Two luxury real estate brokers and their brother accused of raping dozens of women over more than a decade will remain in jail to await their trial on sex trafficking charges, a federal judge in New York City ruled Wednesday. Judge Valerie E. Caproni heard bail arguments before agreeing with two federal magistrate judges in Florida who previously ruled that the three brothers should remain locked up as a danger to the community.
The men, who all reside in Miami, were not in Manhattan federal court because they remain jailed in Florida. They have pleaded not guilty to the charges. Caproni found that they were a risk to flee. She cited the strength of the evidence and potential penalties, including a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life if they are convicted. She also noted that the crimes allegedly occurred for two decades and did not result from “a one-time party where things went wrong.”.
In an indictment unsealed last month and a detention letter, New York prosecutors alleged that Oren Alexander, 37, and Tal Alexander, 38, using their wealth and influence they gained by brokering deals on high-end properties in New York City, Miami and Los Angeles, teamed up with sibling Alon Alexander, 37, to rape and sexually abuse women from at least 2002 to 2021. Several of the victims, a prosecutor said Wednesday, were minors.
The indictment accused the brothers of using “deception, fraud and coercion” to entice victims to travel with them or attend parties and events before they were attacked. At other times, prosecutors said in court papers, the men engaged in “opportunistic rapes and sexual assault of numerous victims who they encountered by chance.”.
