After 30-year sentences, what's next for the Alexander brothers: Appeals, a pardon push and about 30 lawsuits

On Tuesday, a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced former luxury real estate brokers Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon to 30 years in prison each. But the case isn’t over. The brothers still deny the crimes and plan to appeal. Their family has also hired a well-known lawyer whose stated goals include a possible presidential pardon, and they face civil and state cases that could run for years.

Here’s what the reporting says comes next. (Our earlier coverage has the sentencing details, fines and supervised-release terms.)

The brothers plan to appeal

The brothers’ attorneys said they intended to appeal whatever sentence U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni imposed, Curbed reported. Ynet News reported that the defense plans to appeal the convictions themselves.

A jury convicted the three in March on all 10 federal counts, including sex trafficking, after a five-week trial in which 11 women testified. At trial, the defense portrayed the brothers as partygoers rather than criminals and challenged the women’s credibility, Curbed said. On Tuesday they repeated their denials. “We never drugged or raped anyone. We never sex trafficked anyone,” Oren Alexander said in court, according to Ynet. Alon told the court, “I am not a perfect man, but I am innocent of those charges,” Curbed reported.

The three have been held without bail since their arrests in 2024, Ynet noted.

The pardon question

The family has pursued a separate route. According to financial documents obtained by The New York Times, as reported in September by The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Alexanders hired Alan Dershowitz in March 2025 and paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars. The documents included a $250,000 check and an invoice for another $250,000.

Dershowitz confirmed he was working for the family. He described his role as consulting on “legal, constitutional, and sentencing issues” and said he had not discussed pardon options with them at that point. Ynet reported that a letter Dershowitz wrote listed a possible presidential pardon and reversal of the convictions among the goals of his work. He also said he hadn’t discussed the case with President Donald Trump.

How realistic is clemency? Curbed, citing the Times, noted that none of the clemency grants Trump has issued so far has been for sex crimes. It added that the fact that several victims were underage makes a pardon even less likely. No pardon application has been publicly confirmed.

Civil suits and a Florida charge

Federal prison isn’t the brothers’ only legal exposure. According to Curbed, citing The Real Deal:

The defense had argued at sentencing that the brothers shouldn’t have to pay restitution, Curbed reported.

Where they’ll serve their time

That’s still undecided, and the decision belongs to the Bureau of Prisons. Tal asked that the brothers be sent to the same prison so their elderly parents could visit them together, Ynet reported. Caproni had earlier suggested that separating them might be appropriate, because she considers them bad influences on one another. In the end, Curbed reported, she made no recommendation either way but allowed them to have contact.

What victims and the judge said

Twelve victim statements were heard Tuesday, 11 in person and one read by a prosecutor, according to Curbed and Ynet. Most of the women used court-assigned pseudonyms. Many described lasting trauma. Lindsey Acree, an artist and gallery owner who spoke publicly, departed from her prepared remarks to ask the brothers directly: “Why did you do this? I don’t understand the cruelty, the hatred of women,” Ynet reported.

Caproni said Oren and Alon had “blatantly denied responsibility” and “trivialized” their conduct. She said the shame “lies entirely on the three defendants,” adding, “My hope is that someday they will feel that shame. It is the first step toward rehabilitation,” per Curbed. The AP reported that she called their behavior shameful, degenerate and monstrous.

Prosecutors had sought life sentences and said more than 70 women had come forward. The defense had asked for the 15-year mandatory minimum.

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Earlier coverage: Alexander Brothers Each Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Sex Trafficking Case (Oct 27)