New Letters From the Alexander Brothers, Accused Luxury Real Estate Moguls, Revealed

The parents of the disgraced Alexander brothers have made an emotional plea for leniency, asking a federal judge not to sentence their three sons to spend the rest of their lives in prison.

In a letter filed in court and obtained by Our News Outlet, Orly and Shlomi Alexander urged Judge Valerie Caproni to consider the “whole lives” of convicted sex traffickers Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander. They portrayed their sons as devoted fathers, loving husbands and generous members of their communities who should be allowed to return home and raise their children.

Alon’s wife, 30-year-old Israeli model Shani Zigron, also appealed for compassion. She described her husband as a gentle and attentive father who changed diapers, made breakfast for their daughters and treated her with “care, respect and gentleness” throughout their marriage.

Her statement emerged as photographs taken by Our News Outlet showed Shani leaving her $7 million waterfront mansion for lunch with a male neighbor in Miami this week.

Oren’s wife, Brazilian model Kamila, said his arrest while she was nine months pregnant left her “traumatized.” She said she was forced to raise their baby alone, while the upheaval also derailed her previously successful modeling career.

The statements are among dozens of character references submitted on behalf of the brothers ahead of their October 27 sentencing. The men were convicted in March after prosecutors accused them of orchestrating a years-long campaign involving the drugging and sexual abuse of dozens of women.

Some of the character letters also point to volunteer work the brothers carried out as teenagers, including helping children with special needs, as their attorneys seek reduced prison terms.

Federal prosecutors are seeking life sentences for all three men. Federal probation officials have recommended 195 years for 39-year-old Oren and 180 years each for his twin brother Alon and their older brother Tal, 40. The brothers’ lawyers are asking for sentences of 15 years apiece.

In their letter, the brothers’ parents asked the court to impose the most lenient sentences possible.

“We cannot fix this for our sons. We cannot take their place. All we can do is come before you as their parents and ask for mercy,” they wrote.

“We respectfully ask you to look at the whole lives of our sons. Look at the men they have been, the fathers they are, the families they have built, the hard work they have done, and the people and communities they have helped.”

The parents’ portrayal of the brothers as devoted family men contrasts sharply with testimony during their six-week trial. Numerous women told the court they had been drugged and sexually assaulted, in some cases by more than one brother at the same time.

In a sentencing memorandum filed Wednesday, prosecutors said their investigation had identified at least 70 women who were raped or sexually assaulted by one or more of the brothers. They described the alleged offenses as “sex crimes of extraordinary magnitude.”

According to prosecutors, the siblings used their wealth and glamorous lifestyles to draw women to luxury properties, where they allegedly drugged and assaulted them.

Prosecutors said the pattern of abuse began during the brothers’ teenage years and continued for nearly two decades. Despite having every opportunity to live law-abiding lives, they alleged, the men instead “weaponized their privilege” to exploit women.

“The defendants are unrepentant serial rapists. That is their history,” prosecutors wrote.

Much of the family’s appeal focused on the brothers’ achievements as teenagers, recalling how they volunteered with children with special needs, tutored underprivileged students and helped out at local hospitals while still in school.

Orly and Shlomi also pleaded with the judge to consider the four young children who are now growing up without their fathers.

‘They do not understand courtrooms or sentences. They understand Daddy,’ they wrote. ‘We cannot bear the thought of these children losing years with their fathers.’

Shani Zigron, meanwhile, offered an account of her husband’s life behind closed doors and the apparent toll his imprisonment has taken on their two young daughters.

She described Alon as a ‘devoted’ husband and hands-on father who changed diapers, prepared breakfast for their two daughters and rushed home from work each evening to have dinner with the family.

Shani recalled feeling ‘bored’ and directionless after the girls’ births because she could not immediately return to modeling, prompting Alon to encourage her to volunteer at a Miami women’s shelter, which she said gave her a renewed sense of purpose.

Since his arrest, Shani said their daughters, now aged four and five, have struggled to understand why their father is no longer home. She flies to New York every Friday to visit him behind bars, telling the girls only that their father is going through ‘a challenge.’

Earlier this week, Our News Outlet obtained exclusive photographs showing Shani enjoying an outing with a male neighbor in Miami.

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Dressed casually in high-waisted jeans and a white T-shirt, she appeared relaxed and happy as she climbed into the passenger seat of the man’s car, heading to a nearby restaurant for lunch.

The sighting comes seven months after Our News Outlet photographed Shani in floods of tears on a Manhattan street corner, just blocks from the federal courthouse, moments after her husband and his two brothers were found guilty on all counts.

Her lunch companion has been identified by Our News Outlet as Eyal Kadosh, 42, a neighbor of Shani and Alon’s who also submitted a character reference in support of the convicted sex trafficker.

Kadosh said he had known Alon since around 2021 and described him as a protective neighbor who organized community security initiatives and once intervened when suspicious individuals entered Kadosh’s property.

Records show Kadosh lives nearby in a $1.7M apartment. 

He also spoke of knowing Shani and the couple’s daughters, and witnessing the toll Alon’s absence has taken on their family.

‘The family I remember seeing together now feels incomplete,’ he wrote.

Oren’s wife, Brazilian model Kamila, meanwhile, described the impact of his arrest in December 2024, when she was nine months pregnant with their first child.

The defense referenced portions of Kamila’s account in its remarks to the judge, but her full letter did not appear in the publicly released submission. Some exhibits were redacted.

According to the defense filing, Kamila called Oren’s arrest ‘traumatizing’ and said she had been forced to raise their son alone while her once-successful modeling career stalled because of the publicity surrounding the case.

She also claimed to have received threats that forced her to move home, change her phone number and abandon her social media accounts.

A less-than-glowing character reference came from the siblings’ eldest brother, Niv, who was not accused of any wrongdoing in the case and whose letter focused less on their personal relationships and more on their spectacular professional success and lavish social lives.

Describing himself as the ‘original Alexander brother,’ Niv, who is six years older than Tal, boasted that his siblings had achieved heights in America that ‘most people only dream of.’

He recalled how Tal and Oren rose from modest beginnings in New York real estate to become two of the industry’s biggest names, crediting their relentless partying and networking with helping propel their careers.

‘They constantly entertained for their own sake and for the networking connections. It was so impressive it changed my life,’ he wrote.

Niv also offered a surprisingly candid assessment of Tal, acknowledging that his brother’s success had sometimes gone to his head.

‘Tal has a big heart and is an emotional soul. He was selfish and his ego became large but he also taught us all how to live,’ he wrote.

‘The most important part of their character is that they did spend a lot of time together being the life of the party.’

In closing, Niv asked the judge to impose ‘the lowest possible sentence on them.’

Prosecutors, however, have urged Judge Caproni not to be swayed by the family’s pleas for leniency, arguing that the brothers have shown no remorse and that their continued refusal to accept responsibility raises serious concerns about the danger they could pose if released.

They also warned that a lenient sentence would undermine efforts to hold wealthy and powerful sexual predators accountable and send a damaging message to victims who had endured the ordeal of testifying against their attackers.

‘There is nothing average about these defendants or their crimes,’ prosecutors wrote, insisting that the brothers deserved life imprisonment.

Tal, Oren and Alon, who have been held at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center since their arrests in December 2024, are scheduled to learn their fate on October 27 in Manhattan federal court.