Rebecca Mandel stated that she initially encountered Oren Alexander and his twin brother Alon Alexander at a nightclub in Manhattan’s fashionable Meatpacking District when she was 18 in 2009. Subsequently, she frequently encountered the brothers at numerous upscale restaurants, clubs, and social events; Oren was already establishing a reputation in the luxury real estate sector despite being in his early 20s, and he would later credit his success to emulating the lifestyle of the affluent clients he aspired to attract.
In 2010, at the nightclub where they initially met, Mandel and the twins engaged in discussion, during which Alon insisted on purchasing her a drink, as stated in a complaint she filed earlier this year in New York. Despite it being her initial beverage of the evening, she reported a rapid onset of physical and mental impairment. The twins encouraged her to attend a party purportedly hosted by their friend at an apartment in Chelsea, according to the lawsuit.
Upon entering the building, Mandel sensed that something was amiss.
“The corridor was devoid of sound,” her grievance stated. “There was an absence of music, voices, or any indication that a party was occurring at this location.”
Mandel, incensed by the deception, sought to exit what she now understood to be the brothers’ residence, according to the lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, they advised her to remain and socialize for a short period. She consented and entered — subsequently, the brothers purportedly restrained her and alternated in sexually assaulting her.
Mandel is among around 40 women who have made analogous allegations against the now 37-year-old twins and their elder brother, Tal Alexander, as per testimony from an FBI agent examined by HuffPost. Three additional women have filed civil lawsuits. Earlier this month, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office charged the twins with criminal sexual battery, while federal authorities in New York’s Southern District announced an indictment against Oren, Alon, and Tal Alexander on sex trafficking charges.
In a 12-page memorandum contending against their release on bail, federal authorities asserted that for nearly two decades, the three Alexander brothers collaborated and utilized their considerable wealth and connections to traffic and sexually assault numerous women, frequently administering drugs and occasionally involving other men. Simultaneously, Oren and Tal ascended to the pinnacle of the luxury real estate market, representing CEOs and celebrities such as Kanye West and Kim Kardashian in multimillion-dollar transactions, while Alon assumed an executive role in their family’s private security firm, Kent Security.
All three brothers are currently in afederal detention facility in Miami asof Monday while the twins await a pretrial conference and Tal awaits extradition to New York.Multiple attorneys representing Alon Alexander did not reply to HuffPost’s requests for comment, but a lawyer for Oren, Susan Necheles, told HuffPost that the three brothers are not guilty of the charges against them.
“Oren Alexander is innocent,” Necheles said. The proof will demonstrate that neither he nor his siblings have ever perpetrated a crime.
Deanna Paul, the attorney representing Tal Alexander, also said he is innocent in a statement to HuffPost.
“We will continue fighting to prove that Tal did not commit a crime,” Paul said.
According to prosecutors, the sexually violent behavior began when the brothers were high school students in Miami in the early 2000s, and continued as they moved to New York.
“Start to think about reputation you want out there,” Oren allegedly messaged Tal in 2021. “We are excelling, and the only factor that could hinder our success is a complaint from an individual.”
As the boys grew up in North Miami Beach in the early 2000s, their behavior was an open secret, Curbed reported earlier this year.
In a yearbook from Michael Krop Senior High School, obtained by NBC affiliate WTVJ, a comment credited to Oren characterized his most memorable moment as “riding my first choo-choo train.” In their memo, prosecutors described the yearbook as him bragging about gang rape.
“It indicates a persistent pattern of behavior that has persisted for more than a decade,” stated Carissa Peebles, an attorney representing one of the alleged victims, to WTVJ.
A woman recounted to the Wall Street Journal that at the age of 14, she was raped by a gang of lads, including Oren and Alon, in an incident they reportedly referred to as “running a train.” The North Miami Beach police allegedly conducted an investigation on the incident, although no charges were brought out.
