Wire reporting: (AP, via WSVN 7)

A federal judge in New York sentenced Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander to 30 years in prison each on Tuesday in a sex-trafficking case in which prosecutors said the brothers used wealth and luxury properties to drug and rape women over many years^1,2,3.

U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni announced the terms after accusers addressed the court^2,3. The BBC said 12 victims spoke, including one who had not testified at trial; the Associated Press account carried by WSVN said 11 accusers spoke and a prosecutor read another statement^1,2.

Tal Alexander, 40, and twins Oren and Alon Alexander, 39, were convicted in March^1,2. Oren and Tal built careers selling high-end real estate in New York and Miami; Alon ran the family's private security company, according to an Associated Press background report still posted on ABC-owned stations⁴.

Prosecutors said the brothers slipped drugs into drinks, restrained victims and ignored requests to stop, and that abusive conduct began in high school, though the trial covered crimes starting in 2008¹. An AP filing summary said prosecutors put the number of women raped or sexually assaulted at least at 70⁴. Defense lawyers argued the sex was consensual, described the brothers as womanizers rather than abusers, and asked for the 15-year minimum^1,4.

Prosecutor Elizabeth Espinosa asked for life terms, saying the brothers had honed methods of luring women with luxury and were unmoved by the harm that followed¹. One accuser, Maya Miller, told the court she had lost any sense of safety after an assault she attributed to Tal Alexander in 2014¹.

The brothers showed little reaction as they were sentenced, the BBC reported; their lawyers said they had been told not to look at the victims while they spoke¹. They have been held without bail since arrests in 2024⁴. Caproni has said they should not serve time in the same prison; defense lawyers planned to argue they belong together⁴.