A shocking Manhattan lawsuit claims that real estate mogul twin brothers Oren and Aron Alexander sexually assaulted two women, including one who they allegedly took turns raping.
The powerful businessman’s lawyer quickly denied the allegations, telling The Washington Post on Monday that it was nothing more than a multi-million dollar extortion attempt.
The two civil lawsuits, filed in March, center on alleged vicious attacks that took place in 2010 and 2012.
Oren, a key figure in the Said-backed brokerage firm Ofakhal, and his twin brother Alon, an executive at a private security company, have been named by two women who claim the brothers have a similarly disturbing history of assault.
The lawsuit comes after New York state law extended a provision allowing victims to sue for past sexual assaults.
Oren and Aron, who lead the highly successful Alexander Team, which has handled more than $7 billion in real estate transactions in New York, South Florida and other areas, left their long-time jobs at Douglas Elliman in 2022 to start their own venture.
The lawsuit paints a horrifying picture of the brothers’ personal histories.
The lawsuit alleges horrific incidents of violence that left the victim permanently traumatised – particularly shocking is the claim that the twins took turns raping the woman.
The Alexanders’ lawyer, Jim Ferraro of the Ferraro Law Firm, strongly denies the allegations.
“This lawsuit is [the Alexanders] “I chose not to give in to demands for tens of millions of dollars,” Ferraro said in a statement to The Post. “The matter is [their] “We have gathered a large amount of compelling evidence, including phone records, text messages, emails and other documents, that clearly refutes these allegations and will work to our advantage.”
The New York State Adult Victims Act took effect on Nov. 24, 2022, and was set to expire on Nov. 24, 2023, allowing alleged victims of sexual assault to seek justice regardless of when the assault occurred. The deadline to file a lawsuit was then extended until March 2025, allowing lawsuits against the Alexanders to be brought.
According to the filing, the women did not file a police report at the time of the alleged assaults.
Lawyers representing the women, from the New York law firm Torgan, Cooper & Aaron, did not immediately respond to The Washington Post’s request for comment.
Rebecca Mandel’s lawsuit describes a nightmarish encounter with the twins.
The then-18-year-old claims in her lawsuit that she met Oren and Aron at the now-closed Meatpacking District club SL in 2009, and that Aron drugged her drink in 2010. The brothers later lured her to their apartment under false pretenses, where they raped her, according to the lawsuit.
The twins promised Mandel they would “just spend a little time together,” the lawsuit states. Once inside, Mandel alleges in the lawsuit, the twins held her down and raped her, in acts she describes as “so extreme and reprehensible that they would be considered cruel and intolerable in a civilized society.”
In a separate lawsuit filed the same day in March, Kate Whiteman alleges she was assaulted in 2012 at the Hamptons’ notorious party palace, Sir Ivan’s Castle. The mansion is owned by recording artist Ivan Wilzig, who is also accused of negligence in the suit. Wilzig did not immediately respond to The Washington Post’s request for comment.
According to Whiteman’s lawsuit, Aron dragged her into Oren’s waiting SUV and took her to the castle, where she was assaulted by the brothers despite her attempts to escape.
Ferraro said: Website The Real DealWikipedia, the newspaper that first reported on the lawsuit, called it a “totally fabricated” case and predicted it would collapse after Whitman’s testimony.
Ferraro also called Mandel’s lawsuit “very strange” and expressed his longstanding trust in the Alexanders, who had used Oren as their real estate agent for many years.
Wilzig’s lawyers have filed a motion to transfer the case against Whiteman to Suffolk County, where Whiteman lives.
The Alexander brothers, who now live in Miami Beach, are part of a real estate dynasty led by their father, Shlomi Alexander. Their older brother, Tal, another top broker, has not been implicated in these allegations and is focusing on projects such as the Rosewood-branded condominiums at The Raleigh in Miami Beach and the Dolce & Gabbana-branded condominiums in Brickell.
The twins have until Aug. 19 to respond to the lawsuit.
