Oren Alexander rose before a Manhattan judge on Tuesday and apologized for not previously speaking directly to the women who accused him. He then forcefully denied raping or drugging any of them.
Several victims sitting behind him shook their heads in disbelief, while others audibly scoffed.
His brothers, Tal and then Alon, also stood to deny the allegations and ask for mercy as they faced the possibility of spending life in prison.
It was the first time since their arrests nearly two years ago that the brothers had addressed the accusations against them at length in court.
The statements came after Judge Valerie Caproni disclosed that Tal and Alon had both been assaulted in custody, while Oren had been disciplined for possessing a cellphone.
Wearing beige prison scrubs over white long-sleeved shirts, the three men looked far removed from the tailored suits they once wore while closing multimillion-dollar real estate deals. They acknowledged years of partying, casual sex and degrading conduct toward women, but portrayed themselves as changed men deserving another chance.
They described themselves as devoted husbands and fathers who had exchanged hedonistic lifestyles for the ordinary routines of family life.
Tal Alexander, 40, and twins Oren and Alon, 39, were convicted of federal sex-trafficking offenses
The brothers became emotional as Judge Caproni sentenced each of them to 30 years in federal prison
Both Tal and Alon broke down as they spoke about their children growing up without them.
But the men they presented to the court bore little resemblance to the figures described earlier that day by 12 women who delivered victim-impact statements.
In harrowing accounts, the women described lives devastated by the brothers’ sexual violence, including years of nightmares, broken relationships, self-harm, self-loathing and a continuing struggle to feel safe in their own bodies.
Judge Caproni compared the brothers to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
To their families, they were loving husbands, committed fathers and thoughtful neighbors. To the women they abused, they were sexual predators who drugged, raped and humiliated them.
The judge was especially harsh in addressing the brothers’ continued denials.
“You did not have to stand up and say you’ve never raped anyone,” she told them.
“That’s a lie and you know it.”
Caproni said their refusal to accept responsibility showed a profound lack of remorse and weakened their claims that they had changed.
She also questioned how they could make meaningful progress while continuing to deny the crimes for which they had been convicted.
Their behavior, she said, had been monstrous, shameful and degenerate. She accused them of reducing women to anatomical objects and said she hoped they felt profound shame.
Victims in the courtroom gallery cried as the judge spoke.
However, Caproni rejected prosecutors’ requests for life sentences, describing them as “draconian” and saying she did not believe any of the three men were beyond redemption.
The hearing marked the first time since their arrests nearly two years ago that the brothers had addressed the allegations at length in court
Alon’s wife, Shani Zigron, did not attend the sentencing; she is pictured last month in Miami
Instead, she sentenced each brother to 30 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release.
The twins, Oren and Alon, are both 39, while Tal is 40. All three are expected to be in their sixties when they are released.
The brothers entered the courtroom that morning with faint smiles, squared shoulders and the same confidence they had displayed during their six-week trial earlier this year.
They left looking hollow-eyed and dejected, quietly acknowledging the small group of supporters who had come to witness the outcome.
Their parents, Orly and Shlomi Alexander, were notably absent, as were Oren and Alon’s wives, Kamila Hansen and Shani Zigron.
Only their eldest brother, Niv, who has not been accused of wrongdoing, attended.
Tal’s attorney told the court that the brothers had asked their parents to stay away to spare them further pain. Alon said he had similarly told Shani not to come.
The parents and Alon’s wife had attended nearly every day of the trial.
A court-released photograph shows the brothers partying on a boat with one alleged victim’s identity redacted
Maria Suska was among the 12 victims who delivered impact statements in court on Tuesday
The family was also absent for the victims’ statements earlier that day.
The sentencing took place more than seven months after a Manhattan jury found all three brothers guilty of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and several other federal offenses, including sex trafficking, aggravated sexual abuse and crimes involving minors.
During the six-week trial, 11 women testified that they had been drawn into the brothers’ wealthy social world, sometimes through promises of luxury travel and exclusive parties, before being drugged and sexually assaulted.
The allegations covered more than a decade and detailed how the siblings—two of whom were among the country’s most successful real estate brokers—allegedly used their wealth, influence and connections in New York and Miami to prey on women.
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Tuesday’s hearing began with 11 women speaking in person, while a prosecutor read a statement on behalf of a 12th.
