Three wealthy brothers were charged last month with drugging, then sexually assaulting and raping dozens of women in multiple states, and authorities say new video evidence in the case shows the “deviant” nature of their alleged crimes.
Tal, 38, and Oren Alexander, 37, were prominent plane brokers in New York and Miami, and their brother Alon Alexander, Oren's identical twin, He was arrested in Miami Beach on December 11 and have since been held in federal custody.
Law enforcement officers conducted interviews More than 40 women reported being “forcibly raped or sexually assaulted by at least one of the Alexander brothers,” according to a recent letter from prosecutors, obtained by Fox News Digital.
Oren and Alon Alexander attend Jeff Gordon's Last Lap on November 22, 2015, at The Villa, Casa Casuarina in Miami Beach, Florida. (Aaron Davidson/Getty Images for J Collection)
Oren Alexander and his twin brother Alon attend a bail hearing after being charged with multiple state and federal crimes, including sex trafficking and rape, at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, in Miami. (Mathias J. Okner/Miami Herald via AP, Pool)
In several of these alleged cases, “one or more of the Alexander brothers drugged their victim before raping them,” prosecutors wrote in the letter filed last week addressed to U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni, the New York judge who presided over the hearing. In the case of Wednesday.
Prosecutors on Wednesday argued against setting bail for the brothers, who… “They said incentives to flee had run through the roof, saying Alexander's family had significant foreign connections.
After hearing arguments for three hours, Judge Caproni denied bail, deeming the Alexander brothers a flight risk and a danger to the community. The evidence is strong, she said, adding that men pose a danger to unsuspecting women.
The letter continues that each of the brothers was accused separately by at least 10 women of forcible rape between 2002 or 2003 and 2021.
Authorities executed a warrant on December 11 to search Tal Alexander's apartment inside a skyscraper on Manhattan's Billionaire's Row. During the search, several hard drives were discovered and confiscated, including one with a large amount of hard drives Explicit sexual videos and imagesAccording to the letter and the prosecutor’s statement during Wednesday’s hearing.
The letter continues that the apartment was shared between Oren and Tal Alexander, adding that photos and videos were found on a hard drive in a closet that appeared to contain items belonging to Oren.
Tal Alexander attends the Ukrainian People and Culture Charity Concert at Scuola Grande Di San Rocco on April 21, 2022, in Venice, Italy. (Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images)
Damian Williams, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, during a news conference in New York, on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Luxury real estate brokers Orrin and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon have been arrested and charged with sex trafficking. By federal prosecutors in New York. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The seized photos and videos show “at least Oren, Alon, and several third parties recording or filming themselves with intoxicated and undressed women,” and in multiple videos, “the women initially appear unaware that they are being recorded and become upset.” “They attempted to hide or flee from the camera after realizing they were being filmed,” prosecutors wrote.
Other videos found in the apartment of Tal Alexander Alon, Oren Alexander, and other men show them having sex with women who “appear clearly under the influence of alcohol or other substances,” the letter said, adding that in some cases, at least one of the women’s brothers Another man “physically manipulated women's bodies in order to have sex with them while the women did not actively participate in the sexual activity or stayed away.”
Prosecutors explained this New evidence revealed The “depraved nature” of the brothers' actions as well as the “tremendous danger” they represented.
The letter continues: “The fact that video transcripts of the defendants' criminal conduct were found at Tal Alexander's home last month also indicates that the defendants have not closed the door on their criminal conduct.”
Realtors Tal Alexander and Oren Alexander at their Miami Beach home on February 1, 2019. (Patrick Farrell/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Prosecutors allege that the Alexander brothers “worked together and with others known and unknown to repeatedly and violently drug, sexually assault, and rape” the victims. New York, Miami and elsewhere, according to a federal indictment filed in December.
The three brothers were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and a separate count of sex trafficking of one woman by force, fraud or coercion. In addition, Tal Alexander was charged with sex trafficking of a second victim.
As part of the sex trafficking conspiracy, the Alexander brothers engaged in an ongoing pattern of rape and sexual assault, which included pre-planned trips and events that the defendants recruited women to attend and then raped and sexually assaulted them, as well. As prosecutors say, “such as opportunistic rapes and sexual assaults on multiple victims they met by chance.”
According to the charges in the indictment, the three brothers conspired in the sex trafficking scheme since at least 2010, but prosecutors alleged that the sexual violence against the women actually spanned more than 20 years, dating back to when the men killed the women. In high school in Miami.
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Oren Alexander, 37, center, and his twin brother Alon, center right, talk to their attorney Joel Denaro during their sentencing hearing after they were charged with multiple state and federal crimes, including sex trafficking and rape, in Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on Friday, December 13, 2024 in Miami. (Mathias J. Okner/Miami Herald via AP, Pool)
Defense lawyers for the three brothers argued that they… He did not commit any sexual assaultsTheir relationships with the alleged victims were consensual, according to court records.
Tal Alexander's attorneys wrote a letter in response to Judge Caproni this week, saying the prosecution “failed to provide details about when the videos were taken, how many videos, if any, the defendants have in them, whether the alleged participants have been identified, or what “If the videos even depict non-consensual sexual activity.”
At Wednesday's hearing, Judge Caproni said the women in the videos appeared clearly helpless, adding: “In my view, this is rape.”
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A slideshow shows photos of Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander before a press conference in New York, Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Luxury real estate brokers Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon have been arrested and charged with sex trafficking by federal prosecutors in New York. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Oren and Tal Alexander co-founded official real estate company, which offers luxury listings in places like New York City, the Hamptons, Miami and Los Angeles, is set to open in 2022 after rising through the ranks of Douglas Elliman, one of the country's largest real estate brokerages, according to prosecutors.
Their previous clients include Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Liam Gallagher and Lindsay Lohan. According to CBS News.
Alon Alexander (37 years old) did not work in real estate, but he was communicating with them socially.
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Alon Alexander, 37, right, and his twin brother, Oren, left, attend their hearing at the Justice Richard E. Gerstein was charged with multiple state and federal crimes, including sex trafficking and rape, on Friday, December 13. 2024 in Miami. (Mathias J. Okner/Miami Herald via AP, Pool)
The judge added that the Alexander brothers remain in custody in Florida and will be transferred to New York next week. They will likely be housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), the same prison where he is located Sean “Diddy” Combs Sam Bankman Fried are in custody.
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The next status conference in the case is scheduled for January 29.