Following their college graduation, the brothers relocated to New York City, while retaining a residence in Miami. Federal prosecutors stated that it was at this juncture that their “serial sexual violence intensified.” As per lawsuits and charging documents examined by HuffPost, they persisted in meeting women—now through exclusive social gatherings, nightclubs, and dating applications—and purportedly enticed them into scenarios where they were sexually assaulted. Numerous women reported experiences similar to Mandel’s, which she encountered after meeting Oren and Alon at a Meatpacking District nightclub in 2010: solicitations to fictitious gatherings that ultimately resulted in entrapment.
In New York, Tal and Oren swiftly attained prominence and acclaim as real estate brokers at Douglas Elliman. In 2011, Oren was included in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for real estate, and in a subsequent interview with Business Insider the following year, he discussed his initial aspirations.
“I was aware of the person I aspired to become, and to achieve that, I needed to sell significant products,” he said the source. “It is the sole method to attain acknowledgment.” Otherwise, you are only another real estate broker.
Tal and Oren’s clientele comprised investor Leon Black, Steve Madden, and the couple Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. In 2019, they garnered attention for representing hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin in his unprecedented $238 million acquisition of a New York City penthouse. Nonetheless, Griffin’s attorney then indicated that the brothers “publicly exaggerated (and significantly overstated) their involvement,” as reported by Business Insider.
Ultimately, the two departed from Douglas Elliman, establishing their own firm in 2022, which they named Official. A press release at the time highlighted their $7 billion in revenues and outlined their vision for the company, which they characterized as a “ultra-high-end global property firm and lifestyle brand.”
An alleged open secret became public in March when Mandel and another lady, Kate Whiteman, initiated cases against Oren and Alon.
Whiteman had known the twins since 2008, and in May 2012, Oren inquired whether she would be spending Memorial Day weekend in the Hamptons, according to her complaint. According to the lawsuit, she claimed to be present, and subsequently, when socializing with her friends at a nightclub in the Hamptons, Alon spotted her, seized her hand, and escorted her into a black SUV where Oren awaited. Terrified, Whiteman incessantly inquired of the brothers regarding their destination as the car accelerated.
Whiteman remembered the twins declining to respond to her inquiry, instead exchanging smirks until they reached the castle owned by Ivan Wilzig, a singer renowned for hosting extravagant parties at the estate. Wilzig is also mentioned in the case; an attorney identified as his representative did not promptly reply to HuffPost’s request for comment.
Whiteman’s claim states that the twins forcibly removed her from the SUV and directed her into a room within the garage, instructing her to change into a sarong. Whiteman endeavored to flee by sprinting towards the staircase leading to the house; however, a security bouncer hired by Wilzig apprehended her and forcibly returned her to the garage, according to the lawsuit.
The brothers purportedly compelled Whiteman to change, secured her phone and other possessions in a locker, and escorted her into a spacious bedroom. The claim stated that Whiteman was thereafter sexually attacked and raped. Furthermore, it was claimed that she was not the sole victim.
Alon Alexander, 37, right, and his twin brother, Oren, left, attend their bond hearing at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on Dec. 13, 2024, in Miami, Florida. The Alexanders have been charged with multiple state and federal crimes, including sex trafficking and rape.
Alon Alexander, 37, right, and his twin brother, Oren, left, attend their bond hearing at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on Dec. 13, 2024, in Miami, Florida. The Alexanders have been charged with multiple state and federal crimes, including sex trafficking and rape. Matias J. Ocner-Pool via Getty Images
Over the next months, another woman, Angelica Parker, also filed a lawsuit, accusing Tal and Alon of raping her at Oren’s home in 2012.Brokers left the brothers’ firm, and media reports suggested the FBI was looking into the mounting accusations against them. On Dec. 11, federal authorities in New York made a shocking announcement: All three brothers had been arrested, and they were accused of a sex trafficking conspiracy and sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. Tal was charged with an additional count of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. In a separate press conference, Miami-Dade prosecutors announced three more sexual battery charges against the twins, citing incidents involving different alleged victims in 2016, 2017 and 2021.
