Alexander Bros Sex-Trafficking Trial Opens With Shocking Claims They 'celebrated' Rapes | Crime Alert RECAP SATURDAY 01.31.26
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🗓️ 31 January 2026
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Former top ultra-luxury real estate broker brothers Oren and Tal Alexander along with a third sibling, are accused of being sexual predators who together raped dozens of women and girls and then "celebrated their crimes," a federal prosecutor tells jurors Tuesday. And one of the victims, who spoke under a fictitious name, is among several alleged victims slated to testify against Tal, Oren, and Alon Alexander, who face accusations of drugging and raping women and girls over several years.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | Crime alert, hourly update. |
| 0:06.7 | Breaking Crime News now. |
| 0:08.2 | I'm Nicole Parton, the first witness in the sex trafficking trial involving three brothers, |
| 0:12.8 | two of whom are prominent real estate brokers, |
| 0:15.5 | recounted her harrowing experience on Tuesday. |
| 0:18.4 | The excitement of attending a party at actor Zach Ephron's apartment |
| 0:22.7 | swiftly turned into a nightmare when hours later one of the brothers assaulted her in their |
| 0:28.2 | residence taunting her throughout the ordeal. The woman who spoke under a fictitious name is among |
| 0:34.0 | several alleged victims slated to testify against Tal, Oran, and Alon Alexander, |
| 0:40.5 | who face accusations of drugging and raping women and girls over several years. |
| 0:45.8 | Defense attorneys for the brothers assert that the encounters were consensual. |
| 0:49.9 | Prosecutors allege that the Alexander brothers exploited their connections to wealthy and influential people to entice multiple victims. |
| 0:58.8 | The witness explained that she was just 20 years old and studying anthropology when she met two of the brothers at a party at Ephraun's New York City apartment. |
| 1:08.6 | She had accompanied a friend who had recently befriended Tal Alexander, |
| 1:12.4 | who invited them to watch the final game of the 2012 NBA finals. She noted that their |
| 1:18.4 | interaction with EFron was minimal, as he is not implicated in any wrongdoing. After the game, |
| 1:24.1 | she attended an after-party at a Manhattan nightclub where she accepted a drink and lost consciousness. |
| 1:30.1 | She later woke up in a different apartment, naked with Alon Alexander standing over her, also unclothed. |
| 1:37.2 | Despite her attempts to rise, he repeatedly pushed her back down, leading her to declare, I don't want to have sex with you. |
| 1:43.3 | She said, he laughed and responded, |
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