The second week of the Alexander brothers’ sex trafficking trial ended with prosecutors placing the siblings’ own words at the center of their case – unveiling a trove of disturbing messages allegedly pulled from their phones and computers.
Twins Alon and Oren, 38, and their older brother Tal, 39, are on trial accused of masterminding a sex trafficking conspiracy that prosecutors say involved dozens of women and two underage victims, who were allegedly lured, drugged and raped over more than a decade.
Before their arrest in December 2024, Miami-born Oren and Tal were luxury real estate agents who made their name selling America’s most expensive properties, while Alon worked at a private security company owned by their wealthy family.
Once titans of the Florida and New York party scenes, the brothers’ lavish lifestyles came crashing down when the FBI announced their indictments. Now, shocking messages sent by the brothers have been revealed at their Manhattan trial.
‘Biggest f***fest I’ve ever seen… Twin DP was the special on the menu,’ read one message, which prosecutors said Alon sent to a friend after returning from a party boat cruise in January 2012.
The exchange was shown to jurors Thursday, a day after they heard testimony from a woman appearing under the pseudonym Rhonda Stone, who alleged she was drugged and raped by Alon and his twin brother Oren during the same three-day cruise from Miami to the Bahamas.
Stone testified that she encountered Alon and Oren after approaching them to buy MDMA during a late-night DJ set on the second night of the cruise. She told the court she followed them back to their cabin, accepted a mixed drink from one of the brothers and soon blacked out after sipping it.
When she regained consciousness, Stone – then 23 – alleged that one of the brothers was on top of her, raping her, while the other was having sex with another woman in the neighboring bed. Unable to move, she claimed she watched helplessly as the brothers went ‘back and forth,’ taking turns allegedly raping her, before blacking out again.
Before being accused of drugging and raping dozens of women, Oren (left), Tal (second left) and Alon (right) lived a lavish life of private jets and luxury homes in New York and Miami
Real estate mogul Oren, seen with his wife Kamila Hansen, was accused of drugging and raping a 17-year-old aspiring model in 2009, and filming the encounter
In another exchange sent hours after the cruise, Alon wrote to a different friend that he did not sleep once during the trip because he was ‘just hunting the whole time.’
Alon added that his friend ‘Dylan’ brought a camera on board and ‘filmed a lot’.
When the friend asked whether Dylan had ‘f***ed’ anyone, Alon responded: ‘He’s not as aggressive as Oren and I.’
When the friend remarked that few people are, Alon replied: ‘That’s true.’
Prosecutors also shared a note recovered from Oren’s iCloud account, which appeared to function as a brief diary from the cruise.
Each day of the trip contained multiple bullet-pointed entries, all but one of which were redacted. The remaining entry, from Saturday, read: ‘Sat late night thick blond.’
Prosecutors said additional messages suggested the brothers and Dylan had brought ‘party favors’ – a common slang term for drugs – on board the cruise.
Across late Tuesday afternoon and much of Wednesday, a tearful Stone accused the twins of slipping something into her drink after she went back to their cabin to buy MDMA for herself and her friends.
Stone testified she felt sober before drinking the mixed drink handed to her by one of the twins, but quickly began to feel strange.
She said she tried to leave when another woman in the room – whom she did not know – attempted to kiss her. Stone testified that after she said ‘no’, one of the twins, whom she could not identify, pulled her onto a bed and began kissing her.
Tal Alexander is pictured with actor Zac Efron at an NBA finals party at Efron’s apartment in 2012. Last week, a woman accused Alon of raping her after the same party
Identical twins Alon and Oren, 38, have all pleaded not guilty to all counts. They face life behind bars if convicted of the most severe charges
Security firm director Alon Alexander, seen with his wife Shani, wrote in a message to a friend that a three day cruise to the Bahamas was the ‘Biggest f***fest I’ve ever seen’ in 2012
Shortly afterward, Stone said she became extremely intoxicated and lost control of her body, before blacking out and briefly regaining consciousness while she was allegedly raped by both twins.
She said she felt paralyzed with fear and unable to move or speak. Stone testified she had no recollection of leaving the room and remembered little of the following day.
Stone did not report the allegations to ship security, seek medical attention or tell her sister or friends at the time. She testified that she first came forward after the brothers were arrested in December 2024, at which point she confided in her sister.
On cross-examination, defense attorneys pressed Stone on gaps in her memory and highlighted images taken hours after the alleged assault that appeared to show her continuing to party, including attending a DJ set on land the following day.
Stone testified that she had not slept, had little recollection of the next day and felt out of control of her body for hours. She told jurors she felt ‘compelled’ to testify after representatives for the Alexander family publicly suggested women were fabricating allegations for money. Stone testified she is not seeking compensation.
