一桩针对知名房地产大亨的备受瞩目的案件本周出现了新的转机，联邦检察官于5月8日对柳文欢和塔尔·亚历山大以及他们的兄弟阿龙提出了新的指控。
作为取代第一份起诉书的替代起诉书的一部分，对亚历山大兄弟的指控包括涉嫌性贩运的其他罪名，其中一项涉及未成年人。
柳文欢和塔尔·亚历山大兄弟通过他们的公司亚历山大集团(Alexander Group)在纽约的豪华房地产市场声名狼藉，自2024年底以来，他们一直与柳文欢的双胞胎兄弟阿隆(Alon)一起接受联邦调查。
他们被指控引诱妇女去夜总会和聚会，然后对她们下药并进行性侵犯。
这三个人之前都对第一项性交易指控不认罪。
如果联邦指控成立，他们将面临15年至终身监禁。
除了新的指控，取代起诉书包括更多的据称受害者。六名据称受害者现在构成了刑事指控的基础。
新的起诉书称，一名被确认为未成年受害者-3的人被贩卖，尽管Alon和Tal Alexander有“合理的机会”观察到她尚未满18岁。
“取代起诉书改变不了什么，”塔尔·亚历山大、米尔顿·威廉姆斯和迪安纳·保罗的律师上周告诉美国广播公司新闻，称其为“同一案件的重新审理版本。”
柳文欢·亚历山大的律师理查德·克劳夫表达了类似的观点，他说新的指控是错误的，没有法律依据。
克拉夫说:“我们将反对这些指控中提出的任何新的说法，并证明我们的当事人是无辜的，因为他已经表明愿意通过严格的测谎仪检查。”
阿龙·亚历山大的律师霍华德·斯雷布尼克(Howard Srebnick)也提到了他的当事人愿意接受测谎仪测试，他表示，“阿龙通过了测谎仪测试，该测试由一名前美国联邦调查局测谎仪高级考官负责，证明了他在早期起诉书中的指控是无辜的。”
“据我们所知，没有一个指控者，包括新版起诉书中的指控者，通过了美国联邦调查局测谎仪测试，”他继续说道。
联邦检察官没有回应辩护律师关于错误起诉的断言，只是称这是一项正在进行的调查。
该案件在纽约房地产界引起了轩然大波，亚历山大集团因为名人客户代理数百万美元的交易而闻名。
新指控的传讯没有立即确定。这对兄弟被关押在布鲁克林的大都会拘留中心等待审判，审判目前定于明年1月。
Alexander brothers face new charges, including sex trafficking of a minor
A high-profile case against prominent real estate moguls took a new turn this week as federal prosecutors filed new charges against Oren and Tal Alexander, as well as their brother Alon, on May 8.
Filed as part of a superseding indictment, which overrides the first indictment, the charges against the Alexander brothers include additional counts of alleged sex trafficking -- one of which involves a minor.
Brothers Oren and Tal Alexander gained notoriety in New York's luxury real estate market through their company, Alexander Group, and have been under federal investigation alongside Oren's twin, Alon, since late 2024.
They have been accused of luring women to nightclubs and parties, then drugging and sexually assaulting them.
All three previously pleaded not guilty to the first set of sex trafficking charges.
They face 15 years to life in prison if convicted of the federal charges.
In addition to new charges, the superseding indictment included more alleged victims. Six alleged victims now form the basis for the criminal charges.
An individual identified as Minor Victim-3 was trafficked, even though Alon and Tal Alexander would have had a "reasonable opportunity" to observe she was not yet 18, the new indictment alleged.
"The superseding indictment changes nothing," the attorneys for Tal Alexander, Milton Williams and Deanna Paul told ABC News last week, calling it "a reheated version of the same case."
Richard Klugh, an attorney for Oren Alexander, shared similar sentiments, saying that the new charges are misguided and lack merit.
"We will fight any new spin offered in these charges and establish our client's innocence as he has shown his willingness to do in passing a rigorous polygraph examination," Klugh said.
Alon Alexander's attorney, Howard Srebnick, also referred to his client's willingness to take a polygraph, stating, "Alon passed a lie detector test, administered by a former, senior FBI polygraph examiner, establishing his innocence to the accusations in the earlier version of the indictment."
"To our knowledge, not a single alleged accuser, including those in the new version of the indictment, has passed an FBI lie detector test," he continued.
Federal prosecutors did not respond to the defense lawyer's assertion of a misguided prosecution, except to call it an ongoing investigation.
The case has sent shockwaves through New York's real estate community, where the Alexander Group was known for brokering multimillion-dollar deals for celebrity clients.
An arraignment on the new charges was not immediately set. The brothers are being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn awaiting trial, which is currently scheduled for January.
