Latest / Crime Stories with Nancy Grace / Alexander Bros Sex-Trafficking Trial Opens With Shocking Claims They 'celebrated' Rapes | Crime Alert RECAP SATURDAY 01.31.26

Transcript

Alexander Bros Sex-Trafficking Trial Opens With Shocking Claims They 'celebrated' Rapes | Crime Alert RECAP SATURDAY 01.31.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Crime a art hourly update breaking crime news Now.
• 0:03
  Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. The first witness in the sex trafficking
• 0:06
  Speaker 2: trial involving three brothers, two of whom our prominent real
• 0:09
  Speaker 2: estate brokers, recounted her harrowing experience on Tuesday. The excitement
• 0:15
  Speaker 2: of attending a party at actor Zach Ephron's apartment swiftly
• 0:19
  Speaker 2: turned into a nightmare when hours later one of the
• 0:21
  Speaker 2: brothers assaulted her in their residence, taunting her throughout the ordeal.
• 0:26
  Speaker 2: The woman who spoke under a fictitious name is among
• 0:29
  Speaker 2: several alleged victims slated to testify against tal Orrin and
• 0:34
  Speaker 2: Alan Alexander, who faced accusations of drugging and raping women
• 0:39
  Speaker 2: and girls over several years. Defense attorneys for the brothers
• 0:42
  Speaker 2: assert that the encounters were consensual. Prosecutors alleged that the
• 0:47
  Speaker 2: Alexander brothers exploited their connections to wealthy and influential people
• 0:52
  Speaker 2: to entice multiple victims. The witness explained that she was
• 0:56
  Speaker 2: just twenty years old and studying anthropology when she met
• 1:00
  Speaker 2: two of the brothers at a party at Ephron's New
• 1:02
  Speaker 2: York City apartment. She had accompanied a friend who had
• 1:05
  Speaker 2: recently befriended Tal Alexander, who invited them to watch the
• 1:09
  Speaker 2: final game of the twenty twelve NBA Finals. She noted
• 1:13
  Speaker 2: that their interaction with Ephron was minimal, as he is
• 1:16
  Speaker 2: not implicated in any wrongdoing. After the game, she attended
• 1:20
  Speaker 2: an after party at a Manhattan nightclub, where she accepted
• 1:23
  Speaker 2: a drink and lost consciousness. She later woke up in
• 1:27
  Speaker 2: a different apartment, naked with a lawn, Alexander standing over her,
• 1:31
  Speaker 2: also unclothed. Despite her attempts to rise, he repeatedly pushed
• 1:35
  Speaker 2: her back down, leading her to declare, I don't want
• 1:37
  Speaker 2: to have sex with you, she said. He laughed and responded,
• 1:41
  Speaker 2: you already did. She recounted how he then forced himself
• 1:45
  Speaker 2: on her during the assault. Tal Alexander briefly entered the
• 1:48
  Speaker 2: room but did not intervene, leaving her feeling that he
• 1:52
  Speaker 2: was quote super nonchalant about the whole thing. Assistant US
• 1:56
  Speaker 2: Attorney Madison Smires, in her opening remarks to the juris ury,
• 2:00
  Speaker 2: described the Alexander brothers as perpetrators masquerading as party boys.
• 2:06
  Speaker 2: She stated that they employed various tactics, including luxury accommodations, flights, drugs, alcohol,
• 2:12
  Speaker 2: and sometimes physical force to manipulate women into compromising situations.
• 2:18
  Speaker 2: Defense attorney Teeny Garaghos, representing or In Alexander, urged the
• 2:22
  Speaker 2: jury to dismiss the prosecution's monstrous story. Garaghos portrayed the brothers,
• 2:27
  Speaker 2: who graduated from college in two thousand and eight, as
• 2:30
  Speaker 2: ambitious and occasionally arrogant young men navigating the nightlife scene
• 2:35
  Speaker 2: in search of romantic encounters, arguing that while their behavior
• 2:39
  Speaker 2: may seem immoral, it is not criminal. She suggested that
• 2:43
  Speaker 2: some accusers were pursuing lawsuits for financial gain and only
• 2:46
  Speaker 2: labeled themselves as victims after regretting their choices, such as
• 2:51
  Speaker 2: using illegal drugs or engaging in sexual activities outside their
• 2:55
  Speaker 2: current relationships. Attorney Deana Paul, representing Talent Alexander, cautioned the
• 3:01
  Speaker 2: jury that the trial's subject matter could be distressing, like
• 3:06
  Speaker 2: to an R rated movie, and emphasizing the prosecution's portrayal
• 3:09
  Speaker 2: of the brothers's quote monsters. In a courtroom sketch, the
• 3:13
  Speaker 2: three brothers, alan Or and tal Alexander were seen in
• 3:16
  Speaker 2: Manhattan Federal Court on the opening day of trial January
• 3:20
  Speaker 2: twenty seven. Taal and Orr, and Alexander specialized in high
• 3:24
  Speaker 2: end real estate in cities like Miami, New York, and
• 3:27
  Speaker 2: LA while their brother Alan earned a law degree and
• 3:30
  Speaker 2: managed the family's private security business. Tall is thirty nine.
