The sexual assault lawsuits in opposition to Oren Alexander hold piling up. A girl filed a civil go well with in Colorado this week, alleging that the New York actual property dealer and his twin brother Alon drugged and raped her in 2017 when she was 17 years outdated. It’s the fifth recognized civil go well with in opposition to a number of of three Alexander brothers.
Maylen Gehret claims that she met the brothers in Aspen, Colorado, on the Winter X Video games. She stated that she and an unnamed buddy — known as Witness One — had been lured to a lodge room by the 2 brothers with guarantees of a celebration.
Gehret stated that Alon Alexander raped her within the toilet and compelled her to bathe whereas Oren ripped the garments off her buddy and tried to rape her earlier than she escaped. The criticism states that Alon made advances on a 3rd girl — Witness Two — who was handed out within the lodge room, however Gehret packed her issues and left with Witness Two.
The alleged incident has haunting similarities to these within the internet of legal and civil lawsuits which have been filed since March in opposition to Oren, Alon and older brother Tal Alexander, who was a dealer with Oren at Douglas Elliman and later at Official Companions.
Two girls, Rebecca Mandel and Kate Whiteman, filed fits in opposition to Oren and Alon in March. A 3rd girl, Angelica Parker, sued all three brothers quickly after.
In December, issues took a dramatic flip when the three brothers had been arrested in Miami on state and federal costs of legal intercourse trafficking. One of many alleged victims within the federal indictment filed a civil go well with after the arrests.
The brothers and their attorneys have repeatedly denied the sexual assault allegations and have characterised the civil fits as a shakedown.
The brothers, at the moment being held in a federal penitentiary, are looking for launch on the state and federal costs. However prosecutors search to maintain them behind bars, claiming they’re a flight threat given their wealth and worldwide connections.
Whereas the twins, Alon and Oren, had been granted a $3 million bond on state costs, the circuit decide within the case paused their launch till the bond on federal costs was decided.
At a federal listening to on Friday morning, Alon was denied bond and Oren’s listening to was rescheduled for Jan. 7. Tal Alexander was beforehand denied federal bond, however he has requested the court docket to rethink.
Oren and Tal Alexander had been as soon as famous person actual property brokers in Miami and New York Metropolis, having represented many ultrawealthy and superstar purchasers. However the accusations and arrests have brought about their brokerage Official Companions to shutter.
Aspect, the white-label brokerage that Official Companions was affiliated with, has sued Oren, Tal and Official Companions for allegedly defaulting on a $4.6 million promissory observe by disassociating their actual property licenses. The brothers declare that Aspect manufactured the occasion of default by disassociating their licenses and refusing to reinstate them.
Within the wake of the arrests, Aspect filed a preliminary injunction in opposition to Tal and Oren, looking for to stop them from transferring or liquidating the collateral on the mortgage.
Moreover, the Division of Justice has requested info from Douglas Elliman — the place Oren and Tal constructed their careers — about their time on the brokerage.
