In US v Alexander Brothers Exhibit Delay Inner City Press Filed Week Late OKed But Rakoff

In US v Alexander Brothers Exhibit Delay Inner City Press Filed Week Late OKed But Rakoff by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Substack Book SDNY COURTHOUSE, Feb 18 – 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, 2024 the superseding indictment was "wheeled out." On November 7 Inner City Press filed opposition to the Alexander brothers' extensive redactions, on PACER here and on DocumentCloud here On January 12, the courtroom was abruptly sealed after defense counsel referred to sealed memo not visible in the docket on PACER. Inner City Press filed a letter with the Court, on DocumentCloud here. Jump cut to February 13, 2026 when after 12 days of trial, the US Attorney's Office had stopped providing any of its exhibits to the public and press, for more than a week. Inner City Press opposed it, citing inter alia Judge Rakoff's order after its request in US v. Akhavan of all exhibits within 24 hours. In a current 2026 case, the Office was still resisting providing any exhibits even a week after the verdict. So, a filing. After the filing, served on the US Attorney's Office via ECF, they put up four days' exhibits: From February 9, there's a big panda in snowy Aspen, with three people redacted; a stipulation about Tal Alexander's iCloud account; a video scrolling text messages about the AirBnB room key, and separate key messages from Maylen Gehret; and perhaps most damningly, Alon Alexander's text to Oren, "I took down a 17 yr old." From February 10, texts of "Kayley Brown" to Alon asking for weed and/or tickets to Migos at 1Oak (now closed; also, Migos member Takeoff was murdered); and Lindsey Acree's email to her mother about the Hamptons "creeps." From February 11, Avishan Bodjnoud's camera roll, from the bus to the Hamptons to "Rapists!" written on a hallway door. (Inner City Press tweeted out the photo on X). From February 12, audio files of return calls from law enforcement. Inner City Press will continue to press for exhibits, in this and other cases. Then on Febuary 17 the AUSA filed to say it's end of the week, so moot. But what of the Judge Rakoff precedent of 24 hours, even with redactions? See his order (on another Inner City Press request) here On February 18, the end of week delay was OKed in this case, contrary to Judge Rakoff's 24 hour rule. But what does it apply to those exhibits that have no PPI on them, like the "Rapists" scrawled on the wall and many photos? More on X for Subscribers here and Substack here  This case is USA v. Alexander, et al., 1:24-cr-676 (Caproni) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com SDNY Press Room 500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com