• 3:35
  Speaker 2: The twins Alan in Orran are thirty eight. The indictment
• 3:38
  Speaker 2: claims the men conspired to lure women to vacation spots
• 3:42
  Speaker 2: like the Hamptons by offering flights and luxurious accommodations. Since
• 3:46
  Speaker 2: their arrest in Miami in December of twenty twenty four,
• 3:49
  Speaker 2: the brothers have been held without bail. During her testimony
• 3:53
  Speaker 2: on Tuesday, the first witness described how she escaped the
• 3:56
  Speaker 2: room where Alan Alexander had attacked her after he fell asleep.
• 4:01
  Speaker 2: Despite the emotional weight of her testimony, she maintained her
• 4:04
  Speaker 2: composure for the most part, though she became visibly upset
• 4:08
  Speaker 2: at times, particularly when she reflected on reaching out to
• 4:11
  Speaker 2: a friend years later after the incident to remind herself
• 4:15
  Speaker 2: that she was still loved. The judge in Georgia has
• 4:21
  Speaker 2: once again denied bond for a seventeen year old girl
• 4:24
  Speaker 2: accused of murdering her mother and stepfather. During a recent hearing,
• 4:28
  Speaker 2: Carroll County Superior Court Judge Dustin high Tower expressed that
• 4:32
  Speaker 2: there had been no significant changes in the circumstances that
• 4:36
  Speaker 2: would justify freeing Sarah Grace Patrick from her solitary confinement
• 4:41
  Speaker 2: since her arrest in August twenty five. The judge highlighted
• 4:44
  Speaker 2: ongoing concerns regarding her potential to flee, the risk of
• 4:48
  Speaker 2: witness intimidation, and the safety of the community. Patrick faces
• 4:52
  Speaker 2: two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault
• 4:55
  Speaker 2: related to the deaths of James and Christine Brock. She
• 4:59
  Speaker 2: surrendered to IT authorities in July twenty five and has
• 5:02
  Speaker 2: remained in custody without bond since her indictment in August.
• 5:06
  Speaker 2: Her trial is set to take place in August twenty
• 5:09
  Speaker 2: twenty six. During the hearing, Patrick's defense attorney argued that
• 5:13
  Speaker 2: she has no criminal prior record, lacks a driver's license
• 5:17
  Speaker 2: or passport, and poses no means to escape. The defense
• 5:21
  Speaker 2: also pointed out that Patrick voluntarily turned herself in and
• 5:24
  Speaker 2: has significant support within the community, as evidenced by twenty
• 5:29
  Speaker 2: one character letters submitted to the court and the courtroom
• 5:32
  Speaker 2: filled with supporters. Patrick's maternal grandfather, Dennis Nolan Senior, testified
• 5:37
  Speaker 2: that she poses no danger to him or anyone else,
• 5:40
  Speaker 2: affirming her lack of prior arrest and promising to ensure
• 5:44
  Speaker 2: that she would appear in court if released. Her grandmother,
• 5:47
  Speaker 2: Lewenne Bruce, who has guardianship of Patrick's younger sister, shared
• 5:51
  Speaker 2: her daily communication with Patrick and expressed confidence that she
• 5:55
  Speaker 2: would not run away. However, during cross examination, prosecutors revealed
• 5:59
  Speaker 2: that both grandparents, along with Patrick's biological father DJ, had
• 6:04
  Speaker 2: signed contracts with a media company worth one hundred thousand
• 6:08
  Speaker 2: dollars for content related to the trial. They clarified that
• 6:12
  Speaker 2: none of the funds would directly go to Patrick or
• 6:14
  Speaker 2: her sister, but the state argued that these media deals
• 6:18
  Speaker 2: heightened concerns about Patrick's potential flight risk. Judge high Tower
• 6:22
  Speaker 2: acknowledged this new information about the media contracts and his decision,
• 6:26
  Speaker 2: expressing that he must consider the possibility that the grandparents
• 6:31
  Speaker 2: could gain financially from increased media attention if Patrick was released.
