Real estate heirs Oren and Alon Alexander accused of rape in NYC lawsuits

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From Mary K. Jacob

According to the explosive lawsuits in Manhattan, twin brothers and real estate heirs Oren and Alon Alexander are said to have sexually abused two women – one of whom was raped alternately.

A lawyer for the influential entrepreneurs immediately denied the allegations to the Washington Post on Monday and said it was merely an attempted extortion of millions of dollars.

The two civil lawsuits filed in March allege heinous attacks that took place in 2010 and 2012.

Oren, a prominent figure in the Side-backed brokerage firm Official, and his twin brother Alon, an executive at a private security firm, are named by two women who claim the brothers have a disturbing history of similar assaults.

The lawsuits came after New York extended the opportunity for alleged victims to sue for past sexual assaults.

Oren and Alon, who lead the successful Alexander Team with over $7 billion in real estate deals in New York, South Florida and beyond, left their longtime firm Douglas Elliman in 2022 to start their own company.

The complaints paint a frightening picture of the brothers’ personal past.

The lawsuits describe gruesome acts of violence that left the victims with lasting trauma. Particularly disturbing is the allegation that the twins took turns raping one of the women.

The Alexanders’ attorney, Jim Ferraro of the Ferraro Law Firm, vehemently denied the allegations.

“This lawsuit became public after (the Alexanders) decided not to settle a tens of millions of dollars claim,” Ferarro said in a statement to the Post. “We are confident that this matter will be resolved in (their) favor because we have an extensive collection of hard evidence, including phone records, text messages, emails and other documents, the contents of which clearly refute these claims.”

The New York Adult Survivors Act – which took effect on November 24, 2022, and was set to end on November 24, 2023 – allowed alleged survivors of sexual assault to seek justice regardless of when the assault occurred. The deadline to file lawsuits was then extended to March 2025, allowing the lawsuits against the Alexanders to proceed.

The files show that the women did not file a report with the police at the time of the alleged attacks.

The women’s lawyers, New York-based firm Torgan Cooper & Aaron, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Post.

In her complaint, Rebecca Mandel describes her alleged nightmarish encounter with the twins.

The then 18-year-old says in her lawsuit that she met Oren and Alon in 2009 at the now-closed Meatpacking District Club SL and that in 2010 Alon mixed crumbs into her drink. The brothers later raped her in her apartment after luring her there under false pretenses, her lawsuit says.

The twins assured her they were “just hanging out,” her complaint says. Inside, Mandel says in her lawsuit, the twins held her down and raped her. The act was described as “extreme and outrageous to such an extent that the act was cruel and intolerable in a civilized society.”

In another lawsuit filed the same day in March, Kate Whiteman claims she committed a robbery in 2012 at the notorious party palace Sir Ivan’s Castle in the Hamptons. The house is owned by musician Ivan Wilzig, who is also accused of negligence. Wilzig did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Post.

Whiteman’s lawsuit states that she was allegedly dragged by Alon into an SUV where Oren was waiting. She was then taken to the castle and attacked by the brothers despite her attempts to escape.

Ferraro told The Real Deal, the website that first reported on the lawsuits, that the case was “completely fabricated” and predicted it would collapse after Whitman’s testimony.

Ferraro also called Mandel’s lawsuit “very bizarre” and expressed his long-standing trust in the Alexanders, having used Oren as his real estate agent for years.

Wilzig’s lawyers have requested that Whiteman’s case against him be moved to Suffolk County, where he resides.

The Alexander twins, who now live in Miami Beach, come from a real estate dynasty run by their father, Shlomy Alexander. Their brother Tal, another top realtor, is unaffected by these allegations and is focused on their projects such as the Rosewood condo at the Raleigh in Miami Beach and the Dolce & Gabbana condo in Brickell.

The twins have until August 19 to respond to the lawsuit.