Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking life sentences for two former luxury real estate brokers and their brother, who were convicted earlier this year of using their influence to drug and sexually abuse women over the course of several years, according to court documents.
\n\nTwins Oren and Alon Alexander, and their brother Tal, “have been convicted of sex crimes of extraordinary magnitude,” prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan wrote in a sentencing memorandum filed Wednesday.
\n\n“They spent years designing, executing, and perfecting their playbook of luring victims with promises of luxury, drugging victims so they could not resist, and then forcibly raping them,” prosecutors wrote.
\n\nThe brothers were found guilty of 10 counts of engaging in a yearslong conspiracy of rape, sex trafficking, sex abuse and sexual exploitation. They pleaded not guilty but were convicted in April after a trial in which 11 accusers testified.
\n\nOne accuser testified that Alon Alexander drugged and raped her after a night out at a New York City club. She told the court that after being given a drink, her “body started to sway.”
\n\nShe testified that she woke up naked on a bed with Alon Alexander, who did not have…
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