{"id":151901,"date":"2026-03-04T02:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T02:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/151901\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T02:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T02:40:10","slug":"they-carried-out-a-playbook-closing-arguments-begin-in-alexander-brothers-sex-trafficking-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/151901\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They carried out a playbook\u2019: Closing arguments begin in Alexander brothers sex trafficking trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Alexanders-profiles.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"High profile real estate agent brothers Alon, Oren, and Tal Alexander during their federal sex trafficking trial in New York\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"\u2018They carried out a playbook\u2019: Closing arguments begin in Alexander brothers sex trafficking trial 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>High profile real estate agent brothers Tal Alexander, Alon Alexander and Oren Alexander attend their federal sex trafficking trial in New York City, U.S. January 28, 2026 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS\/Jane Rosenberg<\/p>\n<p>Government prosecutors made their final arguments to the jury in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/experts-weigh-alexander-brothers-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sex trafficking case<\/a> against former luxury real estate moguls and brothers Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander with a graphic closing statement, recounting rape testimony from 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/18\/1591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">alleged<\/a> victims and drawing out similarities between their stories.<\/p>\n<p>Calling the evidence against the brothers \u201cunassailable,\u201d Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Jones told jurors that the defendants\u2019 \u201cplaybook\u201d was to \u201clure women and girls to places where they were isolated,\u201d by enticing them with fancy trips to the Hamptons or promises of fun parties \u2014 then, through drugs or physical force, rape them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim\u2019s testimony shows the defendant\u2019s repeated pattern. Their playbook,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThey were corroborated by the sheer number of women who testified here. \u2026 they led different lives \u2026 But, they had one thing in common: they were each raped by these men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He detailed how multiple women described their assaults in similar ways, for example, using the same words to describe how they felt after accepting a drugged drink from the Alexanders: \u201cwoozy,\u201d \u201cout of it,\u201d and \u201cunable to hold up [their] head.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jones also pointed to the trove of physical evidence in the case, including text messages where the brothers bragged about \u201ctaking down\u201d young women after alleged rapes, called women they flew out to the Hamptons \u201ccheap hookers\u201d and discussed plans to \u201corgy\u201d other women after collectively agreeing to pay for their flights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Jones also referenced a blog, called Bent on Bitches, where, he alleges, the brothers authored lurid posts in which they purport to brag about committing sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>The posts were published in 2008, Jones said, months before the allegations in the case began \u2014 showing, he said, the motivations and mindset the Alexanders carried through their adult lives.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Jones walked the jury through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/alexander-brothers-prosecutors-rest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">now 10-count sex-trafficking indictment<\/a> the jury will be asked to deliver a verdict on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defendants are guilty of each and every one,\u201d Jones said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Jones also cast doubt on the defense\u2019s argument that the women were only here testifying because they were ashamed and regretful of having a one night stand with the brothers and wanted revenge, or that they wanted the Alexander\u2019s money, highlighting that only two women had filed civil suits against the brother, one being the daughter of a billionaire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey told you [the women] were motivated by shame and money. Now that you have seen this testimony \u2026 you know they\u2019re not,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThere has not been an ounce of shame in this courtroom. Shame is what defendants tried to make these women feel \u2026 What walked into this courtroom was not shame. It was courage and resolve. It was the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The defense team delivered a brief portion of its closing arguments on Tuesday and they will continue into Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n<p>Howard Strebnick, an attorney for Alon Alexander, used the beginning of his closing statement to begin describing, in great detail, how sexual encounters between the Alexanders and the women who testified were consensual.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted the testimony of one woman who said she never said \u201cno\u201d to the brothers\u2019 sexual advances and \u201cremained\u201d in their presence, characterizing it as a romantic \u201csilent movie\u201d (that woman testified she was drugged, was unable to exercise clear judgement and wanted the brother to stop).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Strebnick will continue his closing statement tomorrow, followed by attorneys for Oren and Tal Alexander.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, the brothers could face life in prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High profile real estate agent brothers Tal Alexander, Alon Alexander and Oren Alexander attend their federal sex trafficking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[46643,2710,9,11,10,3018,7112],"class_list":["post-151901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-alexander-brothers","tag-law","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-rape","tag-sex-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}