander brothers, Oren, Alon, and Tal, were each sentenced to 30 years in prison on Tuesday after being found guilty on all counts in their federal sex trafficking trial in New York City, according to ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos and BBC (United Kingdom).
The brothers, who were once successful real estate brokers, were accused of using their wealth and social status to lure women to parties and luxury homes, where they sexually assaulted them, as reported by BBC (United Kingdom), SMH.com.au (Australia), and The Times of Israel (Israel).
District Judge Valerie Caproni imposed the maximum sentences on each of the brothers, while defense lawyers had asked for the minimum of 15 years, as noted by NBC News and Usmagazine.
The brothers were found guilty in March of 10 counts, including conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and sex trafficking by force, after a trial that included testimony from 11 women who described being lured, drugged, and sexually assaulted over a period of years, according to NBC News and The Guardian.
The defense argued that the prosecutors had little evidence to prove that the brothers had drugged anyone due to the lack of toxicology reports, medical reports, and contemporaneous police reports, as reported by Usmagazine.
Prosecutors said the brothers' pattern of abusive behavior began in high school, though the trial involved crimes starting in 2008, according to BBC (United Kingdom).
During the five-week trial, 11 women, several of whom were minors at the time of the assaults, testified that the brothers gave them gifts and flew them to places including Aspen and the Bahamas where they fed them drugs before raping them, as reported by BBC (United Kingdom) and Fox News.
The brothers were also ordered to 10 years of supervised release and to pay a combined $4.75 million in fines, as well as restitution to some of their victims, according to Therealdeal.
The court heard from 12 victims, including one who did not testify during the trial, as reported by BBC (United Kingdom).
One woman, identified by the pseudonym Maya Miller, testified during the trial that Tal Alexander raped her in a shower during a 2014 visit to a Hamptons property, as reported by Miami New Times.
The brothers moved from Florida to New York in 2008 and founded their own New York-based firm called Official in 2022, according to The Guardian and BBC (United Kingdom).
The brothers are expected to appeal their convictions, as reported by Miami New Times.
The Alexander brothers were sentenced to 30 years in prison each, capping off the federal sex trafficking case set off by civil lawsuits first reported by The Real Deal nearly two years ago, according to Therealdeal and People.
Background
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The Alexander brothers, Oren, Alon, and Tal, were each sentenced to 30 years in prison for their role in a decade-long sex trafficking scheme.
What's confirmed
- The Alexander brothers were each sentenced to 30 years in prison on Tuesday, after being found guilty on all counts in their federal sex trafficking trial in New York City.
- Tal Alexander, 40, and twins Oren and Alon Alexander, 39, were found guilty in March of using their wealth and social status to lure women to parties and luxury homes, where they sexually assaulted them.
- Prosecutor Elizabeth Espinosa addresses the court and argues for a life sentence during the sentencing of real estate brokers Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon During the five-week trial, 11 women - several said they were minors at the time of the assaults - testified that the brothers gave them gifts and flew them places including Aspen and the Bahamas where they fed them drugs before raping them.
- "I am not here to discount what they have said," Oren Alexander said of the accusers who addressed the court.
- Oren and Tal Alexander were once nicknamed real estate’s "A Team" for their ultra high-end sales and celebrity clientele. After smashing sales records at industry powerhouse Douglas Elliman, the brothers started their own firm. Alon Alexander ran their family’s private security company. Twins Oren and Alon Alexander, 39, and their brother Tal Alexander, 40, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni after 11 accusers addressed the court. "Your conduct was monstrous," the judge told the men as she announced the sentences, saying their insistence that they have been rehabilitated since getting married and having children "rings hollow."
- FILE - This photo provided by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department shows Alon Alexander, left, and Oren Alexander, both of whom have been charged with sex trafficking.
- Caproni announced the punishment for Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander — known collectively as the Alexander Brothers — after 11 accusers spoke in court.
- Tal, Oren and Alon will be in their late 60s when moved to supervised release, judge rules The Alexander brothers were sentenced to 30 years in prison each, capping off the federal sex trafficking case set off by civil lawsuits first reported by The Real Deal nearly two years ago.
- According to WTVJ, Oren and Alon Alexander, 39-year-old twins, and their brother, Tal Alexander, 40, are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday.
- A jury found them guilty of multiple federal sex offenses, including conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, after hearing testimony from 11 women who said they were sexually assaulted by one or more of the brothers.
- Real estate brokers Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother, security executive Alon Alexander, were sentenced to 30 years in prison on Tuesday by a federal judge after being found guilty at trial of conspiracy to traffic women and girls for sex.
- "Today's sentence makes clear that this craven, sinister conduct is extraordinarily serious and will be met with serious punishment," U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald said in a statement Tuesday.
What's still developing
- The former real estate titans, Oren and Alon Alexander, 39-year-old twins, along with their brother, Tal Alexander, 40, were accused by prosecutors of a "decade-long sex trafficking and sexual abuse scheme." This is a developing story.
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- “I think one of the striking parts about this story is that these were allegations against three brothers. This wasn’t just one powerful man,” executive producer Emma Schwartz exclusively told Us.
- In the Florida sex trafficking charges against the brothers, a state judge granted bail to Oren and Alon, pending the ruling at the federal level.
- Side has also sued Tal, Oren and Official Partners for allegedly defaulting on a $4.6 million loan extended to the brothers in 2022, a case that’s been complicated by their incarceration.
- The three brothers allegedly engaged in a scheme to systematically drug and rape dozens of women dating back to 2010.
- Another victim, using the pseudoym Isa Brooks, said after being raped by Tal and Alon Alexander when she was 16, she lost the ability to trust herself.
- "How can someone who never acknowledged the wrongs they did be rehabilitated?"
- Prosecutor Elizabeth Espinosa said the brothers deserved the maximum punishment for their crimes, saying facts "paint a truly devastating picture".
- One by one, they spoke of the psychological trauma they endured after the Alexander brothers raped them, and their desire for the shame they had felt to instead fall on the defendants.
- While the three siblings’ New York federal case concerned sex-trafficking conspiracy, Florida prosecutors are aiming to convict 39-year-old twins Oren and Alon on sexual-assault and battery charges.
- “I’m not going to say that you are monsters, but your conduct was monstrous,” Caproni told the brothers, according to Los Angeles, who was inside the courtroom.