Oren and Aron will be held in federal custody until at least a detention hearing on Dec. 30. Assistant U.S. attorneys said in a new filing that Tull’s motion to reopen his detention hearing “should be denied in its entirety.”
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Luxury goods broker Oren Alexander and his twin brother, Aron Alexander, will remain in custody after appearing in court in Miami on Friday, the Miami Herald reported.
Oren, Aron, and their brother Tal were arrested in Miami on December 11, 2024, and charged with federal charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Oren and Aron are facing state charges in three separate cases in Florida for sexually assaulting women in 2016, 2017 and 2021.
All three brothers deny the charges and claim through their lawyers that the sex was consensual.
The twin brothers had been seeking bail on sex trafficking and gang rape charges, but federal prosecutors determined Friday that they were flight risks and a danger to the community. Instead, the brothers will remain in federal custody at least until a detention hearing scheduled for Dec. 30 by Judge Ellen DeAngelo. From there, the brothers will be transported along with Tal to federal court in New York City.
Oren and Aron reached a bail agreement with state authorities ($5 million bail backed by their father’s home and a $25,000 personal bond for each brother), but the brothers were released on full bail from all jurisdictions. It could not be fulfilled unless it was done. They include federal authorities. On Thursday, Circuit Judge Roddy Jean set a tentative trial date on the sexual assault charge for March 10, 2025.
Fed opposes reopening of Tal Alexander’s detention hearing
Assistant U.S. attorneys on Thursday asked the court to deny the luxury goods broker’s request, challenging Tal Alexander’s motion to reopen his detention hearing after he was denied bail last week.
On Monday, Tull’s attorneys filed a motion to reopen the detention hearing with a stronger bond “secured by their entire assets” from Tull’s parents.
The motion also states that the government has never filed any Jenks Act materials or filed any pre-trial written statements or representations by government witnesses that would have been filed after the witness’ testimony. argued that the public hearing should be resumed.
Third, the motion pushes back on the government’s argument that Tal is a flight risk, given his wealth and family ties to Israel. Lawyers for Tal argued that the high-ranking broker was not a flight risk and had not been to Israel in three years, refuting the government’s argument that he could not be extradited if he fled to Israel. .
In the government’s response to Tull’s motion filed Thursday, assistant U.S. attorneys said: None of the reasons cited in the motion amount to “new evidence” that would justify the court to reconsider or reopen the detention hearing. ”
The response argues that there is still sufficient evidence that Tull is a flight risk and that his attorney’s request for the government to provide Jenks Act documents is not grounds for reopening the hearing. Such requests are called “fishing expeditions” and “pretexts.” for the resumption of bail. “The lawsuit also claims that Mr. Tull had “ample opportunity” to tell him the full extent of his family’s wealth before proposing the bond package.
A response to this motion is expected to be filed by December 26, 2024.
Ohad Fisherman surrenders to authorities
On Wednesday, Ohad Fisherman, an alleged co-conspirator of the Alexander brothers and a former official agent, surrendered to authorities in a state sexual assault case after returning early from his honeymoon in Japan.
Fisherman is being charged by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office with sexual assault in connection with a 2016 incident in which he allegedly helped Oren and Aron rape a woman in Miami.
Mr. Fisherman, who is known as a family friend of the Alexanders, is not named in the federal indictment against the brothers.
Jeffrey Sloman, the attorney representing Mr. Fisherman, said after Wednesday’s hearing that Mr. Fisherman “categorically denies” the charges.
Fisherman was bonded by Roy Zemrock of Vail Miami, the same bond administrator who gave Oren and Aron a $25,000 corporate surety each, along with a $260,000 personal surety guaranteed by his wife and mother-in-law. agreed to provide a corporate guarantor of $25,000. He was also fitted with an ankle monitor and agreed to surrender his Israeli and American passports.
The fisherman immigrated to the United States from Israel in 2012 and only became a U.S. citizen last year. He launched his own brokerage firm called Fisherman Group in October.
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