Lawsuits accuse top broker Oren Alexander and his twin brother of rape

Top broker Oren Alexander and his twin brother Alon have been accused in previously unpublished court cases of raping at least two women in New York. The only true have learned.

The lawsuits, filed in March, relate to two alleged assaults in 2010 and 2012. Two women had accused Oren, the founder of the Side-backed brokerage firm Official, and Alon, the CEO of a private security company. The lawsuits also allege that the brothers have engaged in a similar pattern of behavior toward other women over the years.

Lawyers for the two women filed the lawsuits just before a New York state law expired that lifted the civil statute of limitations on sexual assault lawsuits.

Oren co-founded Official Partners with his brother Tal, who is not mentioned in the complaints. The two brothers lead the Alexander Team, which they say has completed more than $7 billion in real estate sales in New York, South Florida, Aspen and other luxury markets. They spent a decade at Douglas Elliman before leaving the brokerage in 2022.

The lawsuits describe disturbing incidents of gender-based sexual violence that have left victims with lasting damage, including psychological trauma. One lawsuit alleges that the brothers took turns attacking the victim.

Oren and Alon declined to comment.

An attorney for the Alexanders, well-known trial attorney Jim Ferraro of the Ferraro Law Firm, denied the allegations and called the lawsuit “total extortion.”

The New York provision, known as the Adult Survivors Act, allowed survivors who were over 18 at the time of the assault to sue their alleged abusers between November 24, 2022, and November 24, 2023, regardless of how long ago the crime occurred. Based on this law, a jury last year found former President Donald Trump guilty of sexually abusing journalist E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s.

Lawyers at New York law firm Torgan Cooper & Aaron, who are representing both women in separate lawsuits, declined to comment.

Rebecca Mandel met Oren and Alon in 2009 at SL, a now-closed nightclub in the Meatpacking District, the lawsuit says. Mandel, who was 18 at the time, continued to meet the twin brothers privately until the night of the alleged assault.

Around September 2010, Mandel met Oren and Alon again at SL, where she alleged that Alon “intentionally laced Plaintiff’s beverage with an unknown substance, resulting in significant physical and mental harm.”

The lawsuit states that the two then convinced Mandel to leave the nightclub with them to attend a party they were throwing at their apartment. However, when they arrived, there were no guests or signs of an event. She joined them at the apartment after the brothers assured her they were “just hanging out for a bit.”

At the family home, Mandel claimed that the brothers held her down and took turns holding her down and raping her, the indictment says.

The conduct of Oren and Alon was “extreme and outrageous to such an extent that the act was abhorrent and intolerable in a civilized society,” the complaint states.

As a result, the victim “suffered physical and psychological trauma and damage, suffered great humiliation, loss of reputation, and mental anguish and suffering.”

In a separate lawsuit filed the same day, Kate Whiteman alleges that she was sexually harassed, assaulted and raped by Alon and Oren in 2012 at an estate called “Sir Ivan’s Castle.” The Hamptons property is owned by Ivan Wilzig, a musician who uses the medieval-style property for parties.

Wilzig, who is not involved in the personal injury suit, is named as a defendant in the case alongside Alon and Oren. The suit alleges he is liable for negligence.

Wilzig could not be reached for comment.

Whiteman obtained a subpoena against the same three defendants in 2022, but did not file a complaint and the case ultimately did not proceed.

Whiteman, who met the twin brothers in New York City around 2008, declined Oren’s offers to go out with him, and Alon posed as Oren “on many occasions,” the lawsuit says.

In 2012, Oren texted Whiteman to ask if she would go to the Hamptons for Memorial Day weekend. According to the complaint, she said yes.

This month, Alon grabbed her as she left the Dune nightclub in the Hamptons and took her to a black SUV where Oren was waiting, the indictment says.

Whiteman claims she was taken to Sir Ivan’s castle, where she was forced to put on a sarong, and when she tried to escape, a security guard “dragged her back into the garage.” She was taken to what appeared to be a large bedroom, and Alon and Oren assaulted, raped and beat her, according to the indictment.

Ferraro said they had “very strong” evidence, including documents, phone records and emails, that showed the whole story was “completely fabricated” and that Whiteman had tried to delete her text message history.

“I firmly believe that the case will be closed after her testimony,” he said. “Then things will get serious.”

In response to Mandel’s case, Ferraro called the lawsuit “very bizarre.” Ferraro has known the Alexanders for years. He has hired Oren Alexander as his real estate agent since Oren’s first deal in New York City.

Wilzig’s lawyers last month requested that Whiteman’s case be moved from New York County to Suffolk County, where he lives and where the alleged incidents occurred. Whiteman has until July 15 to oppose the request.

The deadline for the defendants to respond to both lawsuits is August 19.

Wilzig’s attorney, Paul Schafhauser of Greenberg Traurig, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Alon and Oren, who live in Miami Beach, come from a real estate family. Their father, Shlomy Alexander, is a real estate developer. Their brother Tal, a year older than the twins, is a top broker based in New York. In South Florida, Official handles sales and marketing for new projects, including the planned Rosewood condo project at the Raleigh in Miami Beach, a Shvo project and Michael Stern’s Mercedes-Benz condo project in Brickell.

You can reach Katherine Kallergis at [email protected].

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