Thursday’s testimony also included a PowerPoint presentation of messages prosecutors said were taken from the defendants’ phones and email accounts, discussing the purchasing, sourcing and use of various drugs with each other and third parties.
The slideshow was divided into categories highlighting conversations about specific substances, including Quaaludes, Xanax, Ambien and the date-rape drug GHB.
Alon Alexander’s fashion model wife, Shani Zigron, was seen smiling as she left court on Wednesday
Tal Alexander was also named in four individual complaints. He denies all the charges against him
Oren and Alon have been in custody since December 2024
In a group WhatsApp chat titled ‘Lions in Tulum’, prosecutors said the brothers and several other men discussed buying drugs and the ‘import’ of women ahead of a trip in October 2024.
Only a portion of the group chat has been shown to jurors so far, though prosecutors previously disclosed a longer excerpt in a letter filed in the Southern District of New York in December 2024.
In that letter, the brothers and five other men were shown discussing splitting the cost of lodging and flights for women they planned to ‘import,’ as well as providing drugs that would make the women more likely to engage in sex, including ‘coke, shrooms and G[HB].’
After one man suggested collecting money ‘for the pot to fly bitches down,’ Alon responded: ‘There should be a fee per bang and after bang.’
Oren, responding to a discussion about paying for flights, asked: ‘O yea. What’s the lineup. Need to pick winners,’ before later adding: ‘Just warn him ur boys are hungry.’
The group then discussed procuring drugs, with one man writing: ‘I don’t want X around too much. Nothing gets done with that… X makes the girls wanna chase the f***ing party.’
‘Just trying to make sure I get max returns,’ Oren added, according to the letter. ‘Was going to come for that Sunday night tax and make sure all girls make quota.’
Another exchange introduced Thursday involved Tal discussing the purchase of Quaaludes in 2018, asking two friends if they had a ‘connect’ because he was with Wall Street bankers who were willing to ‘pay whatever it takes.’
In the message, Tal appeared to reference an upcoming trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, where he claimed boxer Wladimir Klitschko would ‘hook it up for us there.’
Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander (left to right) are currently on trial in Manhattan federal court, accused of masterminding a decade-long sex trafficking conspiracy
Earlier testimony also included allegations from two additional victims.
The first, appearing under the pseudonym Amelia Rosen, testified that she was a 17-year-old aspiring model in 2009 when Oren Alexander, then 21, and another man recorded themselves having sex with her in a Manhattan apartment while she was allegedly unconscious.
Rosen, a Ukrainian national, said she had no memory of the encounter and first learned of the video after being contacted by federal prosecutors.
Prosecutors said the video shows Rosen naked, stumbling and at times unable to move.
‘I can hardly understand what I was saying,’ Rosen testified tearfully when shown a portion of the footage, which prosecutor Andrew Jones described as a ‘trophy tape’.
Another Ukrainian model, using the alias Bela Koval, testified that she was left ‘paralyzed’ after consuming what she believes was a spiked drink at a party hosted by the Alexanders at a $13 million rented mansion over Labor Day weekend in 2016.
Koval, who lives in Chicago, told jurors she was invited to the home by Alon after matching with him on the dating app Raya.
She testified that Oren handed her a drink in a red plastic cup as she sat on a beanbag chair. After taking a few sips, she said she began to feel ‘very strange’ and realized she was ‘losing control’ of her body.
Shlomi Alexander lunged at the Daily Mail’s photographer outside Manhattan federal court on Tuesday night
A Ukrainian model, using the alias Bela Koval, testified that she was raped by Oren Alexander at a party in the Hamptons in 2016
Earlier in the trial, a Nevada nurse alleged she was raped by Tal Alexander at the same property (above) in August 2014
Koval said she tried to go to her basement bedroom but alleged Alon intervened and led her to a different room on the first floor.
She testified that she later awoke to find Oren in the room.
Koval said she attempted to tell him something was wrong, but he ignored her, pulled out a condom and began removing her clothes.
‘I had no control over my body… It was like my whole body was tranquilized,’ she testified.
‘He had no expression other than this brooding anger… no emotion at all. It was just this dark energy,’ she added, alleging Oren put all his weight on her while raping her.
Koval’s testimony was followed by a contentious cross-examination led by defense attorney Teny Geragos, who questioned inconsistencies in the timing of events and what Koval said she had been wearing.
‘My focus is on being drugged and raped – not insignificant details,’ Koval responded. ‘That’s what my mind has focused on.’
Earlier in the trial, a Nevada nurse alleged she was raped by Tal at the same property in August 2014.
The Alexander brothers have pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Their trial will continue this week.
