| All 3
Alexander Brothers
Guilty on All Counts
US Gets Time to Name
Sentencing Speakers
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Substack Book SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Sept 3 – 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 August 21,
2025 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, 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. Here is a court
drawing of jury selection,
courtesy to Inner City Press
from Elizabeth Williams - on X
for Subscribers here
and Substack here Late on January
20 lawyer Evan Torgan - whose
name is not to be mentioned in
front of the anonymous jury -
wrote in to quash subpoenas,
under seal (his letter on
Patreon
here). [On January 30
Inner City Press publish
Hamptons Horror here,
audiobook here] On February 11 a
UN staffer named Avishan
Bodjnoud testified... On February 27,
the charge conference which
Inner City Press live tweeted,
being the first to report
this: AUSA: The
Government does not intend to
go forward with Counts 6 and
7, about June 2009. Judge Caproni: So
it's now going to be ten
counts [not the 12 counts in
the S6 indictment] Why? It was
belatedly docketed on February
27, letter on Patreon here On March 9 after
several jury notes, at 5:30
the jury returned with guilty
verdicts for all three
brothers on all counts. On May 12,
sentencing was pushed back:
"IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
sentencing in this action
scheduled for Thursday, August
6, 2026, is ADJOURNED to
Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at
10:00 A.M. The sentencing will
take place in Courtroom 26A of
the Daniel Patrick Moynihan
United States Courthouse, 500
Pearl Street, New York, New
York 10007. Absent
extraordinary cause, this date
will not be extended further.
Pre-sentencing submissions
must be filed not later than
Tuesday, September22, 2026. IT
IS FURTHER ORDERED that not
later than Friday, August 7,
2026, the Government must
inform the Court and
Defendants how many victims,
if any, it anticipates will
speak at the sentencing
hearing. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED
that not later than Thursday,
September 17, 2026, the
parties must notify the Court
whether any party requests a
Fatico hearing." On July 22 this
was amended: "as to Alon
Alexander, Oren Alexander, Tal
Alexander. IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED, due to a change in
the Courts calendar, the Court
requests that the parties
pre-sentencing submissions be
filed not later than Friday,
September 11, 2026. IT IS
FURTHER ORDERED that not later
than Friday, September 11,
2026, the parties must notify
the Court whether any party
requests a Fatico hearing." On August 7 the
US Attorney's Office wrote in
that "To date the Government
has been informed by six
victims that they wish to
speak at sentencing and by
nine others that they are
considering speaking, though
they have not made final
decisions. There are
additional victims the
Government has contacted or
attempted to contact to ask
about their desire to speak at
sentencing from whom answers
have not yet been received." Late on Sunday,
August 23 Teny Geragos filed a
letter to Judge Caproni asking
her to direct the US
Attorney's Office to disclose
the names of proposed speakers
at the sentencing, attaching a
redacted email from the Office
stating that they do not
intend to so disclose. Email
attachment on Patreon here. On August 31 the
US Attorney's Office wrote in
proposing "to identify to the
Court, copying the defendants,
the names of all victims
wishing to address the Court
at sentencing in a sealed
letter filed on October 2,
2026." On September 3
Judge Caproni ruled: "IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED that
Defendants' request is DENIED.
The Government is not
obligated to disclose prior to
sentencing the names of
victims who may wish to speak
at sentencing. Neither the
Crime Victims' Rights Act
("CVRA"), 18 U.S.C § 3771, nor
Federal Rule of Criminal
Procedure 32 expressly
requires the Government to
disclose the names and/or
identities of victims who
intend to speak at sentencing
before the sentencing takes
place. In fact, such a
requirement would be
antithetical to the CVRA,
which is oriented towards
protecting victims, not
creating entitlements for
Defendants.(See Footnote 1 on
this Order). The CVRA defines
who has the right to speak at
a sentencing. But nothing in
the CVRA requires, expressly
or otherwise, that the
Government provide Defendants
with a list of victims who
intend to exercise that
right.(See Footnote 2 on this
Order). Defendants' argument
that they have a
"Constitutional right to this
information," Dkt. 501 at 1,
is puzzling inasmuch as "the
Supreme Court and [the Second
Circuit]... have consistently
held that the right of
confrontation does not apply
to the sentencing context."
United States v. Martinez, 413
F.3d 239,242 (2d Cir. 2005)
(collecting cases); see also,
e.g., United States v.
Carmona, 873 F.2d 569, 574 (2d
Cir. 1989) ("[A]ll of the
strict procedural safeguards
and evidentiary limitations of
a criminal trial are not
required at sentencing. It is
not a denial of due process
for the trial judge, when
determining sentence, to rely
on evidence given by witnesses
whom the defendant could
neither confront nor
cross-examine." (internal
citations omitted)).
Defendants' purported "right"
to such information cannot be
"obvious," see Dkt. 501 at 1,
because such an entitlement
does not exist. Defendants'
request for blanket disclosure
of the names of victims who
may wish to speak at
sentencing is, therefore,
denied. That said, the
Government seems to agree that
the parties and the Court
would benefit from advance
briefing (i) on the status of
purported victims and, to the
extent necessary, (ii) as to
purported victims who were not
the subject of pre-trial
motions. The Court ADOPTS the
briefing schedule proposed in
the Government's letter. See
Dkt. 503 at 3. Not later than
Thursday, September 17, 2026,
the Government must notify the
Court and Defendants of the
number of victims that it
anticipates will speak at
sentencing, including the
identities of those victims
who were not previously
noticed by the Government, did
not testify at trial, and were
not the subject of pre-trial
motions. Not later than
Tuesday, September 22, 2026,
Defendants may object to the
Government's disclosures. Not
later than Friday, September
25, 2026, the Government may
respond to Defendants'
objections, if necessary. SO
ORDERED. (Signed by Judge
Valerie E. Caproni on
9/3/2026)" More on August 31
on X for Subscribers here
and Substack here This case is USA v. Alexander, et al., 1:24-cr-676 (Caproni)
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