Luxurious actual property brokers Tal and Oren Alexander, together with their brother Alon, on Friday pleaded not responsible to expenses of conspiring to drug and sexually assault dozens of ladies practically two months after their arrest.
The three Alexander brothers arrived in Manhattan federal courtroom collectively in handcuffs, shackles and drab beige jail clothes.
They pleaded not responsible to federal intercourse trafficking expenses of their first courtroom look in New York after being arrested in Miami in December. Their switch was delayed for weeks as they tried unsuccessfully to safe bail.
Oren Alexander, 37, heart, and his twin brother, Alon, center-right, converse to their lawyer Joel Denaro throughout their bond listening to on the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Constructing on Dec. 13, 2024 in Miami.
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Prosecutors introduced plans to file further expenses, stating that greater than 60 ladies alleged they had been raped by no less than one of many brothers. The three siblings have been accused of luring ladies to nightclubs and events, then drugging and sexually assaulting them.
“We do intend to deliver a superseding indictment on this case,” prosecutor Elizabeth Espinosa mentioned. “I feel we are going to want one other month or two.”
Espinosa mentioned that investigators gathered a “substantial” quantity of proof, together with accounts from alleged victims, in addition to information from iCloud, Instagram, Fb, relationship apps, cell telephones, laptop computer computer systems and digital storage gadgets.
In a January courtroom listening to, when the brothers had been nonetheless in Florida, prosecutor Andrew Jones mentioned FBI brokers discovered a number of exhausting drives in a closet of Tal’s condominium throughout a search.
They allegedly contained “a big amount of sexually specific movies and pictures” displaying the brothers with drunk, bare ladies who had been unaware they had been being recorded. Based on prosecutors, a few of the ladies tried to cover or flee from the digicam once they realized they had been being filmed.
Protection lawyer Deanna Paul, who’s representing Tal, known as the allegations “speculative” and questioned what the movies depict, prompting U.S. District Decide Valerie Caproni to interject.
“In my opinion, having a intercourse with a girl who’s incapacitated is probably going rape,” Caproni mentioned.
On Friday, Caproni scheduled the trial for Jan. 5, 2026, anticipating it should final no less than a month. Protection attorneys have till early Could to file a movement to dismiss. The subsequent in-person courtroom listening to is scheduled for mid-July.
All three brothers face 15 years to life in jail if convicted of the federal expenses. Oren and Tal had been outstanding New York and Miami actual property brokers, working with rich and movie star shoppers.
