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Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo makes arguments on how Judge Valerie E. Caproni will answer two questions from the jury during the federal sex-trafficking trial of high-profile real estate agent brothers Alon Alexander, Oren Alexander and Tal Alexander, in New York, March 9, 2026 in a courtroom sketch.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nJane Rosenberg\/Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“These are chilling, reprehensible, and unacceptable acts,” U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, whose office prosecuted the case, said in a statement following the verdict. “We commend the victims for their courage in coming forward and testifying at the trial.\u00a0They bravely overcame the pain of reliving the\u00a0abuses inflicted upon them and,\u00a0as\u00a0a result, prevented others from becoming victims.” \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nThe brothers’ federal sentencing has been set for Aug. 6.<\/p>\n
Oren and Tal Alexander gained notoriety in New York’s luxury real estate market through their company, Alexander Group, and have been under federal investigation alongside Alon since late 2024.<\/p>\n
They have been accused of luring women to nightclubs and parties, then drugging and sexually assaulting them.<\/p>\n
In his closing statement, federal prosecutor Andrew Jones said there is “crushing evidence” that the brothers “masqueraded as party boys when really they were predators”\u00a0who committed an “array of federal sex offenses.”<\/p>\n
Jones recounted the graphic accounts of the alleged victims and said the wealthy brothers had a “playbook”\u00a0luring women with exclusive parties, yachts and luxury travel so they could assault them.<\/p>\n
“Once they had their victims where they wanted them, the defendants assaulted them using force, using drugs, or using both,” Jones said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, the brothers allegedly bragged about their exploits in blog posts with titles like “It’s not rape if… you use her tears as lube\u201d and “It’s not rape if… she secretly wants it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jones told the jury the allegations are corroborated\u00a0“by the sheer number of other victims who testified here \u2014 women who never met each other, who have each led different lives, in different professions, sometimes in different cities. But they had one horrific thing in common \u2014 they were each raped by these men. And they described near identical experiences of their assaults.”<\/p>\n
During closing arguments, defense attorney Howard Srebnick conceded the brothers could be “obnoxious” and their conduct “inappropriate,”\u00a0but he told the jury, “Nobody was being assaulted, nobody had been trafficked.”<\/p>\n
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Oren Alexander, Tal Alexander and Alon Alexander attend Chanukah With The Stars Gala, Dec. 10, 2014, at Harmonie Club in New York.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nJ Grassi\/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSrebnick\u00a0urged jurors to reject the government’s case against his client, Alon Alexander, insisting prosecutors failed to meet their burden of proof.<\/p>\n
In her closing argument, Deanna Paul\u00a0said the brothers “are not mobsters,” though sometimes they acted like “entitled a——-.”<\/p>\n
A defense attorney for Tal Alexander, Paul argued that prosecutors have asked the jury to “connect dots that really aren’t there.”<\/p>\n
In his summations, defense attorney\u00a0Marc Agnifilo — Oren Alexander’s attorney — suggested to the jury that the victims in this case were dissatisfied with their encounters with the Alexanders, which motivated them to testify in this trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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