Luxury real estate brothers sentenced to 30 years in prison for yearslong sex-trafficking scheme

The sentences cap a stunning 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.

Prosecution sought life sentences

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.

Brothers denied allegations

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.

Luxury real estate background

Long before their arrests, Oren and Tal Alexander had become major players in luxury real estate. The pair 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.

Unlike his brothers, Alon Alexander did not work in real estate and was an executive at his family's private security company. Court filings alleged the brothers used "the promise of luxury experiences, travel, and accommodations" to lure women to locations where they were then sexually assaulted.

Their alleged sexual violence stretched back more than two decades, beginning when the brothers were in high school in Miami, prosecutors said. After the jury returned its verdict in March, U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton described their conduct as "calculated, brutal sexual abuse that, unimaginably, the defendants celebrated."