• 6:37
  Speaker 3: If I weigh these witnesses testimonies, and now weigh would
• 6:40
  Speaker 3: I hear today, I believe those closest and I say
• 6:46
  Speaker 3: closest in family relationship expressed that they had vast concerns
• 6:52
  Speaker 3: that she would have the ability to flee, that she
• 6:56
  Speaker 3: would be a danger to the community, that she would
• 7:00
  Speaker 3: be a danger to them, that she would be opposed
• 7:04
  Speaker 3: a significant risk of intimidating or actually, I think the
• 7:07
  Speaker 3: state steered away from intimidating or influencing and manipulating witnesses
• 7:14
  Speaker 3: by finding that. I find the state has met their
• 7:17
  Speaker 3: burden today by preponderance to the evidence and miss miss Patrick.
• 7:27
  Speaker 3: Because of that, I'm bound by the law and I
• 7:30
  Speaker 3: do not believe that you would be a proper candidate
• 7:32
  Speaker 3: for bond at this time.
• 7:34
  Speaker 2: The defense proposed several strict conditions for her potential release,
• 7:38
  Speaker 2: including house arrest, electronic monitoring, and restrictions on a communication
• 7:42
  Speaker 2: with witnesses and victims' families. They suggested that Patrick could
• 7:46
  Speaker 2: reside with a friend just outside Alabama. Prosecutors objected, stating
• 7:51
  Speaker 2: that this would take her outside Georgia's jurisdiction. They also
• 7:55
  Speaker 2: shared a statement from Kim Bowling, James Brock's sister, who
• 7:58
  Speaker 2: voiced fears for her safety and concerns about possible witness intimidation.
• 8:04
  Speaker 2: The defense maintained that the opinions of Bruce and Nolan
• 8:07
  Speaker 2: and the direct deceased family should hold significant weight in
• 8:10
  Speaker 2: the matter. They also emphasize Patrick's age and the detrimental
• 8:14
  Speaker 2: impact of solitary confinement on young individuals, arguing that the
• 8:19
  Speaker 2: delay in her trial to August twenty six and additional
• 8:22
  Speaker 2: eight months should be taken into account. Judge high Tower
• 8:26
  Speaker 2: addressed Patrick directly, explaining the necessity of the continuance to
• 8:30
  Speaker 2: ensure fairness to both parties, and reiterated that a year
• 8:34
  Speaker 2: and a half from indictment to trial is relatively quick
• 8:37
  Speaker 2: for a murder case. He indicated plans for monthly conference
• 8:41
  Speaker 2: calls to keep the case on track for its scheduled
• 8:43
  Speaker 2: trial date and expressed a desire to avoid any further delays.
• 8:48
  Speaker 2: Sarah Grace Patrick remains in custody at the Carroll County Jail.
• 8:54
  Speaker 1: A Missouri house of horrors has been exposed after a
• 8:57
  Speaker 1: so called hard working mother allegedly traded her children for
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: a cell phone plan, but only after years of locking
• 9:06
  Speaker 1: them in a chicken coop and forcing them into a
• 9:10
  Speaker 1: sick adult sanctioned fight club. Chantelle Hayford, thirty eight, and
• 9:16
  Speaker 1: her boyfriend Jerry Manie, are rotting in the Washington County
• 9:20
  Speaker 1: Jail after confessing to a stomach churning catalog of abuse
• 9:24
  Speaker 1: that sounds more like a depraved survival movie than a
• 9:28
  Speaker 1: home in Potosi, Missouri. Authorities from the Washington County Sheriff's
• 9:33
  Speaker 1: office described the allegations as so disturbing that Sheriff Zach
• 9:38
  Speaker 1: Jacobson initially questioned their credibility. He spoke to the media,
• 9:43
  Speaker 1: I don't.
• 9:44
  Speaker 4: Know that I've even heard of a case like this,
• 9:46
  Speaker 4: locking them in a chicken coop and shooting at him
• 9:48
  Speaker 4: with a BB gun, making meat bugs, and it's just bizarre.
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: The real life nightmare, which spanned from twenty twenty three
• 9:56
  Speaker 1: to late twenty twenty five, involved Hayford's thirteen fourteen year
• 10:00
  Speaker 1: old children being treated like livestock. The couple allegedly refused
• 10:06
  Speaker 1: to house the teens indoors, instead padlocking them in an
• 10:11
  Speaker 1: outdoor chicken pen, where they were used as human target
• 10:15
  Speaker 1: practice for BB rifles. When they weren't being shot at
• 10:20
  Speaker 1: or pelted with rocks, the malnourished siblings were allegedly forced
• 10:25
  Speaker 1: to consume meth amphetamine and non edible substances like industrial calking.
