Published at 6:06 PM, February 7, 2025
This image offered by Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department reveals from left, Alon Alexander and Oren Alexander, both have actually been charged with sex trafficking, according to a federal indictment unsealed in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department through AP.
NEW YORK CITY(AP )– More than 60 people have actually informed detectives they were raped by one of 2 high-end property brokers or their bro, a district attorney stated Friday as the guys made their very first look in a New York federal courtroom.
The Miami guys, who remain in prison without any bail, pleaded innocent before Judge Valerie E. Caproni, who set a Jan. 5 trial date.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Espinosa stated private investigators have actually now spoken with more than 60 people who stated they were raped by a minimum of among the siblings. District attorneys had actually formerly stated that more than 40 ladies had actually informed district attorneys they were raped by the guys over a two-decade period.
An indictment charges Oren Alexander, 37, and Tal Alexander, 38, with utilizing wealth and impact they developed by offering high-end residential or commercial properties in New York City, Miami and Los Angeles to rape and sexually abuse ladies from a minimum of 2002 to 2021. Their sibling, Alon Alexander, 37, is charged, too.
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The males, handcuffed and in shackles and separated from one another by their legal representatives, sat silently as their legal representatives responded to the judge’s ask for their pleas.
Espinosa then explained the proof that was being studied by detectives and would be committed defense attorney for their evaluation.
SUBMIT– Oren Alexander and Tal Alexander speak at a panel at the Rockstars of Real Estate Event, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for DETAILS Magazine/AP Images, File)
The proof includes social networks accounts, consisting of dating sites, together with big volumes of electronic information drawn from phones that were taken from each accused throughout his arrest and more electronic gadgets taken throughout searches at their homes, the district attorney stated.
She stated private investigators had actually up until now drawn out details from 8 gadgets while 19 others waited for evaluation after the FBI is successful in surpassing blockages such as passwords.
Defense lawyer Howard Srebnick stated district attorneys had actually informed them that as lots of as 10 of the accusers were most likely to affirm.
Detectives for the defense group will require numerous months to examine each person’s claim once the identities of the females are revealed to them, he stated.
The judge stated she prepares to inform potential jurors that the trial will last about 6 weeks.
