Diddy's Lawyer Suffers Another Loss as Clients Alexander Brothers Are Found Guilty of Sex Trafficking

Three brothers who once dominated New York's luxury real estate market were convicted of sex trafficking on Monday after a five-week trial in which 11 women testified they had been drugged and raped, according to CNN.

Twins Oren and Alon Alexander, both 38, and their older brother Tal, 39, sat motionless as the jury foreperson repeated the word 'guilty' 19 times inside a Manhattan federal courtroom. Tal dropped his head into his crossed arms. Their parents shook their heads in the gallery. Alon's wife pressed a hand to her face.

According to Courthouse News Service, the conviction is a courtroom loss for defence attorney Marc Agnifilo, who represented Oren Alexander alongside Teny Geragos. Both lawyers defended rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs at his federal sex trafficking trial last summer. Combs was acquitted of the most serious charges but convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and is serving a four-year sentence.

With the Alexander brothers, the outcome was different.

Jury Deliberated for Three Days Before Convicting Alexander Brothers

Jurors spent more than 20 hours over three days before returning their verdict in the courtroom of Judge Valerie Caproni. All three brothers were convicted of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Alon and Tal were also found guilty of sex trafficking of a minor.

Oren was separately convicted of sexually exploiting a minor. According to NPR, prosecutors showed the jury a video he allegedly recorded of himself appearing to assault a drugged 17-year-old.

All three face the possibility of life in prison. Sentencing is set for 6 August.

Before their arrest in December 2024, Oren and Tal were known in the industry as the 'A Team.' They set sales records at Douglas Elliman before launching their own brokerage, Official. Alon ran the family's private security company. All three have been held at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center since.

Prosecutors said the brothers used their wealth to lure young women to nightclubs, parties and all-expenses-paid trips to the Hamptons, Aspen, Colorado, and a Caribbean cruise. More than 60 women have alleged they were raped by one or more of the brothers, according to the prosecution.

Agnifilo Vows to Appeal Alexander Brothers Conviction

Outside the courthouse, Agnifilo said his team sees 'a lot of avenues' for an appeal. 'Today was not the outcome we were looking for obviously, but our resolve is unshaken,' he told reporters.

During closing arguments on 3 March, prosecutor Andrew Jones told jurors the brothers 'masqueraded as party boys when really they were predators.' They 'used a consistent playbook to lure, isolate and rape their victims,' he said, with 'callousness and a perverse sense of pride.'

The defence took a different line. Howard Srebnick, who represented Alon, acknowledged the brothers' behaviour could be 'obnoxious' and 'inappropriate' but maintained that did not amount to a crime.

U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton said sex trafficking offences are 'all too prevalent' and 'all too often go unreported and unpunished.'

According to BBC News, the brothers also face roughly two dozen civil lawsuits. The most recent was filed last week by Tracy Tutor, a cast member on Bravo's Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, who alleges Oren Alexander drugged and assaulted her in a restaurant bathroom during a New York real estate event.

A spokesperson for the Alexander family described the verdict as 'deeply disappointing' and said there are 'substantial problems with the evidence and the way this case was presented.'

Agnifilo's past clients include NXIVM founder Keith Raniere and pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli. In the Combs trial, he helped secure acquittals on the sex trafficking and racketeering charges. That result did not repeat itself on Monday.