Real estate stars Oren, Tal Alexander, brother charged with sex trafficking

Federal prosecutors in New York accused top real estate agents Tal and Oren Alexander and their brother, Alon, of drugging and raping “dozens of victims” over more than a decade.

The brothers “used their wealth and positions to create and facilitate opportunities to rape and sexually assault women,” according to the newly unsealed federal indictment charging them with sex trafficking.

At times, they “lured” women with luxury travel to destinations where they were then sexually assaulted, the indictment alleged.

They also allegedly “worked together and with others known and unknown” to carry out the sex trafficking scheme. Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, declined to specify who else is under investigation in the case.

The brothers — who had been synonymous with Manhattan’s luxury real estate market before allegations against them first surfaced earlier this year — were arrested in Miami on Wednesday morning.

They each face one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and one count of sex trafficking of a victim by force, fraud, or coercion, according to the eight-page indictment in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Tal Alexander faces an additional count of sex trafficking of a victim by force, fraud, or coercion.

If convicted, the brothers could face prison sentences of 15 years to life, prosecutors said.

Also on Wednesday, Florida State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle unveiled separate charges against Oren and Alon Alexander related to alleged sexual assaults in the state.

Oren was charged with two counts of sexual battery in two separate incidents, and one count of sexual battery by multiple perpetrators, Fernandez Rundle announced at a press conference. Alon faces one count of sexual battery by multiple perpetrators.

Ohad Fisherman, a cousin of the Alexanders, is also facing charges in the Florida state case but remains at large, Fernandez Rundle said.

The New York prosecutors on Wednesday also urged federal judges in Manhattan and Miami to keep the brothers detained, arguing they “pose an ongoing and significant danger to the community and present a serious risk of flight.”

That detention memo also noted that while the charged conduct took place between 2010 and 2021, the federal investigation found that the Alexander brothers have raped and sexually assaulted victims for more than 20 years — starting when they were in high school.

An attorney for Oren, Susan Necheles, said in a statement to NBC News, “Oren Alexander is innocent. The evidence will show that neither he nor his…