Prominent Real Estate Agents Oren and Tal Alexander, Along with Brother Alon, Charged with Sex Trafficking

December 11, 2024 — 2024, Exploitation, Rape Culture, Trafficking

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have charged two star luxury real estate brokers and their brother with participating in a sex trafficking conspiracy. They are accused of drugging, sexually assaulting and raping dozens of women, according to an indictment made public on Wednesday.


The three are Oren Alexander, his older brother Tal Alexander, who until this summer were real estate agents in New York and Miami, and Alon Alexander, Oren’s twin, who did not work in real estate.


They were arrested at various residences in and near Miami Beach on Wednesday. The twins also face separate state felony charges of sexual battery connected to three separate assaults, according to arrest warrants obtained by The New York Times. According to the federal indictment, Alon and Tal had conspired in the sex trafficking scheme since at least 2010. The brothers used their wealth and positions to create and take opportunities to rape and sexually assault women.


The brothers conspired with other men to arrange events and domestic and international trips to use as bait to recruit, entice and transport multiple women, whom they later raped, the indictment says. The federal charges are expected to be announced later on Wednesday in Manhattan by Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James E. Dennehy, the head of the F.B.I.’s New York office.


The arrest warrants against Oren and Alon Alexander include details of three sexual assaults, in 2016, 2017 and 2021. All three incidents involve Oren Alexander; only the 2016 incident involves Alon Alexander. In that incident, the twins face a charge of sexual battery by multiple perpetrators.


Several women have filed lawsuits against the men accusing them of sexual assault. Kate Whiteman, a former marketing executive, brought the first lawsuit against Oren and Alon Alexander. She said that she met Oren and Alon at a Manhattan nightclub in 2012. As she was leaving, they forced her into an S.U.V. and drove her to the Hamptons, where she said she was assaulted at Sir Ivan’s Castle, according to her lawsuit.


In 2016, according to the warrants, Alon Alexander invited a woman in New York to a barbecue in a Miami Beach condo. When she arrived, she was the only guest...