Twin real estate millionaires, charged with serial rape, wear suicide vests’ in court

The twin real estate moguls, who have been charged with serial rape, appeared in court wearing suicide vests.

Twin luxury real estate moguls Oren and Alon Alexander, who are charged with drugging and violently raping dozens of women, appeared in Florida court on Thursday in matching suicide vests.

The siblings, 37, stood in Miami federal court together for their bond hearing with sunken faces and notably wearing the padded vests, photos show, theNew York Postreports.

Their bond was denied by a judge, who believed them to be a flight risk, even after Oren begged to be released to be with his pregnant wife, NBC Miami reported.

“Your honour, my wife is 9 months pregnant, due any day now with our first child. Her family is in Brazil. She is counting on me to be with her during labour,” said Oren.

In this screenshot, Miami Dade Circuit Court Judge Mindy S. Glazer is seen via video presiding over the first court appearance of Oren Alexander, who is charged with sexual battery along with his twin brother, Alon Alexander, on Dec. 12, 2024, in Miami. Picture: Miami Dade Circuit Court via AP, Pool

Their older brother, who has also been charged with heinous crimes, 38-year-old Tal Alexander, will have a detention hearing Friday.

The trio were arrested at separate residences in and around Miami Beach on Wednesday morning and are charged federally with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and sex trafficking by force.

The twins face separate state charges in Florida stemming from three other alleged assaults, local officials say.

According to disturbing allegations outlined in a federal indictment unsealed in Manhattan on Wednesday, prosecutors allege that they lured their victims “with the promise of luxury experiences, travel, and accommodations.”

“Often, the Alexander brothers drugged their victims before assaulting them, preventing them from fighting back or escaping,” the indictment said.

This photo provided by Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department shows from left, Alon Alexander and Oren Alexander, both have been charged with sex trafficking, according to a federal indictment unsealed in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Picture: Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department via AP.

The brothers met some of their victims on dating apps and social media but they also used party promoters to “source” women, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said.

Many of the female victims were drugged with the date rape drug GHB, according to the indictment.

Other drugs involved in the assaults include cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms.

Several of the alleged sexual assaults included “multiple men,” prosecutors claim.

The brothers were arrested following numerous lawsuits in which dozens of women accuse Oren and Alon of disgusting attacks — including one woman who alleged they took turns raping her inside a sprawling Hamptons estate dubbed “the Playboy Mansion of the East Coast.”

Federal prosecutors say they’ve interviewed more than a dozen women who reported being raped by one of the brothers as far back as 2005 — when they were still in high school.

During their high school days in Miami, they allegedly bragged about several “gang rapes,” according to prosecutors’ request to have them held without bail. One of the brothers even alluded to the alleged rapes in his yearbook.

Oren Alexander and Alon Alexander at Hamptons Castle on July 3, 2011 in Water Mill, New York. Picture: by Steven Henry/Getty Images for Sir Ivan

“Each of the victims that the government has interviewed from this period reported hearing that individuals involved — including Tal Alexander — talked about the assaults at school, boasting about ‘running train’ on their victims and saying they wanted to ‘do it again,’” the prosecutors wrote.

Oren and Tal Alexander in 2022 co-founded the luxury real estate firm Official — which offers ritzy listings in places like New York City, the Hamptons, Miami and Los Angeles.

The two rose to power, becoming standouts at brokerage giant Douglas Elliman, listing properties for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Liam Gallagher, and Lindsay Lohan.

Tal rents an apartment inside a skyscraper in Midtown’s famed “Billionaire’s Row,” while Oren and Alon live in “high value” properties in Miami Beach with “direct access to water” and “private docks,” the feds wrote in a court filing.

Alon works as an executive at Kent Security, a private security firm founded by his parents, Orly and Shlomy Alexander.

Oren’s lawyer, Susan R. Necheles, told The Post Wednesday that her client is “innocent.”

Alon’s lawyer, Isabelle A. Kirshner, told the Associated Press her “client will be entering a not guilty plea.”

Tal’s lawyer, Deanna Paul, declined to comment on the charges.

All three brothers will eventually go to Manhattan federal court, where their case has been assigned to District Judge Valerie Caproni.

Each faces 15 years to life in prison if convicted.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission