In bond court Thursday, Oren asked the judge to allow his wife, who is nine months pregnant, to be with him when she gives birth. A detention hearing is scheduled for Friday.
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Oren and Aron Alexander, who were indicted on federal sex trafficking charges along with their brother Tal on Wednesday, were denied bail in Miami-Dade court the next day.
In bond court Thursday, the state filed a motion for pretrial detention to keep Oren and Aron jailed until their trial, NBC Miami reported. A judge granted the motion and ordered the twin brothers to distance themselves from the alleged victim. Tal was also arrested on Wednesday and remains in federal custody. He is awaiting a federal detention hearing Friday.
Oren, who has been married to model Camilla Hansen since April 2023, petitioned the judge to grant him bail because his wife is pregnant and her due date is approaching.
“To your credit, my wife is nine months pregnant and we are expecting our first child soon,” Oren told the court. “Her family is in Brazil. She expects me to be by her side during the birth.”
A hearing was scheduled for Friday to see if the brothers will be allowed a future bail hearing before the judge handling the Miami-Dade case. The defense said it is working with the state’s attorney to negotiate a bail that includes house arrest.
But state attorneys have expressed concern that the brothers are a flight risk because they have access to private planes and boats.
Prosecutors believe the brothers committed sexual assaults and rapes dating back 20 years, when they were still attending high school in Miami, according to court records released Wednesday.
The brothers have faced multiple lawsuits since March, alleging they sexually assaulted and raped women in New York around 2010, but they continue to deny the charges. Dozens of women have also filed lawsuits after these lawsuits became public. The Wall Street Journal and New York Times report that it is pursuing similar claims.
The federal indictment charges the brothers with sex trafficking conspiracy and sex trafficking of victims by force, fraud, and coercion. The brothers also allegedly drugged, sexually assaulted and raped dozens of women dating back to around 2010, and used their “prominent positions in the real estate industry” to meet and target women. claims.
“In order to carry out and facilitate their sex trafficking scheme, the Alexander brothers used deception, fraud, and coercion to induce their victims to accompany them on various trips and events, or to meet them in private locations.” said a press statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. announced by the Southern District of New York. “The Alexanders identified women to invite to these events through, among other things, social media, dating apps, in-person encounters, or the use of party promoters who recruited women to these events.”
The indictment also alleges that multiple men, including the Alexander brothers, sometimes participated in the assaults and sometimes used drugs such as cocaine, mushrooms and GHB to intoxicate the victims.
New lawsuit filed against Aron and Oren Alexander in New York County Supreme Court as brothers arrested Wednesday and U.S. Attorney Damian Williams urges people who believe they were victims of sexual assault by their brothers to come forward I was woken up by
The subpoena, issued by Carissa M. Peebles of Morgan & Morgan on behalf of the alleged Jane Doe victim, alleges that the twin brothers “brutally raped” the plaintiff on December 31, 2016 in Miami. He claims that he planned and executed it. . The plaintiffs are reportedly seeking an unspecified amount of “pain and suffering, mental injury, emotional loss, emotional distress, loss of enjoyment of life, attorney’s fees, costs, pre-judgment interest and The company is seeking financial damages for “economic losses.” Subpoena.
When asked for comment on the new lawsuit, Isabel Kirshner, the Alexanders’ attorney and a partner at Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder, told Inman that Aron Alexander had pleaded not guilty. “We intend to defend these charges in the appropriate court,” he said. court. “She did not comment on Oren or Tal’s existing charges or the allegations against them.
Morgan & Morgan said the plaintiffs are seeking relief under New York City’s Gender-Based Violence Protection Act and plan to file a more detailed complaint against the brothers in the near future. At the time of the assault, plaintiff was a resident of New York City.
“Our clients are among the brave victims who are sharing their stories,” Peebles and Morgan & Morgan founder John Morgan said in an emailed statement to Inman. ” he said. “We are pleased with the decision by the Miami District Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to bring criminal charges against the Alexander brothers. We will continue to fight on behalf of our clients and pursue accountability to the fullest extent of the law. .”
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