Alexander Brothers Get 30 Years

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Updated Oct 27, 6:58pm ET

A federal judge in New York sentenced Oren, Alon and Tal Alexander to 30 years in prison each. The sentence came Tuesday after their March convictions on sex-trafficking conspiracy and related sex-crime charges. Oren and Tal were prominent luxury real-estate brokers, while Alon worked in the family security business. Prosecutors said the brothers used wealth and status to lure women to parties and luxury sites, then drugged or forced them into assaults. At sentencing, victims described lasting trauma and sought severe punishment. Prosecutors asked for life, while defense lawyers sought 15 years and cited the men’s families. Judge Valerie Caproni called the conduct monstrous. The brothers are expected to appeal, with Florida charges and civil lawsuits still pending.

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Left-leaning outlets framed the case around wealth and access as tools for abuse, then centered survivors’ devastation. CNN kept the focus on prosecutors’ claim that luxury settings helped enable a pattern of violence. The Guardian lingered on women’s accounts of lives and trust damaged by the assaults. HuffPost emphasized disappointment that the punishment stopped short of life.

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Right-leaning outlets cast the sentencing as a downfall of high-flying insiders and a reckoning for severe abuse. Fox News stressed wealth, luxury travel and exclusive properties as the tools used to draw women in. The New York Post focused on victims confronting the brothers, while underscoring the brothers’ continued denials and pleas for leniency.

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