A federal jury in Manhattan on Monday found former star real estate brokers Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon guilty on all 10 counts of sex trafficking and related crimes. During a five-week trial, prosecutors said the Alexander brothers worked together to drug and rape scores of women, including minors, from at least 2008 to 2021. Eleven women testified that one or more of the brothers had sexually assaulted them, and jurors were shown a video Oren Alexander recorded of himself raping an incapacitated 17-year-old girl in 2009.

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    1 month ago

    For those also curious, these are not the property brothers who were prominently featured on HGTV.

    Also, there is apparently video evidence of a rape of an unconscious underage girl and their lawyers still had the gall to say:

    “We believe in our clients’ innocence,” Marc Agnifilo, a lawyer for Oren Alexander, said after the verdict. “We’re going to keep fighting.” U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni set sentencing for Aug. 6. The brothers, incarcerated since their 2024 arrests, face up to life in prison.

    I believe that everyone is entitled to the best defense possible, but that is a ridiculous statement to make given the evidence.

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    Okay? But why are they on trial? I thought in America that would qualify them for a place in the White House.

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      They aren’t the right kind of rich for that. Still a well placed couple of mil might get them a tasty pardon.