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Alexander brothers guilty on all counts in sweeping federal sex trafficking case

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News on

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NEW YORK — The Alexander brothers were found guilty on all counts Monday in one of the largest sex trafficking cases ever tried by the Department of Justice.

The jury found Tal, 39, and twins Alon and Oren Alexander, 38, guilty of a 10-count indictment alleging they carried out a more than decadelong sex trafficking conspiracy starting around 2008, using their wealth and influence to lure women to luxurious locations to be date raped and violently sexually assaulted. Three of the counts involved minors.

Before their arrests, Alon and Oren were two of the highest-paid real estate brokers in the U.S. The three brothers from Miami appeared crestfallen as the guilty verdicts came down, with Tal dropping his head between his hands. His attorney, Deanna Paul, comforted him.

The brothers could face life in prison when sentenced by Manhattan Federal Judge Valerie Caproni on Aug. 6.

In reaching their stunning verdicts, jurors who heard rape and abuse allegations involving at least 11 women over the more than monthlong trial rejected the defense’s positions that the accusers were lying and motivated by money, heartbreak or jealousy.

The feds spoke with at least 60 women during their investigation, who alleged the brothers flaunted their wealth to lure them to locations in New York City, the Hamptons, Tulum, Mexico, and other luxury destinations, where they were violently raped and sexually assaulted.

Prosecutors portrayed them in their case as predators who masqueraded as party boys, coming from immensely privileged backgrounds and long acting with total impunity. Jurors heard the attacks were routine for the brothers and often occurred while women were unconscious.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton called the brothers’ crimes “chilling, reprehensible, and unacceptable,” in a statement. He acknowledged federal law enforcement had not done enough to combat the scourge of sex trafficking.

“Federal sex offenses are all too prevalent in our society and all too often go unreported and unpunished. The truth is sex trafficking and other federal sex offenses are present in many walks of life and we have not done enough to root it out,” Clayton said.

 

“The verdict comes after a weekslong trial where evidence and testimony from 11 brave victims demonstrated that the Alexander brothers conspired to repeatedly lure, drug, and rape young women. These are chilling, reprehensible, and unacceptable acts.”

Tal and Oren, former agents for the Douglas Elliman real estate firm, made their names selling some of the country’s priciest properties, including what was, at the time, the most expensive apartment on billionaire’s row. Alon worked for their Israeli-American family’s private security firm.

At one stage, the wealthy brothers offered sums of up to $100 million in a failed bid for release on bail. The Israeli American brothers have been jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since their December 2024 arrests, which were announced at the last press conference given by Damian Williams, the former Manhattan U.S. attorney under President Joe Biden.

Oren was primarily represented by Marc Agnifilo and partners at his firm, who helped secure Sean "Diddy" Combs’ acquittal on sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the same courthouse last year. Combs was convicted of transporting and paying dozens of commercial sex workers.

In brief remarks to reporters outside the courthouse, Agnifilo vowed to appeal.

“Obviously, not the verdict we were looking for, but we’re going to keep fighting. There are a lot of avenues open to us. We’re not going to stop. We believe in our clients’ innocence,” Agnifilo said.

“Our resolve is unshaken. We’re going to keep representing them, and we believe that we will prevail in the future, although that day was not today.”

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