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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/alexander-brothers-trial-sexual-abuseDefense in sexual abuse trial of property magnates Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander urges jurors to reject monstrous story
Three brothers, two of them real estate agents who catered to the jet-set crowd, used a playbook over a 12-year stretch that sometimes involved drugging women and girls before raping them, a prosecutor told a New York jury on Tuesday in an opening statement.
Assistant US attorney Madison Smyser said the brothers used whatever means necessary including luxury accommodations, flights, drugs, alcohol and sometimes brute force to lure women into situations where they could be raped.
She said Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander masqueraded as party boys when really they were predators from 2008 to 2021.
Attorney Teny Geragos, representing Oren Alexander, urged the jury to reject the governments monstrous story.
She said the brothers, who got out of college in 2008, were successful, ambitious and sometimes arrogant as they pursued women in nightclubs, bars, restaurants and online in what is known as hookup culture, hoping to have as much sex as possible.
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malaise
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Kid Berwyn
(23,452 posts)1. The rich really are different from you and me.
Woman who accused high-profile twins of sexual assault found dead in Australia
by Tabby Williams
BBC, 16 January 2026
The first woman to publicly accuse high-profile twins Oren and Alon Alexander of sexual assault was found dead in Australia late last year, according to new reports.
Kate Whiteman sued the men in March 2024, alleging they sexually assaulted her in the state of New York in 2012. Months later they were arrested alongside their older brother and charged with sex trafficking offences.
An investigation into the death of Whiteman, 45, by the New South Wales coroner's office has now concluded, finding her death was not suspicious.
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Older brother, Tal, and Oren Alexander have worked for real estate giant Douglas Elliman, listing properties for celebrities including Liam Gallagher, Lindsay Lohan, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. In 2022, they founded their own New York-based firm called Official. Alon worked at the family's private security firm, Kent Security.
A day after Whiteman made her accusations, a second woman, Rebecca Mandel, also brought a lawsuit against Oren and Alon, alleging that the pair drugged and assaulted her at a party in 2010.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrd9z1ep04o
by Tabby Williams
BBC, 16 January 2026
The first woman to publicly accuse high-profile twins Oren and Alon Alexander of sexual assault was found dead in Australia late last year, according to new reports.
Kate Whiteman sued the men in March 2024, alleging they sexually assaulted her in the state of New York in 2012. Months later they were arrested alongside their older brother and charged with sex trafficking offences.
An investigation into the death of Whiteman, 45, by the New South Wales coroner's office has now concluded, finding her death was not suspicious.
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Older brother, Tal, and Oren Alexander have worked for real estate giant Douglas Elliman, listing properties for celebrities including Liam Gallagher, Lindsay Lohan, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. In 2022, they founded their own New York-based firm called Official. Alon worked at the family's private security firm, Kent Security.
A day after Whiteman made her accusations, a second woman, Rebecca Mandel, also brought a lawsuit against Oren and Alon, alleging that the pair drugged and assaulted her at a party in 2010.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrd9z1ep04o
malaise
(293,681 posts)2. The rich really are different from you and me
Thats the truth
mercuryblues
(16,206 posts)3. Yes.
Their victims also have a high mortality rate.
malaise
(293,681 posts)4. Yah think?
Bangs head
Man to man is so unjust