A Manhattan federal jury has convicted three wealthy brothers, including two well-known New York real estate brokers, in a high-profile sex trafficking case that prosecutors said involved luring women to parties and sexually assaulting them.
Oren Alexander, 38, Tal Alexander, 39, and their brother Alon Alexander, 38, were found guilty Monday following a six-week trial in Manhattan federal court. Prosecutors accused the brothers of targeting women and girls, bringing them to exclusive gatherings, and drugging and raping them.
The brothers had pleaded not guilty to the charges tied to seven alleged victims. Over the course of the trial, 11 women took the stand and testified that one or more of the brothers sexually abused them. Prosecutor Andrew Jones argued that the men used their social status and wealth to manipulate victims.
“They used a consistent playbook to lure, isolate, and rape their victims,” Jones told jurors during closing arguments. “They did it with callousness and a perverse sense of pride.”
Federal officials said the verdict sends a strong signal about how seriously the justice system treats sex trafficking.
“This verdict cannot undo the effects of heinous abuse the Alexanders’ many victims endured, but it does send a message: New Yorkers want to bring an end to sex trafficking in all our communities,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton said in a statement.
Defense attorneys pushed back during the trial, acknowledging that the brothers sometimes behaved crudely in their personal lives but denying that the encounters were criminal.
“He should be and is embarrassed by how he behaved over these years,” attorney Howard Srebnick said of his client Alon Alexander. “That doesn’t make the conduct a crime.”
Tal and Oren co-founded the luxury real estate brokerage Official. Alon previously worked as an executive at a private security company.
A Miami nightclub was previously accused of trafficking women to the trio. The brothers were arrested in December 2024 and have remained in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Defense attorneys say they plan to appeal the verdict.
