Luxury real estate brothers sentenced to 30 years in New York sex-trafficking case

Three brothers convicted of using wealth, luxury travel and exclusive properties to lure women into a yearslong sex-trafficking scheme were sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison in New York.

U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni handed down the sentences for Tal Alexander, 40, and his brothers, twins Oren and Alon Alexander, 39, in federal court in New York.

The sentences cap a downfall for the brothers, particularly Tal and Oren, who rose to prominence as luxury real estate brokers handling multimillion-dollar properties and catering to wealthy clients.

A federal jury convicted all three brothers in March of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, inducement to travel to engage in unlawful sexual activity and multiple counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.

Prosecutors had asked Judge Caproni to sentence each brother to life in prison, while their attorneys sought the 15-year minimum.

Eleven accusers addressed the court before the sentences were handed down, describing how the assaults continued to affect their lives years later. One woman, who used a pseudonym, told the court it took one night, only a few hours and one invitation to completely wreck the girl she once was.

Prosecutors alleged in a court filing that the brothers raped or sexually assaulted at least 70 women, describing them as serial rapists.

During their four-week trial, 11 women testified against the brothers, including several who said they were minors at the time of the encounters. The women described receiving gifts and being flown to parties and other destinations, where they said they were given drugs before being assaulted.

In his closing argument, prosecutor Andrew Jones told jurors the brothers cultivated the image of wealthy party boys while preying on women. He said they used a consistent playbook to lure, isolate and rape their victims.

Throughout the trial, the brothers denied the sex-crime allegations. Their attorneys argued the encounters were consensual and accused prosecutors of overreach.

The three brothers addressed the court before they were sentenced and continued to deny drugging or raping women. Oren Alexander said he and his brothers had never drugged or raped anyone, never trafficked anyone for sex and never conspired to hurt anyone.

Lindsey Acree, who testified that Tal Alexander and another man raped her at a Hamptons home in 2011 after she drank something that left her feeling paralyzed, questioned why the brothers had inflicted such harm on women.

Oren and Tal rose through the ranks at Douglas Elliman, where they brokered major deals, including the nearly $240 million sale of a penthouse in 2019 that was then the most expensive residential sale in U.S. history. They later co-founded the luxury real estate firm Official in 2022. Alon did not work in real estate and was an executive at his family's private security company.

Prosecutors said their alleged sexual violence stretched back more than two decades, beginning when the brothers were in high school in Miami. All three brothers were arrested in 2024 and had remained in custody without bail through Tuesday's sentencing.