Jury deliberating at sex trafficking trial of the Alexander brothers, real estate’s 'A Team'
ABC News
A jury is deliberating the fate of three brothers, including two high-end real estate brokers, after weeks of testimony from 11 women who said the men used drugs and violence to rape numerous women for over a decade
NEW YORK -- Oren, Alon and Tal Alexander surrounded themselves with beautiful women. Young and wealthy, they enjoyed sex and the pursuit of it. They flirted at nightclubs and on dating apps, and partied with potential hookups in the Hamptons, Aspen and other ritzy locales.
The brothers — two of them high-end real estate brokers known as “The A Team," the other a private security executive — were certainly womanizers, their lawyer told jurors. But they aren’t the drink-spiking rapists and sex traffickers that federal prosecutors allege.
A jury in Manhattan federal court started deliberating Thursday in a case that could put twins Oren and Alon, 38, and Tal, 39, in prison for the rest of their lives.
In marathon closing arguments Tuesday and Wednesday, defense lawyers urged the jury to carefully scrutinize the evidence and set aside the emotional heft of nearly a dozen women who testified that one or more of the Alexander brothers sexually assaulted them. The brothers have pleaded not guilty.
Marc Agnifilo, a lawyer for Oren Alexander, said the brothers’ playboy lifestyle and unsentimental pursuit of sex “hurt a lot of people’s feelings,” leaving some women heartbroken and upset. That’s the real reason they’re on trial, he argued.
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