FL - Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander - Brothers at Head of Luxury Real Estate Empire Accused of Drugging, Sexually Assaulting Women - Dec 2024

[Chelly]

Takeaways From the Second Week of the Alexander Brothers Trial

The judge denied a request for a mistrial and jurors heard from a woman who accused one of the brothers of filming her when she was a minor. The sex-trafficking trial resumes on Monday.

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By Kate Christobek
Feb. 9, 2026

Last Monday, defense lawyers requested a mistrial, arguing that the brothers could not receive a fair trial after their names were mentioned in documents that were released as part of the Epstein files. The brothers have not been linked to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in 2019, or accused of any crimes associated with him.

...An accuser who was a minor at the time testified.
Prosecutors have also charged Oren Alexander with sexual exploitation of a minor, accusing him of filming and sharing a video of an incapacitated 17-year-old girl in April 2009.

The jury was shown the video privately during the first week of the trial. Last week, the woman in the video, now 34, said she had no memory of ever meeting Oren Alexander.

...On Monday, a woman using the pseudonym Bela Koval testified that she was drugged and raped by Oren Alexander in September 2016 at a party in the Hamptons.

She said she felt as if she had no control over her body after taking a few sips of a drink he had given her. She said she went to lie down and woke up to find him entering the room and raping her.

Another woman, testifying on Tuesday and Wednesday under the name Rhonda Stone, said she met Oren and Alon Alexander on a cruise to the Bahamas in January 2012. She said she went back to their cabin to buy MDMA. There, she said, she was offered a drink and lost consciousness.

Ms. Stone said she woke up feeling paralyzed, and remembered that the two brothers took turns having sex with her and with another woman.

...The prosecution has argued in charges that date back to 2008 that the brothers used drugs and alcohol to incapacitate women.

 

[Chelly]

Takeaways From the Third Week of the Alexander Brothers Trial

More women who have accused the three brothers of sexual assault testified, and the judge replaced a juror who said he had already made his mind up about the case.

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By Kate Christobek
Feb. 13, 2026

More women who have accused the three brothers of sexual assault testified, and the judge replaced a juror who said he had already made his mind up about the case.
The trial will resume on Feb. 24.

Here are five takeaways from the third week of the trial.

...The jury was gripped by one woman’s testimony, the judge said.​

...The women addressed the defense’s accusation that they just want money.​

..Two women said they saw others being assaulted at parties.​

...An expert testified that victims can freeze during an assault.​

...The judge replaced a juror who said he had made up his mind.​

 

[Chelly]

No court this week for the Alexander Brothers.
Trial will resume Feb. 24.

 

[Dotta]

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[Chelly]

Sex-Crimes Trial Will Not End Alexander Brothers’ Legal Troubles

A verdict in the trial against Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander could come as early as next month, but the three men still face nearly two dozen civil lawsuits.

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By Debra Kamin
Feb. 24, 2026, 3:00 a.m. ET

In one of the biggest sex trafficking cases ever taken to trial, federal prosecutors have argued that the Alexander brothers — Oren, Tal and Alon — have sexually assaulted women in Florida and New York, dating back as far as 20 years ago.

Regardless of the outcome of the trial, which resumes on Tuesday after a weeklong break, it will not be the end of their legal battles. A mountain of civil lawsuits against all three brothers, as well as criminal charges in Florida for two of the brothers, still await them. The men have denied all charges and accusations in criminal and civil court.

Before a possible state trial plays out in Florida, and civil litigation starts, prosecutors must finish their case in Manhattan, which they expect to do as soon as Friday. And then, the brothers’ team of high-powered defense attorneys will take the floor. A verdict is expected early next month.

 

[Chelly]

Takeaways from the Fourth Week of the Alexander Brothers Trial

The prosecution said it plans to drop two charges against the three men. Defense attorneys are expected to start their case this week.

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By Kate Christobek
March 2, 2026

Prosecutors are expected to finish arguing their case against the Alexander brothers on Monday as the sex trafficking trial in Manhattan enters its fifth week.
Here are four takeaways from the fourth week of trial.

Prosecutors said they plan to dismiss two charges.​

If the counts are dropped, the brothers will still face 10 charges.
On Friday, federal prosecutors told judge Valerie E. Caproni that the government planned to drop two sex trafficking charges against the brothers tied to events in the Hamptons in 2009. Prosecutors said they were forced to drop the charges after what they have described in court filings as a pattern of witness intimidation.

A juror is replaced after the blizzard.​

Several jurors traveled outside of New York City while the trial was on hiatus the week of the Presidents’ Day holiday. But one got stuck in Florida due to the historic blizzard that dropped nearly 20 inches of snow on the city last Monday.

Two women testified about incidents that aren’t part of the indictment.​

Two women, neither of whom are one of the eight victims listed in the indictment, testified last week. Prosecutors occasionally call witnesses who are not directly linked to a case to establish a pattern of bad behavior on the part of the defendants.

The jury heard passages from a ‘manifesto’.​

The government has argued that the brothers read, were influenced by and occasionally contributed to a blog known for using vulgar terms for sex and insulting women.

Attorneys for the Alexander brothers will start arguing their case later this week.

 

[Dotta]

"Jurors sent out to consider sex trafficking charges against Alexander brothers
that could see them imprisoned for LIFE."

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029626709075456326

"The jury of seven women and five men
retired on Thursday
to consider their verdict following the five-week trial,
during which time various members of the brothers' family have shown up to offer support."

"All the most shocking evidence against playboy Alexander brothers
as jurors are sent out to consider charges."

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029625059321544746

 

[Chelly]

Deliberations Start in Sex-Trafficking Trial of Alexander Brothers

Prosecutors called more than 30 witnesses, including 11 women who said the three men had sexually abused them. The brothers, who have pleaded not guilty, face life in prison if convicted.

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By Kate Christobek
March 5, 2026
Updated 1:10 p.m. ET

The jury in the federal sex-trafficking trial of the Alexander brothers, two of whom were once America’s top-earning real estate agents, started deliberations on Thursday, as prosecutors and defense lawyers rested their case after five weeks of testimony.
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During his closing argument on Tuesday, Andrew Jones, an assistant U.S. attorney, argued that the brothers had “used a consistent playbook to lure, isolate and rape their victims.” “Not only did they commit these crimes without remorse,” he added, “they did it with callousness, with a perverse sense of pride.”
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Prosecutors introduced text messages and emails between the Alexander brothers and their friends as evidence of the sex-trafficking conspiracy. They showed messages referring to purchasing flights for women, booking summer homes and procuring drugs.
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Lawyers for the Alexander brothers have argued that their clients were “playboys” and “womanizers” but not sex traffickers.

To cast doubt on the accusers’ testimony, the defense lawyers questioned their memories and motives. They argued that no woman was ever drugged and that the accusers’ incomplete memories were the result of alcohol and drugs they had consumed willingly. Any communication about drugs between the brothers and their friends, they said, was for their own personal use.
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The lawyers, however, acknowledged that the jury might find the brothers’ behavior crude and arrogant. Howard Srebnick, a lawyer for Alon Alexander, said in his closing statement that the language the brothers used at the time was “offensive, grotesque and unacceptable.”

But, he added, “that doesn’t make it a crime.”