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Omaha Steve

(108,943 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:38 PM 17 hrs ago

Alexander brothers used wealth to lure, drug and rape women and girls, prosecutor says

Source: AP

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER
Updated 5:26 PM CST, March 3, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — The wealthy Alexander brothers used the same tactics of luring, drugging and humiliation to sexually assault numerous women and girls, bragging about their exploits in blog posts with titles that included “It’s not rape if,” a federal prosecutor told jurors Tuesday.

In a closing argument after four weeks of testimony in the siblings’ federal sex trafficking trial, Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Jones reviewed the often harrowing accounts of 11 women who allege they were sexually assaulted by Alon, Oren or Tal Alexander.

The allegations are corroborated by the “sheer number of victims who testified,” the prosecutor said — women who never have met each other and live different lives, but “have one horrific thing in common: they were raped by these men.”

Far from hiding their activity, the brothers bragged about it in text messages, emailed about sneaking drugs — or “party favors” — onto a cruise ship, recorded at least one assault on video and shared photos of victims, Jones said, calling it “devastating evidence” supporting the charges against them.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/alexander-brothers-real-estate-sex-trafficking-trial-7067ab1dde8f1bee8477de5665397a4a

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Alexander brothers used wealth to lure, drug and rape women and girls, prosecutor says (Original Post) Omaha Steve 17 hrs ago OP
So... time between any conviction and a pardon from the Dotard, RockRaven 17 hrs ago #1
Less than 1 scaramucci is my guess. SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #2
Crypto transactions can be less than a day RainCaster 14 hrs ago #8
We need an administration insider Old Crank 14 hrs ago #10
Who are these men. I have never heard of them. Trueblue1968 16 hrs ago #3
Here's a video from last year... progressoid 16 hrs ago #4
Pretty deviants don't do well in prison. rubbersole 8 hrs ago #14
imagine just how sick these guys are Skittles 16 hrs ago #5
They're after a feeling of power, more than sexual gratification. Women *have* to give them what they want ! eppur_se_muova 14 hrs ago #9
These people would have us believe they are our betters EYESORE 9001 15 hrs ago #6
K&R yonder 14 hrs ago #7
I'm beginning to like the idea crud 14 hrs ago #11
There is a book I've been trying to find time to read on this topic. NNadir 8 hrs ago #12
So did the President of our country. travelingthrulife 8 hrs ago #13

RockRaven

(19,080 posts)
1. So... time between any conviction and a pardon from the Dotard,
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:44 PM
17 hrs ago

will it be best measured in days, weeks, or months?

Old Crank

(6,852 posts)
10. We need an administration insider
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 02:38 AM
14 hrs ago

They can tip us off as to when to place our Polymarket bets.

Skittles

(170,883 posts)
5. imagine just how sick these guys are
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 12:55 AM
16 hrs ago

young and decent looking and rich but would rather drug and rape women than just do normal dating

eppur_se_muova

(41,633 posts)
9. They're after a feeling of power, more than sexual gratification. Women *have* to give them what they want !
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 02:25 AM
14 hrs ago

Not complying is not acceptable to them.

EYESORE 9001

(29,608 posts)
6. These people would have us believe they are our betters
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 01:57 AM
15 hrs ago

Not just the degenerates in the subject of this thread, but as an entire class. The Trump/Epstein class. If I were the sort to apply stereotypes, I’d say it’s looking like the 1% are predatory monsters. Yep, good thing I’m not gonna suggest that this dissipated class has got to go. Unfortunately, not everyone is so charitable. I can foresee a day when conspicuous consumption itself is seen as evil incarnate. And isn’t that what our aspirational betters have been doing probably since before recorded history? They have been exploiting the vast majority of humanity in ways that do resemble literal consumption.

NNadir

(37,796 posts)
12. There is a book I've been trying to find time to read on this topic.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:20 AM
8 hrs ago

It's called The Great Leveler

Subtitle:

Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-first Century


The author is Walter Schedel.
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