by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 24 – Amid the news of the arrest of the Alexander brothers in Miami on SDNY sex trafficking charges, in the SDNY Magistrate Court on the morning of December 11 the superseding indictment was "wheeled out" to District Judge Valerie E. Caproni. Inner City Press was there, and X-ed (now blocked, so Bluesky) it out.
On December 31 Tal Alexander's lawyer wrote to Judge Caproni asking for bail, offering $115 million in security, citing US v. Ng Lap Seng that "conditions were adhered to by the security service provider." Really? Massages behind closed doors? 12 page filing on Patreon here
On August 21 Oren Alexander retained two of the defense lawyers in Sean Combs' recent trial, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, amid pre-trial skirmishes.
On November 7 Inner City Press filed opposition to the Alexander brothers' extensive redactions. Judge Caproni cited and docketed the motion on November 10, denying the Alexanders' request and ordering less redactions by November 14, order and Inner City Press letter on PACER here
and on DocumentCloud here
On November 14 the defense submitted a less redacted letter and the US Attorney's Office then wrote in asking that all of the exhibits be sealed, not even redacted as needed.
On November 18 the US Attorney's Office's position was endorsed - some post filing unredaction of the memo but no exhibits - and the motion closed.
On November 21 Marc Agnifilo wrote in - letter on Patreon here -- seeking an order that the brothers not be shackled on November 24, so they are write notes and so that the future jury is not prejudiced "if written about."
Inner City Press live tweeted it, albeit not on innercitypress on X (here's why, including Q&A with xAI's Grok). MatthewLeeICP link. The brothers lost most evidentiary fights.
On December 5, Inner City Press back on its main account live tweeted the arguments by the defense against an expert on (young) victims, and the trial was moved back to jury selection starting January 20 or 21, opening statements January 26.
More / extra on X for Subscribers here and on Substack here
This case is USA v. Alexander, et al., 1:24-cr-676 (Caproni)
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