Three brothers — two of them once among the country’s most prominent luxury real estate brokers — were convicted Monday of sex trafficking on all counts following a five-week trial in Manhattan federal court, capping a stunning fall from grace for men who had built a public image around wealth, glamour and opulent living.
Twins Oren and Alon Alexander, 38, and their older brother Tal Alexander, 39, were found guilty on all 10 counts, including conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and sexual abuse of a physically incapacitated person. Oren Alexander was additionally convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor. All three now face the possibility of life in prison when U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni sentences them on Aug. 6.
As the jury foreperson said “guilty” 19 times, all three brothers shook their heads. Tal Alexander dropped his head into his folded arms.
Lured with luxury, then drugged and raped, prosecutors say
Prosecutors argued the brothers ran a yearslong conspiracy, dating from roughly 2008 to 2021, in which they exploited their wealth and social status to lure women into situations where they could be drugged and sexually assaulted. The government said the trio met victims at nightclubs, parties and on dating apps, lavishing some with paid flights and luxury accommodations before attacking them at vacation locales, including the Hamptons, a Caribbean cruise and a ski trip in Aspen, Colorado.
“They used a consistent playbook to lure, isolate and rape their victims,” prosecutor Andrew Jones said in his closing argument. “Not only did they commit these crimes without remorse, they did it with callousness, with a perverse sense of pride.”
More than 60 women told prosecutors they were raped by one or more of the brothers. Eleven testified at trial, describing how they came to believe they had been drugged — sometimes after consuming less than a single drink. Jurors also heard from more than 20 additional witnesses and, in one instance, watched a video of Oren Alexander assaulting an incapacitated 17-year-old girl that prosecutors said he had recorded himself.
Prosecutors also presented text and email messages in which the brothers appeared to discuss the effects of drugs on women’s inhibitions, and alleged they communicated about smuggling drugs, referred to as “party favors,” aboard a cruise ship.
Victims speak
Among the witnesses was Lindsey Acree, an artist and gallery owner in Brooklyn, who testified she was raped by Tal Alexander and another man at a Hamptons home in the summer of 2011 after feeling paralyzed from less than half a glass of wine. Ms. Acree, now 40, said she pursued the case not for financial gain but to strip away the brothers’ power.
“If there’s a kid with a stick who keeps hitting people, you take their stick away,” she told the jury. “Money is their stick, so you take it away so they can’t hurt people anymore.”
Another witness, the daughter of a billionaire, testified she was raped by Alon Alexander in Aspen in 2017 when she was 17 years old. “I don’t want their money. I just don’t want them to have it,” she told jurors.
After the verdict, Ms. Acree called on other survivors to come forward. “Use your voice,” she said. “You will be believed — today the jury confirmed that.”
Defense argued consent; jury wasn’t persuaded
Defense attorneys throughout the trial sought to undermine the credibility of the accusers, arguing the women were motivated by financial gain or regret and that their incomplete memories resulted from their own voluntary alcohol and drug use. The brothers’ lawyers acknowledged their clients were womanizers but maintained that all sexual encounters were consensual.
“Financial interest is one of the most powerful motivators. All the stories were rehearsed,” Tal Alexander’s attorney, Deanna Paul, said in her closing argument.
The jury began deliberating Thursday and worked through roughly 21 hours over three days before returning the verdict Monday. Marc Agnifilo, a lawyer for Oren Alexander, said after the verdict that the defense still believed in their clients’ innocence and intended to appeal.
From penthouse to prison
Oren and Tal Alexander had been brokers at real estate firm Douglas Elliman before launching their own firm, Official. Alon Alexander worked as an executive at the family’s private security business. The trio cultivated a high-profile social media presence advertising a jet-set lifestyle even as, prosecutors say, whispers about their conduct toward women had followed them since high school.
The criminal case was accompanied by roughly two dozen civil lawsuits, including one filed last week by Tracy Tutor, a star of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles,” who alleges Oren Alexander drugged and assaulted her in a restaurant bathroom during a New York real estate event.
The brothers were arrested in predawn federal raids in Miami in December 2024 and have been held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since January 2025. Their Israeli-born parents, Orly and Shlomi Alexander, temporarily relocated to New York for the duration of the trial and were present in the courtroom each day. As the brothers were led out after the verdict, Tal Alexander turned to his family and said, “Stay strong.”
U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton praised the victims who came forward and said the case reflected a broader problem.
“Sex trafficking and other federal sex offenses are present in many walks of life, and we have not done enough to root it out,” Mr. Clayton said in a statement.
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