Two luxurious actual property brokers and their brother are accused of drugging after which sexually assaulting and raping dozens of girls, in response to a federal indictment filed final week and obtained by Fox Information Digital.Â
Tal, 38, and Oren Alexander, 37, two outstanding jet-setting brokers in New York and Miami, and their brother Alon Alexander, Oren’s an identical twin, had been arrested in Miami Seashore on Wednesday, Dec. 11.Â
Prosecutors allege that the Alexander brothers “labored collectively, and with others identified and unknown to repeatedly and violently drug, sexually assault, and rape dozens of victims” in New York, Miami and elsewhere, the indictment says.Â
“This conduct, as alleged, was heinous,” U.S. Lawyer for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams mentioned at a Manhattan information convention asserting the fees.Â
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The Alexander brothers “organized for these sexual assaults nicely upfront, utilizing the promise of luxurious experiences, journey, and lodging to lure and entice ladies to areas the place they had been then forcibly raped or sexually assaulted, typically by a number of males,” together with themselves, in response to the indictment.Â
At instances, the brothers “bodily restrained and held down their victims in the course of the rapes and sexual assaults and ignored screams and express requests to cease,” the indictment continues.
In accordance with the fees within the indictment, the three brothers had conspired within the intercourse trafficking scheme since at the very least 2010, however prosecutors filed a letter on Wednesday alleging that their sexual violence towards ladies really spans greater than 20 years, courting way back to when the boys had been in highschool in Miami.
Within the letter, prosecutors requested the court docket to disclaim the brothers bail, whereas additionally revealing further particulars about their alleged crimes.Â
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As adults, the Alexander brothers’ serial sexual violence solely escalated, prosecutors added. After they graduated from faculty, all three brothers moved to New York Metropolis, though they continued to additionally keep houses in Miami and break up their time between the 2 cities.
“The proof on this case additionally establishes that the defendants deliberate and paid for journeys involving the interstate and worldwide transportation of girls on a number of different events,” prosecutors wrote within the letter.Â
One sufferer, referred to as Sufferer-1 within the letter by prosecutors, reported being raped by Tal Alexander and “one other man” in 2011 on the Alexander brothers’ trip home within the Hamptons. Sufferer-1 had by no means met Tal Alexander earlier than, and after arriving on the home “was given a glass of wine and drank about half of it earlier than she started to really feel unwell in a approach inconsistent with consuming that quantity,” in response to the letter.Â
Sufferer-1’s reminiscence then turned hazy, however she has a number of distinct reminiscences of the evening. Particularly, Sufferer-1 remembers being held down by Tal whereas one other man entered the room, in response to the letter, and recollects being in a second location with Tal and the opposite man and {that a} camcorder was arrange.Â
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One other girl, Sufferer-2, reported being raped by Oren Alexander in 2016 after she “started feeling unusual and struggled to stroll” after Oren handed her a cocktail. Alon Alexander then allegedly took the girl to a bed room to put down, and he or she later woke to seek out Oren within the room. Oren pulled down her bathing swimsuit and raped her whereas she was “bodily impaired and couldn’t transfer,” and “struggled to talk,” the letter continued.Â
Prosecutors mentioned that “simply weeks after the Alexander brothers intercourse trafficked and raped Sufferer-2,” the brothers, together with quite a lot of different people, organized to move ladies to Tulum, Mexico. The brothers engaged in a gaggle WhatsApp chat titled “Lions in Tulum,” referring to the Mexican resort city, during which they and different males attending the journey mentioned “imports” of girls and splitting the price of lodging and flights for the ladies and offering medicine “that will make them extra prone to interact in intercourse.”
One of many medicine talked about, “G,” which prosecutors imagine is in reference to “GHB,” is outlined as a “date rape” drug.Â
“Are all women getting shipped out on Sunday?” Oren Alexander mentioned in a single message, including that he was “simply attempting to verify I get max returns.” He mentioned the worth they had been paying was “greater than most of us ever spent on women.”
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Oren and Tal Alexander co-founded the actual property agency Official, which provides luxurious listings in locations like New York Metropolis, the Hamptons, Miami and Los Angeles, in 2022 after rising by the ranks at Douglas Elliman, one of many largest actual property brokerages within the nation, prosecutors wrote.
At Douglas Elliman, they secured vital brokered offers, together with an almost $240 million sale of a penthouse in 2019, which on the time was the most costly residential sale in United States historical past. Alon Alexander, 37, didn’t work in actual property, however he socialized with them.
All three brothers dwell in “high-value” properties in Miami Seashore and New York, prosecutors mentioned. Tal Alexander rents an condominium inside a skyscraper on Manhattan’s “Billionaire’s Row,” whereas Alon and Oren Alexander dwell in properties in Miami Seashore with “direct water entry” and “non-public docks,” in response to court docket filings.Â
Tal and Oren took steps to hide their crimes and shield their reputations in the actual property business, prosecutors mentioned.Â
“The Authorities is conscious, as an illustration, of at the very least one event during which Tal and Oren filed a police report alleging harassment towards a girl who has described being forcibly digitally penetrated by Tal whereas Oren was within the room. Tal additionally threatened that sufferer with a defamation lawsuit if she didn’t cease telling those who he and Oren had sexually assaulted her,” in response to the submitting by prosecutors.
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All three brothers had been charged with one depend of conspiracy to commit intercourse trafficking and a separate depend of intercourse trafficking of 1 girl by power, fraud or coercion. As well as, Tal Alexander was charged with the intercourse trafficking of a second sufferer.
“Mr. Alexander will enter a not responsible plea and addressing these expenses within the applicable discussion board – a courtroom,” Isabelle Kirschner, representing Alon Alexander in reference to the indictment, informed Fox Information Digital in a press release.Â
Attorneys Susan Necheles, representing Oren Alexander, and Joel Denaro, representing Oren and Alon Alexander in Florida, informed Fox Information Digital in a press release {that a} decide had granted them launch from custody.
“A Florida decide at present ordered Oren and Alon Alexander launched from state jail. After two hearings, the state decide discovered that situations might be put in place to make sure the protection of the group and Oren and Alon’s attendance in court docket, and ordered the 2 males be launched on bail,” the attorneys mentioned on Friday. “We’re grateful and able to start to struggle this case in court docket.”
Deanna Paul, an legal professional for older brother Tal Alexander, didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.Â
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Williams mentioned the investigation was ongoing and urged anybody with claims of sexual violence by any of the Alexander brothers to return ahead.