Although their experiences varied, the accounts repeatedly described humiliation, degradation and the feeling that the brothers had taken something from them that could never be restored.
One woman, identified in court by the pseudonym Maya Miller, accused Tal of raping her in the shower of a Hamptons mansion in 2014. She told the court that the assault permanently changed the way she approached relationships.
“I carry a quiet funeral in me for the person I might have become had this not happened to me,” she said.
“Every second that Tal raped me in that shower felt like an eternity of terror.”
Lindsey Acree told Judge Caproni that she had spent weeks preparing her statement, but ultimately kept her notes folded and spoke from memory.
Looking directly at Oren, she condemned the “messed-up” acts he and his brothers had committed together and said even life sentences would not adequately reflect the damage they had caused.
“I am here for my daughter,” Acree said. “I will do whatever it takes so that she never lives in a world as demented as you guys tried to make it.”
Oren and Kamila Alexander are pictured in December 2023, seven months after their wedding in the Florida Keys
Tal Alexander married Arielle in October 2023. She left after allegations against the brothers emerged
She said her eight-year-old daughter had recently attended a sleepover where she and her friends decided to search their parents’ names online.
A search for Acree’s name produced reports about her ordeal over Memorial Day weekend in 2011, when she was 25 and testified that Tal Alexander and another man had drugged and raped her at a rented Hamptons home.
Acree told jurors that she became incapacitated after drinking wine and recalled Tal setting up a tripod while the men laughed as they raped her.
Fighting tears, she said her daughter later came home and reported that “bad stuff” about her mother and the “bad guys” she had testified against had appeared online.
Acree asked whether her daughter wanted to discuss what she had seen. Instead, the girl covered her ears and began crying.
Behind Acree, other victims and their supporters wept as a large box of tissues was passed along the row.
Alexis Zettle, who was 23 when she met Tal Alexander at a Manhattan nightclub in January 2015, recalled how he initially charmed her by presenting himself as a “prince” offering a fairytale romance.
Alon and Oren pictured in 2015, during the height of their real estate success
She alleged that he repeatedly drugged and raped her before pressuring her to have sex with wealthy business associates.
Zettle, who filed a separate civil lawsuit in February 2025 and whose allegations were not included in the federal trial, said she grieved the person she had been before the Alexanders “got their hands on me.”
She concluded by referring to the “A-Team” nickname Tal and Oren had gained as luxury real estate brokers.
“You’re not the A-Team, and you’re not above the law,” she said.
Her words prompted scattered finger snaps and approving nods from people in the gallery.
Prosecutors sought life sentences, arguing that the brothers’ cruelty had condemned their victims to lifelong suffering.
Defense lawyers asked for the minimum 15-year terms. Howard Srebnick, who represents Alon, cited a lie-detector test his client said he had passed in prison as evidence of his innocence.
Judge Caproni dismissed the argument.
“Mazel tov that you passed it,” she replied, prompting laughter in the courtroom.
She noted that liars can also pass polygraph tests, which is why such tests are not accepted as evidence in federal court.
In a letter to the court, Alon’s wife, Shani Zigron, an Israeli model and military veteran, said she had listened to the women’s accounts and witnessed their pain.
But she insisted that she would never remain with a man who had raped anyone and would have taken their two young daughters and left.
She asked Judge Caproni to impose the minimum 15-year sentence, arguing that a life term would mean Alon would die behind bars.
Lexi Zettle alleged that Tal repeatedly drugged and raped her before pressuring her to have sex with wealthy business associates
Judge Caproni said she would recommend that the brothers serve their sentences at separate federal prisons because of concerns about their influence on one another, despite their requests to remain together.
In her closing remarks, the judge acknowledged the pain the prison sentences would cause their families, particularly their children, who would eventually have to confront why their fathers were incarcerated.
She said the brothers’ parents were unlikely ever to see their sons as free men again, but emphasized that the defendants themselves were responsible for the suffering caused by their actions.
The women who spoke in court had repeatedly described feeling shame, the judge said, but that shame belonged to the brothers—not their victims. She added that accepting responsibility was the only way they could begin to atone.
Caproni also fined Oren and Alon $300,000 each and ordered Tal to pay $350,000. Oren received an additional $50,000 fine over a video prosecutors said showed him raping a 17-year-old girl.
Attorneys for all three brothers have said they will appeal the convictions.
