Feds Say Sex Videos Seized from Alexander Brothers’ Apartment Support Pretrial Detention

Federal Prosecutors Argue Brothers Pose “Immense Danger” to Society

When federal prosecutors in New York seek Wednesday to keep the three Alexander brothers in custody until their trial on sex trafficking charges, they’ve told the presiding judge they’ll buttress their case with “more evidence” of “criminal acts” that “underscores the depraved nature of the defendants’ conduct and immense danger they present.”

Sex Videos and Photos Seized from New York Apartment

Specifically, they reveal, explicit sex videos and photos – material they call “trophies” of criminal conduct – were seized from a New York apartment that had been shared by Tal and Oren Alexander during execution of a search warrant on Dec. 11.

Arrests in Miami

That’s the same day the successful real estate brokers and a third brother, Alon, were arrested in Miami.

Evidence from Hard Drive

Extracted from a hard drive found in a closet, prosecutors allege in a memo to the judge, were photos and video of Oren, Alon, and others “with women in states of intoxication and undress,” some of them at first unaware they were being recorded, leading some to become upset and attempt to hide or flee.

Allegations of Non-Consensual Sex

Other videos show Alon, Oren, and other men having sex with women “who are visibly under the influence of alcohol or other substances. In some instances, at least one defendant and another man physically manipulated the women’s bodies in order to have sex with them while the women did not actively participate in the sexual activity or turned away,” prosecutors wrote in the memo to U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni last Friday.

Defense Team Response

By Monday the defense team was demanding copies of the videos and photos and arguing in their own brief that, rather than proffering evidence of rape, the government “speculates that the videos portray non-consensual sex.”

Contradiction of Government’s Narrative

In fact, attorney Richard Klugh wrote in his response, the material as recounted “substantially undermines and contradicts the government’s narrative” in the case because it did not show unconscious, drugged women being gang raped or screaming for help – as prosecutors say was the brothers’ pattern of sexual assault.

Civil Suit Allegations

A Pennsylvania woman alleges in a new civil suit that Alon Alexander raped her in a Colorado hotel room when she was 17 years old back in 2017.

Pre-Trial Hearing

A federal judge in New York will now decide the pre-trial fates of the Alexander brothers, the two successful real estate brokers who with another brother face sex trafficking charges. NBC6’s Tony Pipitone reports

Bond and Conditions of Release

All three men, scions of a prominent Miami-area family that made its fortune in real estate and security businesses, are accused of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking from at least 2010 through 2021.

Defense Team’s Plea

They have pled not guilty and will ask Caproni Wednesday to let them await trial on home detention in Miami (or anywhere else the court allows), albeit with armed private security monitoring their every move, with cameras, sensors, wiretapping, and computer monitoring, among other requirements. The family would secure their appearance with a bond of more than $115 million, the attorneys have told the court.

Conclusion

The pre-trial hearing is a crucial moment in the case, as the judge will decide whether to keep the brothers in custody until their trial or release them under certain conditions.

FAQs

Q: What is the nature of the evidence seized from the Alexander brothers’ apartment?

A: The evidence seized includes explicit sex videos and photos.

Q: What is the defense team’s argument?

A: The defense team is arguing that the government’s evidence does not show non-consensual sex and that the videos and photos portray consensual sexual activities.

Q: What is the outcome of the pre-trial hearing expected to be?

A: The judge will decide whether to keep the brothers in custody until their trial or release them under certain conditions.