HOPES DASHED

Disgraced Real Estate Bros Denied Bail

Prosecutors said the Alexander brothers, luxury real estate brokers facing federal charges for sex trafficking allegations, posed a flight risk.

A judge in Manhattan denied bail for Oren, Tal, and Alon Alexander—two real estate moguls and their brother who are facing federal charges for sex trafficking, allegedly using their wealth and influence to prey on women for over a decade. Judge Valerie Caproni rejected an offer from the brothers’ lawyers asking for release on a whopping $115 million bail. The lawyers tried to argue that if they were released on bail, the family would pay for private security to guard them on house arrest at a high-rise condo in Miami—a deal the judge equated to trying to “buy a private jail,” the New York Daily News reported. Oren, 37, and Tal, 38, were prominent luxury real estate brokers in New York and Miami, reportedly selling ritzy properties to celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, as well as Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Alon is Oren’s twin brother, and was known to frequent the same social circles with his brothers. A federal indictment accused the brothers of “repeatedly drugging, sexually assaulting, and raping dozens of female victims” from 2010 through at least 2021. Prosecutors argued that the brothers posed a significant flight risk, as the charges against them carry a minimum sentence of 15 years to life in prison. The three brothers were arrested in Miami in December, where they have been held without bail. Caproni ordered them to be transferred to Brooklyn’s notorious Metropolitan Detention Center. The trio have denied the allegations.