Following a day of emotional victim impact statements and continuing denials from the convicted sex traffickers, Judge Valerie E. Caproni sentenced Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander to 30 years in prison for their crimes.
Caproni called the brothers’ conduct “monstrous” as she pronounced their sentences, the Associated Press reported, and said their assertion that they had been rehabilitated “rings hollow.”
Each of the brothers was eligible for a minimum of 15 years in prison and a maximum life sentence. Ahead of Tuesday’s hearing, federal prosecutors had sought life sentences for all three brothers, while defense attorneys had requested the mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison, according to The Associated Press. Sentencing had originally been scheduled for August and was postponed twice.
Eleven of the accusers delivered victim impact statements ahead of the sentencing.
“It took one night, only a few hours, one invitation to completely wreck the girl I once was,” one woman said, according to the AP. Another said she experienced “a quiet funeral in me for the person I might have become had this not happened to me.”
For their part, each of the brothers spoke before sentencing. Oren Alexander denied that he was “here to discount” what the victims had said in their statements, while blaming “hookup culture” for his attitude toward women at the time of the attacks. He denied that he or his brothers had ever “drugged or raped anyone.”
“We never trafficked anyone for sex and we never conspired to hurt anyone,” he said.
Tal and Alon also denied wrongdoing, and said that marriage and fatherhood had rehabilitated them. “Over time, that became my life: work, home, children, parents, community,” Alon said.
The Alexander brothers were found guilty on all counts of sex trafficking and related charges on March 9 in Federal Court in the Southern District of New York. The verdict came after the jury heard from 11 victims’ often graphic and emotional testimonies, and nearly three days of deliberation.
The trio were arrested in 2024 and have been held without bail ever since.
At an Oct. 19 hearing, Caproni also raised concerns about the brothers serving their sentences in the same prison, saying they were “terrible influences on each other,” according to CNN. Defense attorneys argued that keeping the brothers together would support their mental health and make it easier for their elderly parents to visit. It was not immediately clear whether Caproni formally recommended separate facilities at Tuesday’s sentencing. The Federal Bureau of Prisons makes the final decision about where inmates serve their sentences.
Tal and Oren Alexander had made a name for themselves in luxury real estate, making record-breaking sales across Miami and New York. They originally worked at Douglas Elliman, as part of the Alexander Team, and went on to found their own firm, Official Partners.
The sons of prominent Miami developer Shlomi Alexander, Tal and Oren became top agents at Douglas Elliman from 2012 to 2022. The brothers helped broker one of the most expensive residential sales to ever close in the U.S. — billionaire Ken Griffin’s purchase of a $238 million penthouse at 220 Central Park South in 2019.
As allegations mounted against them in 2024, the brothers stepped away from their leadership roles at the firm, and the brokerage ultimately folded.
Luxury broker and Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles star Tracy Tutor sued Oren Alexander in March while the case was underway. When allegations about the Alexander brothers began surfacing in 2024, Tutor had revealed to The New York Times that she believed she had been taken advantage of at a real estate cocktail reception for top producers. She later filed a civil lawsuit against Oren, alleging sexual assault and trafficking at a Douglas Elliman recruitment event she attended in 2014. There are many civil suits pending against the brothers, as well.
