The brothers’ months-long legal battle against several women who accused them of sexual assault culminated Wednesday with their arrests following an FBI investigation.
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This year, a spate of sexual assault and rape allegations were made against top luxury goods brokers Tal and Oren Alexander, and the brothers and Oren’s twin, Aron, were arrested in Miami on Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors in New York announced the arrest, Business Insider reported. All three brothers continue to deny the charges.
The news comes after it was announced in July that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had opened an investigation into the brothers in connection with sexual assault allegations made against them dating back to when they were in high school. . , according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The Journal also reported Wednesday that the arrests were in connection with a joint investigation between the FBI and New York authorities.
The Alexanders’ attorney, James Cinque, did not immediately respond to Inman’s request for comment. Wigdor Law agents, who are representing Angelica Parker in her lawsuit against Tal Alexander, posted a response to X’s arrest and also sent it to Inman.
A statement attributed to partner David E. Gottlieb said, “I am pleased to hear that some accountability for the Alexander brothers and some justice for their many victims is finally being shown.” “We applaud all the survivors who, after years of pain and suffering, had the strength and courage to speak out about their unimaginable experiences.”
Attorneys Kate Whiteman and Rebecca Mandel of Torgan Cooper & Aron, who filed separate lawsuits against Aron and Oren Alexander, did not immediately respond to Inman’s request for comment. Ta.
The women filed separate lawsuits in March against Oren and Aron, a private security company executive, alleging rape and assault dating back to 2010 and 2012. Tal Alexander was then sued in June by Angelica Parker, who accused her broker of sexually assaulting her. In the weeks between the lawsuit against Oren and Aron becoming public and the time Tull was charged, in the roughly two weeks, more than a dozen women filed a lawsuit against attorney Evan Torgan, a partner at Torgan Cooper & Aron. came forward and made similar allegations of sexual assault against his brother.
Tal and Oren Alexander became Douglas Elliman’s top agents during their 10-year career at the firm, working with clients such as Citadel CEO Ken Griffin and WeWork founder Adam Neuman in New York City and Miami. closed some of the most expensive deals ever.
In 2022, they separated from Douglas Elliman and launched Side Support Company Official with co-founders Andrew Wachtvogel, Nicole Orge, and Richard L. Jordan. After the allegations against Tal and Oren came to light, the brothers appear to have each agreed to step down from their roles at the company. However, as weeks passed and pressure mounted, it became clear that ownership negotiations between the five co-founders had broken down. Ultimately, Mr. Wachtvogel, Mr. Oge, and Mr. Jordan relinquished ownership of Official and left the company in August.
The allegations surrounding the Alexander brothers and their poor behavior have been something of an open secret for years, a WSJ/NYT investigation has revealed. Douglas Elliman executives have also faced scrutiny in recent months, with questions raised about how much the broker knew about the allegations while it was still affiliated with Douglas Elliman.
At a press conference Wednesday at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said the Alexander brothers “used their wealth and status to create and promote opportunities.” The “sexual assaults on women” occurred over a period of years and are detailed in a newly unsealed federal indictment.
In what Williams called a “heinous” act, the FBI investigation said the Alexander brothers would sometimes use travel and other social opportunities to “lure” their victims to their vacation homes and locations. It is said that
Williams labeled the brothers’ actions “sex trafficking” and said, “As alleged, this act was heinous.”
According to the indictment, each brother is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and one count of sex trafficking of a victim by force, fraud or coercion. . Tal also faces additional charges of sex trafficking of a victim by force, fraud, or coercion.
Prosecutors say the brothers could be sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
During the press conference, New York prosecutors also told federal judges in Manhattan and Miami that the brothers “pose a continuing and significant danger to the community and pose a significant risk of flight.” , requested that the brothers remain in detention.
“Let me add this: We are not done yet,” Williams said, suggesting the prosecutor’s investigation will continue.
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