Alexander Brothers still faces 10 sex-trafficking charges despite plans to drop other charges

New York prosecutors are trying to drop some criminal charges against the Alexander brothers—two of them prominent real estate executives—in their sex-trafficking case, citing concerns about alleged witness intimidation.

“We do not plan to proceed with the judge on counts 6 and 7,” Madison Smithassistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York, told the Judge Valerie E. Caproni in Manhattan federal court on Friday, as the New York Times first reported.

Two cases are suspicious Alon, Orangeagain Alexander of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion in connection with an incident that occurred in June 2009, according to the brothers’ superseding lawsuit.

The women who the brothers allegedly transported across state lines and forced to have unspecified sex, subpoenaed as Victim-4 and Victim-5, were expected to testify at Alexanders’ trial but failed to do so.

Realtor.com® reached out to the Southern District of New York for comment.

Prosecutors previously alleged a pattern of threats against at least one woman before the trial, which began in January and is expected to conclude next month.

According to court records, a private investigator hired by the attorney went around Victim-4’s property asking questions about her children while posing as an insurance agent.

Prosecutors denounced the move as “out of bounds” in a letter cited by the Times and predicted it could lead to witnesses walking away from the case, prompting the judge to issue a stern warning to the plaintiffs in court.

On Friday, Smyser confirmed that the prosecution wants counts 6 and 7 dismissed because witnesses failed to testify following what happened “in relation to defense investigators.”

Defense attorney Jason Goldmanwho represented Oren and Alon Alexander, argued that there is nothing unusual about the government’s decision to withdraw the statistics.

“Prosecutors often withdraw or withdraw charges when the evidence, facts, or legal issues lead them to conclude that they cannot meet their burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt,” Goldman said in a statement posted to Realtor.com. “That’s just the way the justice system is designed to work. To suggest or say anything more than that is just a bunch of unfounded speculation.”

Caroni will decide whether to dismiss the charges. If that happens, the trial will focus on 10 counts, including allegations of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation of a minor.

The Alexander brothers have repeatedly denied the charges against them. If found guilty, each of them could face prison terms.

The brothers were arrested after facing charges

Oren, 38, and Tal Alexander, 39, who founded a legal high-end real estate company that operates luxury properties in Miami, New York, and Los Angeles, were arrested in December 2024 along with Oren’s twin brother, Alon, who worked as an executive in his family’s private security company.

The three were arrested in Miami and later extradited to New York to face charges related to sex trafficking.

“The Alexander brothers allegedly conspired to use their wealth and position to entrap innocent women, forcing them to have sex,” said FBI Acting Director. James E. Dennehy said the statement. “We will not allow this type of alleged behavior to continue unabated. Victims forcing victims to engage in sexual acts will not be tolerated.”

According to the previous case, for more than ten years, the rich brothers sexually abused repeatedly and violently and raped dozens of victims “using the promise of entertainment, travel, and accommodation to attract and attract women to places where they were forcibly raped or sexually abused, sometimes by many men…”

Claims in the filing and comments by prosecutors say that on many occasions, the Alexander brothers would drug the alleged victims, whom they met online and in bars and nightclubs, with cocaine or psychedelic drugs to prevent them from fighting or fleeing.

In his opening statement, Smyser told the judge that the Alexander brothers “were pretending to be party boys when they were actually predators.”

Defense attorneys admitted the siblings were polygamists but asked jurors to reject the prosecutor’s “horrific story,” the Associated Press reported.

You may find this behavior immoral, but it is not a crime,” he said Teny Geragosone of the attorneys representing Oren Alexander.

The 2024 arrest of the Alexander brothers in Miami comes after Oren and Alon were hit with two civil charges accusing them of sexually assaulting two women on separate occasions in 2010 in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District and in 2012 at an event in the Hamptons.

A third lawsuit filed against Tal Alexander alleges that the high-ranking businessman sexually assaulted a woman in New York in 2012 as his brother Oren watched.

All three brothers have denied the allegations made in these complaints.