According to federal prosecutors, the brothers on multiple occasions paid for the transportation of women to stay at high-end locations like the Hamptons and Tulum, where they then raped them.
In a group chat between two party promoters and Tal entitled “Hamptons Hot Chicks,” the older Alexander brother arranged for women to stay at the family’s property in the Hamptons, prosecutors said. He allegedly told the promoters, “Lol guys were going to have a lot of fun.”
One of the women, referred to only as victim 2, was then raped by Oren, according to prosecutors.
In a WhatsApp group chat entitled “Lions in Tulum,” the brothers and other men arranged to transport multiple women to the Mexico beach town in 2016, discussing splitting the cost of lodging, flights and providing drugs such as “coke, shrooms, and G,” prosecutors said.
One unnamed man in the group chat wrote, “Lol. It’s gonna be hard to get girls up to your standards,” to which Oren allegedly responded, “Just warn him ur boys are hungry.” To which Tal allegedly said, “Girls look fresh.”
Prosecutors also said the Alexanders leveraged their wealth and status to silence the alleged victims.
In one instance, federal prosecutors said Tal and Oren filed a police report, accusing a woman who they’d allegedly sexually assaulted of harassment. Tal also threatened the woman with a defamation lawsuit if she did not stop telling people about the assault, prosecutors said.
Paul addressed prosecutors’ accusation in a statement to HuffPost, saying “Filing a police report or defamation lawsuit is not a crime. Neither is illegal and neither amounts to witness tampering.”
Another woman who met Oren through Instagram in 2017 told authorities in Miami-Dade County that she was raped by him after a dinner date, according to an arrest warrant. She recalled not having control over her body, but she mustered enough strength to cry and express her displeasure, the warrant said.
“Stop it, we’re having great sex. You’re ruining it,” Oren allegedly told her.
Over the following months, the woman confided to her sister and friends about what happened, according to the arrest warrant. Word spread and apparently reached Oren’s ears.
In early 2018, Oren messaged the woman telling her, “Nothing happened,” according to the warrant.
“If you keep talking about it, I’m going to ruin you,” Oren allegedly told her.
At a Dec. 11 press conference announcing the charges, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said he expects more victims to come forward and added he didn’t believe the Alexanders acted alone.
“We’ll continue investigating, as long, as hard as it takes to get to the bottom of the full scope of the conduct,” Williams told reporters.
Since their arrest, one of the alleged victims cited by Miami-Dade prosecutors went on to file a lawsuit against the twins. Identified only as Jane Doe, the woman said she met Alon in fall 2016 through Bumble and they engaged in a casual relationship.
According to the lawsuit, she traveled to Miami to celebrate New Year’s Eve that year, not knowing that Alon was also there for an unrelated trip. After finding out they were in the same town, Alon invited the woman to meet him at a luxury condo for a barbecue and pool party, even sending her photos that appeared to show people enjoying the event, her lawsuit said.
But when she arrived at the unit, she was allegedly met by only Alon, Oren and another man, Ohad Fisherman, who is also named in the lawsuit. (Fisherman’s attorney did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment but denied the allegations to The New York Times. He was also charged with sexual battery and turned himself in this week.)
According to the woman’s lawsuit, the twins then “engaged in a demonic discussion about which brother would be the first to rape” her, and she was allegedly held down by Fisherman while Oren and Alon took turns raping her as they ignored her pleas to stop.
In a statement to HuffPost, Doe said she never thought she would have the courage to come forward, and for a long time, she felt like her voice would never be heard. She said that now, knowing that her story is being acknowledged gives her hope — not just for herself, but for others who may have felt silenced or powerless.
“If my decision to speak out encourages even one person to share their own truth, whether it’s about these brothers or anyone else, then this effort will have been worth it,” the woman said. “No one should have to carry this burden alone, and I hope this serves as a reminder that justice starts with a single step forward.”
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