Alexander Twins faces new charges ahead of federal trial
Former luxury real estate agent Oren Alexander and his ex-security director Alon Alexander have been charged with a new count of sexual abuse by physical incapacitation ahead of their sex trafficking trial scheduled for January 26.
Oren and Alon Alexander, who along with brother Tal Alexander are facing federal sex trafficking charges, have been charged with a new count of sexual abuse by physical incapacitation, according to a superseding indictment filed in court.
According to the indictment, Oren and Alon allegedly committed a sexual act with a woman around January 2012 “while she was physically unable to refuse participation” while on a “Bahamian-flagged cruise ship” departing from the US.
The three brothers also face 11 charges of conspiring to drug, sexually abuse and rape dozens of women in Miami, New York City, the Hamptons and other locations.
The three brothers have pleaded not guilty to all charges, including the new case Oren and Alon now face.
Oren and Tal Alexander were longtime luxury real estate agents at Douglas Elliman before launching their own (now closed) firm with partners, Official, in Side. Alon Alexander worked as a security manager for a family business.
In a statement on Tuesday, the parents of the three brothers, Shlomi and Orly Alexander, asserted their sons’ innocence.
“Our family has been through this ordeal since the allegations first appeared in civil lawsuits and were widely publicized long before criminal charges were filed, and the toll has been deeply painful. We believe our sons are innocent and hope they are judged solely on the evidence presented in court, free from speculation or public narratives.”
Tuesday’s hearing focused largely on the logistics of the upcoming trial, which is scheduled for Jan. 26. The court made decisions based on the jury questionnaire and whether some alleged victims would be allowed to testify under a pseudonym.
One of the brothers’ attorneys, Teny Geragos, also expressed frustration that prosecutors did not provide timely evidence, including videos and photos of witnesses or co-conspirators. After prosecutors acknowledged that they did the best they could with the FBI agents provided to them, Judge Valerie Caproni said the Justice Department should be able to reallocate its resources from other high-profile cases to this one: for example, from the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Alon Alexander also tried to dismiss charges against him in court this week based on his marriage and alleged embrace of a monogamous lifestyle after getting engaged in 2019.
Judge Caproni rejected the request to use such evidence at trial, according to a filing on Monday, which stated that Alon’s engagement and marriage are “irrelevant to the accused conspiracy,” and argued that it does not prove that he stopped participating in the sex trafficking conspiracy or had any intention to no longer assist Oren or Tal with such activities.
The three brothers and their defense team were also accused by one victim of waging a “campaign of intimidation” as a form of retaliation for her participation in the case, according to a motion filed in the case in early January.
The woman alleged that after her identity was revealed to the defense, three of her friends were contacted by a man who identified himself as an investigator and who then characterized the woman as “a ‘willing’ victim.” The alleged victim’s friends were also contacted by a member of the defense team who reportedly identified himself as a reporter.
Op-ed pieces, reportedly posted by a publicist for the Alexanders, also attempted to portray the woman as inconsistent and unreliable in her testimony.
The brothers are still being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn pending trial.
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