New charges brought against real estate brothers in sex trafficking case

NEW YORK AP Additional sex trafficking charges were brought Thursday in a New York court against two luxury real estate brokers and their brother The charges were contained in a rewritten indictment filed by federal prosecutors against Oren Alexander Tal Alexander and Alon Alexander The three brothers are being held without bail in a situation in which prosecutors in Manhattan have alleged that they have spoken to more than people who allege they were raped by at least one of the brothers Oren Alexander and Tal Alexander were already charged with using their wealth and influence that they accumulated while selling high-end properties in New York City Miami and Los Angeles to make it accomplishable to rape and sexually abuse women from to No date was without delay set for the men to be arraigned They previously had pleaded not guilty The superseding indictment filed Thursday adds five new charges related to four alleged casualties including one female who had not yet reached adulthood when the offenses allegedly occurred Attorney Richard Klugh declared in an email that the new charges like the administration s first two factually and legally unfounded efforts show nothing but prosecutorial overreach It is entirely another swing-and-a-miss by a executive that has gone off the rails in an overzealous unwarranted pursuit Nicholas Biase a spokesperson for the U S Attorney s Office in the Southern District of New York explained We will decline to comment beyond our filings to the court This is an ongoing assessment anyone who may have information related to this episode can please contact - CALL FBI or alexander-case fbi gov Source