US EditionLuxury real estate brothers face trial Tuesday in sex trafficking case
The Alexander brothers deny charges of sex trafficking involving drugging and assaulting women, with prosecutors updating indictments multiple times since their 2024 arrest.
- This week's trial begins in Manhattan federal court as Oren, Tal, and Alon Alexander face sex‑trafficking charges, prosecutors allege they drugged and raped women over a dozen years.
- Defence lawyers counter that women were willing participants and argue prosecutors' use of 'anything of value' to induce location creates an unprecedented new offense under the sex‑trafficking statute.
- The indictment was updated Thursday, marking the third update in two months as prosecutors amended allegations, while defence lawyers said last week prosecutors added charges they had no time to investigate.
- Jury selection was expected to last about two days, with opening statements scheduled for next Monday and the brothers held without bail since their Dec. 2024 arrest, while Oren faces a 15 years minimum sentence if convicted.
- A 2009 allegation involving a 17-year-10-months-old complicates the case, with defence disputing her birth certificate from a former Soviet republic; The New York Times reported a 45-year-old Australian accuser died near Sydney last year, ruled 'non-suspicious' by the New South Wales coroner's office.
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Jury selection begins in NYC for luxury real estate brothers accused of sexual abuse
Jury selection has begun in the New York City trial of two luxury real estate brokers and their brother, who are accused of sexually abusing dozens of women. Prosecutors allege that Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander showered victims with free travel and luxury accommodations before drugging and raping them in vacation destinations such as the Hamptons. Opening statements are scheduled to begin Monday. Prosecutors say the brothers provided victims wit…
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Three brothers, two of whom were once among the top US luxury real estate brokers, are going to trial on charges that they used their wealth and glamorous lifestyles to traffic women for sex.
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