The Alexander brothers face possible life sentences at their sentencing hearing Tuesday in Manhattan federal court.
Oren, 39, Alon, 39, and Tal, 40, were convicted of sex-trafficking charges after a monthlong trial that exposed a yearslong pattern of drugging and sexually assaulting women at luxury homes and parties across multiple states and countries. Prosecutors are pushing for life behind bars, arguing the siblings orchestrated what they termed “sex crimes of extraordinary magnitude.”
US District Judge Valerie Caproni will hand down the sentences at the close of what is expected to be an emotional all-day proceeding. As many as 11 women who have described being drugged, raped or groped by at least one of the brothers could address the court directly.
The federal government’s sentencing memo painted a stark picture of systematic predation. The brothers “spent years designing, executing, and perfecting their playbook of luring victims with promises of luxury, drugging victims so they could not resist, and then forcibly raping them,” prosecutors wrote to Caproni earlier this month.
More than 70 women in all reported being assaulted by the trio, according to prosecutors, though the criminal charges focused on a narrower set of victims who testified. The pattern stretched from 2008 to 2021, with encounters initiated through dating apps and at upscale social gatherings.
The geographic scope of the assaults was as wide as the brothers’ social reach. Jurors heard evidence of attacks at gaudy Hamptons mansions, inside New York City apartments, on a ski trip in Aspen, Colorado, and during a Caribbean cruise. The siblings sometimes worked together, witnesses said.
One accuser, a Ukrainian model who used the alias “Bela Koval,” testified about being incapacitated inside a $13 million Sag Harbor mansion where the brothers threw parties.
“It was like my whole body was tranquilized,” Koval told jurors, describing how she was “paralyzed” by a drugged drink before Oren raped her.
A Nevada nurse using the alias “Maya Miller” gave harrowing testimony about Tal flying her and a friend to the Hamptons for a long weekend in 2014. Miller described Tal violently raping her as she wept in the shower inside the same Sag Harbor party house.
Another woman testified that Alon raped her inside a Manhattan apartment after they met at an exclusive NBA Finals watch party hosted by actor Zac Efron, who was friendly with the brothers.
The brothers’ defense team has asked Caproni to impose the 15-year mandatory minimum. They “steadfastly maintain their complete innocence of these awful charges,” their lawyers wrote in their own filing to the court.
Before their fall, Oren and Tal had built a high-profile real estate business catering to celebrities. They helped sell hedge-funder Ken Griffin’s record-smashing $240 million Midtown penthouse and worked with clients including Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Tal ran a security firm, while Alon’s professional activities received less prominent coverage.
The personal fallout has extended to the brothers’ marriages. Tal’s wife filed for divorce amid the explosive case, while the spouses of Oren and Alon are expected to attend the sentencing hearing. The wives of the twin brothers have been described as catwalking figures in the family’s former social circle.
The case emerged from years of whispers in Manhattan and Hamptons social scenes before federal charges brought the pattern into open court. Women who came forward described a recurring method: invitations to luxury settings, drinks that left them unable to move or resist, and sexual assault by one or more of the brothers.
The sentencing hearing is scheduled for Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Manhattan.