Overview
- Judge Valerie E. Caproni dismissed one attempted sex-trafficking charge as time-barred but allowed the remaining trafficking and conspiracy counts to proceed.
- The opinion, issued Oct. 17 and unsealed Wednesday, rejects defense arguments that the case reflects merely local or consensual encounters.
- Prosecutors allege the brothers enticed women and girls to travel to luxury hotels where victims were drugged, sometimes restrained, and sexually assaulted.
- The court denied motions to suppress evidence seized from a Manhattan apartment, cloud storage, and a Facebook account, clearing prosecutors to use videos and images at trial.
- Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander have pleaded not guilty, remain detained in Brooklyn, are due in court Nov. 24, and a January trial date could slip to May.