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: Even more bizarre, the couple reportedly organized fight nights, even
• 10:37
  Speaker 1: during children's birthday parties, where the teens were compelled to
• 10:42
  Speaker 1: physically beat each other while adults watched. The depravity only
• 10:48
  Speaker 1: ended when the skeletal children escaped to a guardian's home
• 10:52
  Speaker 1: begging for food. In a final act of betrayal, Hayford
• 10:56
  Speaker 1: reportedly signed over custody of the victims in exchange for
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: a cell phone and a service plan. Despite the years
• 11:05
  Speaker 1: of systematic torture, local law enforcement remained completely in the dark,
• 11:11
  Speaker 1: receiving zero reports or hotline tips regarding all the atrocities.
• 11:18
  Speaker 1: In the meantime, both Hayford and Manise are facing twelve
• 11:22
  Speaker 1: felony counts each, including kidnapping, sexual abuse, and armed criminal action.
• 11:29
  Speaker 1: The pair is being held on half million dollar bonds each,
• 11:33
  Speaker 1: while the children, who cannot read or write after being
• 11:37
  Speaker 1: kept out of school for years, begin a long road
• 11:40
  Speaker 1: to recovery in protective care. The investigation continues.
• 11:46
  Speaker 4: A Texas man is executed for the nineteen ninety eight
• 11:49
  Speaker 4: killings off his ex girlfriend and her new boyfriend, bringing
• 11:52
  Speaker 4: closure to a case that stretched nearly three decades. Charles
• 11:56
  Speaker 4: Victor Thompson was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday
• 11:59
  Speaker 4: night at the Huntsville He was fifty five. Family members
• 12:02
  Speaker 4: of the victims watched from inside the prison. They emerged
• 12:06
  Speaker 4: just before seven pm, after waiting nearly twenty eight hours.
• 12:10
  Speaker 4: Harris County District Attorney Shawn Tears spoke afterward, this is an.
• 12:14
  Speaker 5: Incredibly solemn moment when the state takes a life, but
• 12:21
  Speaker 5: the relief that this is over for them was palpable.
• 12:25
  Speaker 6: The murders happened April thirtieth, nineteen ninety eight. Thompson went
• 12:29
  Speaker 6: to his ex girlfriend's Houston home. He confronted her new boyfriend,
• 12:33
  Speaker 6: thirty one year old Darren Keith Kane. Police were called
• 12:36
  Speaker 6: and made Thompson leave. He returned about three hours later
• 12:39
  Speaker 6: with the gun. Thompson shot and killed Cain inside the apartment.
• 12:43
  Speaker 6: He then shot Glinda Denise Hayslip in the face. She
• 12:46
  Speaker 6: was thirty nine. She survived the initial shooting but died
• 12:49
  Speaker 6: days later in the hospital. Thompson's case drew national attention
• 12:53
  Speaker 6: years later. After his escape from the Harris County jail,
• 12:57
  Speaker 6: he slipped out of handcuffs during a meeting with his attorney.
• 13:00
  Speaker 6: He changed out of his jail clothes into civilian clothing.
• 13:03
  Speaker 6: He used a fake identification badge and walked right past deputies.
• 13:07
  Speaker 6: Thompson then jumped onto a freight train and traveled to Louisiana.
• 13:11
  Speaker 6: He was arrested three days later outside a liquor store
• 13:14
  Speaker 6: in Shreveport while using a payphone. As the lethal injection began,
• 13:18
  Speaker 6: witnesses reported Thompson gasped loudly. He then took about a
• 13:21
  Speaker 6: dozen breaths. Then his breath slowed and turned to snoring.
• 13:25
  Speaker 6: All movements stopped. He was pronounced dead twenty two minutes
• 13:28
  Speaker 6: later at six fifty pm Central time.
• 13:30
  Speaker 5: He said he was sorry for what happened. He said
• 13:34
  Speaker 5: he was sorry for his actions. He apologized to his children,
• 13:40
  Speaker 5: and he asked his children to find Jesus.
• 13:43
  Speaker 6: From his final statement quote, there are no winners in
• 13:45
  Speaker 6: this situation. It creates more victims and traumatizes more people.
• 13:49
  Speaker 6: Twenty eight years later, DA Tier says Thompson never fully
• 13:53
  Speaker 6: accepted responsibility for the killings. More crime and justice news
• 13:58
  Speaker 6: After this