Brothers were predators masquerading as party boys, New York court hears

Defense in sexual abuse trial of property magnates Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander urges jurors to reject monstrous story'

Three brothers, two of them real estate agents who catered to the jet-set crowd, used a playbook over a 12-year stretch that sometimes involved drugging women and girls before raping them, a prosecutor told a New York jury on Tuesday in an opening statement.

Assistant US attorney Madison Smyser said the brothers used whatever means necessary" including luxury accommodations, flights, drugs, alcohol and sometimes brute force to lure women into situations where they could be raped.