In a bizarre mix-up, Oren was mistakenly flown to New York City by the U.S. Marshals Service on Tuesday, even though he was scheduled to appear in a Miami courtroom for a bail hearing. He was ordered to return to Miami for a hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
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Oren Alexander, a high-level broker facing federal charges of sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy, as well as state-level sexual assault charges, attended Tuesday’s bail hearing on his own, according to local news reports. was absent through no fault of his.
In a bizarre mix-up, Oren happens to be flown by the U.S. Marshals Service to New York City, where he is indicted by the federal government along with his twin Aron and older brother Tal.
It’s unclear why Oren was sent to New York, likely due to a clerical error or a mix-up with the sheriff’s twins, but he will be absent from Tuesday’s hearing. It happened.
Miami Magistrate Court Chief Judge Edwin Torres said there was a “miscommunication” with New York sheriffs and Oren was mistakenly “transferred to New York and as a result missed the hearing.” The Miami Herald reported.
The judge then ordered sheriffs to return Oren to Miami for a Wednesday bail hearing because Oren cannot legally be transported to New York without a judge’s order to remove him.
“I apologize for the confusion caused,” Judge Torres said.
Oren’s Miami attorney, Richard Crews, did not immediately respond to Inman’s request for comment and did not appear at Tuesday’s hearing.
Last week, Alon Alexander’s bail offer was rejected by Judge Eduardo Sanchez, who believed Alon was a risk of flight to Israel, where he has family ties. Tal’s bail offer was also rejected in December.
Oren’s attorney may ask Judge Torres to cancel Wednesday’s bail hearing because two of the three brothers’ bail offers were rejected. Instead, the lawyers proposed putting together a bail proposal for all three brothers and presenting it before U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni at a detention hearing in Manhattan federal court in late January.
Judge Caproni added on Tuesday that he wanted to hold a bail hearing for the three brothers on January 15th, and if the brothers had not been transferred to federal authorities in New York by then, they would not have to attend the hearing in person. added.
She also denied the defense’s request to extend Tal and Aron’s stay in New York on their Jan. 6 and Jan. 7 release order dates, respectively, giving them enough time to consult with their Miami lawyers about possible bail options. claimed that there was.
All three brothers were indicted in December by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan on charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Aron and Oren are also facing sexual assault charges by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office.
The brothers’ parents, Ollie and Shlomy Alexander, have proposed an “any amount” bail amount backed by their total assets to allow their son to be placed on house arrest, but those proposals are still pending in their case. has not convinced the judges involved. The men are believed to be a flight risk.
On Friday, after Aron’s hearing, defense attorney Howard Srebnick told reporters outside Miami federal court that he believed “all” of the women who accused the Alexanders of rape were lying. , noted that “no one” contacted the FBI or police. Police made the disclosure before the federal government launched an investigation last summer.
Still, records show North Miami Beach police investigated a rape complaint by a teenage girl against the brothers in 2003, when they were still in high school. No charges had been filed at that time.
Srebnick said the women who filed the lawsuit against the brothers were trying to “profit off of all the sex acts they had with them all those years ago.”
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