Victims of the Alexander Brothers Speak at the Sentencing

Victims of the Alexander Brothers Speak at the Sentencing Victims speak at the Tuesday sentencing hearing of the three Alexander brothers convicted of ten counts of sex trafficking. Photo: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters In a federal courtroom in lower Manhattan on Tuesday, disgraced real-estate brokers Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon appeared in tan prison uniforms, shackled at the ankles, for their sentencing hearing. Oren and Tal had been among the top luxury-real-estate brokers in the country before they were arrested and charged with sex crimes in 2024; Alon, who is Oren’s twin, worked for the family’s private security business. The three brothers were found guilty on ten counts of sex trafficking and related charges in March. Their older brother, Niv, was present at the sentencing today; neither the wives of Oren and Alon nor the brothers’ parents were present, according to the New York Post. Prosecutors led the proceedings, arguing the brothers had “weaponized their wealth and their status to hurt others over and over again.” They emphasized the Alexanders had not only assaulted their victims but intentionally degraded them, including by pushing one victim, dressed in a clown costume, out into the cold Aspen night after assaulting her, for no reason other than to humiliate her. They noted the brothers had laughed at their victims’ distress and texted one another and their friends about what they had done, including about cleaning the blood of one of their 17-year-old victims off the floor. By repeatedly drugging their victims, prosecutors said, “the evidence could not be clearer. They took consensual sex off the table.” The Alexander brothers were convicted on all ten federal charges in March after 11 victims testified about being drugged, raped, and sexually assaulted by them. Photo: Jane Rosenberg/Retuers The three brothers appeared impassive as victims read their statements throughout the morning — 12 in all. Many recalled how they had been happy, excited, trusting young women who were changed forever by the brothers’ assaults. “You divide into two versions of yourself,” said Maya Miller, who described being assaulted by Tal in the shower. “It fundamentally changed the way I feel in the world.” Issa Brooks, who was 16 when she was raped by Tal, Oren, and two of their friends, described their eyes going black during the assault and the aftermath of their attacks: “I stumbled over my words. I scanned exits… The old me had died.” Olivia Lane, who had matched with Oren on Raya, recalled going to a Mexican bar with him, drinking a quarter of a margarita, and waking up to Oren assaulting her in his condo at least a dozen times. She said that he followed her when she needed to go to the bathroom afterwards and that he stood in the shower touching himself as she struggled to urinate because she was in so much pain. Another victim, who was 21 when she was assaulted and taped by the brothers, cried throughout her testimony: “It has destroyed all my relationships and how I show up in my day-to-day life.” She said she screams so loudly in her sleep that her neighbors once called the police. At the hearing, prosecutors argued for life in prison, citing the brothers’ decadeslong assaults of dozens of women (over 70 have come forward) and lack of remorse. They asked for a combined $4.75 million in restitution for the victims. Defense attorneys have countered the three should serve only 15 years each — the minimum sentence — and not have to pay any restitution; they also asked that the brothers serve their sentences together, according to Los Angeles Magazine. Attorneys for the Alexander brothers had previously said they intended to appeal the sentencing decision, whatever it is; the brothers also face approximately 30 civil lawsuits and a state-level sexual-battery charge in Florida, according to The Real Deal. The Alexanders’ trial lasted five weeks, during which 11 women described being drugged, raped, and sexually assaulted by the brothers in Manhattan, the Hamptons, and Miami. One woman, who was a 17-year-old model at the time Oren assaulted her, didn’t even know what had happened to her until she was contacted by the government — investigators found a video of the assault on a backup of Oren’s computer. Defense lawyers portrayed the brothers as playboys who liked to party, rather than as criminals, and tried to undermine the victims’ credibility. The prosecution successfully argued the brothers used their reputations as glamorous businessmen to lure, trap, and rape their victims. “Not only did they commit these crimes without remorse, they did it with callousness, with a perverse sense of pride,” as the New York Times reported. Whatever happens with their appeal, the Alexander family is also pursuing what other wealthy, well-connected people before them have done: a presidential pardon. The New York Times reported the family retained Alan Dershowitz, a family friend, to work on the pardon more than a year ago, paying a quarter-million dollars in fees with another $250,000 due. But as for whether a pardon is possible, none of the clemency petitions Trump has granted so far has been for sexual crimes, according to the Times; the fact that several victims were underage makes the prospect of a pardon even less likely, especially given the controversy around the Epstein files. This is a developing story and will be updated. 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