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The three Alexander brothers, who were convicted earlier this year on sex-trafficking and related charges after their 2024 arrests in Miami Beach and Bal Harbor, could be sentenced to life in prison next Tuesday in Manhattan federal court.
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Twins Alon and Oren Alexander, 39, and their older brother, Tal Alexander, 40, were found guilty following a five-week trial in March where 11 women testified that they were raped, and sometimes drugged, by one or more of the brothers over a 13-year period. Tal and Oren were luxury real estate agents in New York and Miami, while Alon worked for his father’s security company in Miami.
The government is asking for the maximum sentence of life in prison for all three brothers, while the defense is asking U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni for sentences of 15 years in prison, according to sentencing submissions filed by each side. The government is also asking the judge for maximum fines from the brothers — $1.5 million from each twin and $1.75 million from Tal.
Beyond the charges the men were convicted of, prosecutors are arguing that additional alleged assaults should count as “relevant conduct” when calculating the sentences. Those arguments could affect the amount of time they spend in prison.
“They were not party boys, playboys, womanizers, or misguided young men. They were predators,” the government’s document states. “They spent years hunting and preying upon women because they wanted to, because they could, and because they kept getting away with it.”
The sentencing has been delayed twice, following disagreements from the defense and prosecution about potential sentencing enhancements. On Monday, Caproni held a conference hearing where she denied nearly all of the defense’s objections and said that she would take prosecutors’ recommendations into consideration.
Caproni will likely hear from a handful of the women, including some who didn’t testify during the trial, during the Oct. 27 sentencing in Manhattan. While the list of women who will deliver impact statements is redacted or under seal, the government said in a court filing in August that six women had confirmed they would speak and that another nine were interested.
Counts, convictions against them
All three brothers were convicted of sex trafficking conspiracy for incidents from 2008 through 2021, but in its filing, the government states that “their pattern of serial rape and sexual assault spans more than a decade and traces back to 2001 or 2002, while they were still in high school.” A Miami Herald investigation published earlier this year told the stories of six women who say they were raped or assaulted by one or more of the brothers between 2002 and 2004.
Many of the women used pseudonyms to deliver their testimony in court and for identification in court documents.
All three brothers were convicted on two counts tied to a woman named Bela Koval. They were convicted of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion tied to a 2016 Hamptons assault of Koval, and of inducing Koval to travel for unlawful sexual activity. Koval says she was drugged and raped by Oren, but that all three brothers coordinated her travel to the Hamptons.
Tal was convicted on three additional counts: sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion tied to the 2011 Hamptons assault of Lindsey Acree, and two counts tied to Maya Miller, who was also assaulted in the Hamptons in 2014. Tal was convicted of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and of inducing Miller to travel for unwanted sexual activity.
Alon and Tal were both convicted of sex trafficking of a minor, Isa Brooks. Brooks was 16, a senior in high school, when she was taken to the Hamptons and ended up being drugged and raped by multiple men, including Alon and Tal, in 2009.
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Alon and Oren were also convicted on two counts involving a woman identified as Rhonda Stone for aggravated sexual abuse involving force, threats or an intoxicant, tied to an alleged 2012 cruise-ship assault. The trip was the Groove Cruise, an electronic music festival on a ship, from Miami to the Bahamas. They were also convicted for sexual abuse of an incapacitated person, Stone, in the same assault.
Finally, Oren was convicted on one count for the sexual exploitation of a minor, Amelia Rosen. Rosen was drugged and raped by Alon as a 17-year-old while her body laid limp on a bed. Oren filmed the assault and emailed it to a friend. Investigators found the video on a drive Tal had. Rosen didn’t know the assault had happened until investigators identified and reached out to her.
Possible punishment
The defense states that a sentence of 15 years per brother is “sufficient, but not greater than necessary.” They argue that after 15 years, the brothers would be in their 50s and say they have “no reason to believe they will engage in conduct like what was charged.” They also say that the three brothers are “dedicated husbands and fathers” and that even 15 years would deprive their children of their fathers for “virtually their entire childhood.”
The government argues that life sentences are more appropriate for the extent of their crimes and that they should face harsher penalties through enhancements.
“They have used women and girls for sexual gratification, treating them like sexual objects to be humiliated and mocked for the defendants’ entertainment,” they wrote. “Their pattern of sexual violence should be met with a punishment that holds them accountable for the full measure of their criminal conduct and the lasting trauma they caused.”
The government is seeking that the brothers pay $250,000 per count they were convicted of in fines. They also say they should pay each victim restitution, but that amount and breakdown per victim is redacted from the files. The defense has asked the judge to decline the fines or reduce them.
State cases, transfers to Miami
The days in court for two of the brothers may be far from over. Oren Alexander still faces two state rape cases in Miami-Dade court, and his twin brother Alon is charged in one of them. Oren was initially charged in three cases, but one of the charges was dropped after a prosecutor said the victim was “satisfied” with their federal conviction.
Oren is charged with raping one woman in Miami Beach in 2017. He and Alon were separately accused of raping another woman on New Year’s Eve at Alon’s Miami Beach condo in 2017. The twins pleaded not guilty and have denied the allegations through their attorneys.
The potential state trial has been delayed several times as prosecutors await the federal sentencing hearing in New York. A status hearing had been scheduled for Oct. 15 but was rescheduled to mid-November. State prosecutor Natalie Snyder said in court she was prepared to submit the paperwork to the federal government requesting Alon and Oren’s transfers to Miami-Dade after sentencing.
This story was originally published October 20, 2026 at 8:14 AM with the headline “‘They were predators’: prosecutors seek life for 3 brothers convicted of sex trafficking.”
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