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Judge Largely Upholds Sex-Trafficking Case Against Alexander Brothers

An unsealed opinion preserves core trafficking counts, clearing key digital evidence for trial.

Overview

  • Judge Valerie Caproni dismissed one attempted sex-trafficking count as time-barred but left the rest of the indictment intact.
  • The court denied suppression of evidence seized from a Manhattan apartment, cloud storage, and a Facebook account.
  • Caproni rejected the defense claim that the case is a local matter, citing alleged interstate and international movement of victims.
  • Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander have pleaded not guilty, remain held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, and are due back in court on Nov. 24.
  • Prosecutors say more than 60 women have reported assaults and several have filed civil suits, as the trial set for January could be postponed to May.