11 women accuse Alexander real estate brothers of sexual assault in lawsuits

Eleven women filed civil lawsuits Tuesday against luxury real estate stars Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother, Alon, alleging the men sexually assaulted them in New York, Miami and Moscow.

The burst of complaints is the latest in a growing number of accusations from women who allege they were sexually attacked by one or more of the brothers. The suits filed in New York included allegations of drugging, rape and sexual assault from 2011 to 2019. All but one of the suits filed Tuesday were filed by Jane Does.

In December, federal prosecutors indicted Tal, 38, and his twin brothers, Oren and Alon, 37, on sex trafficking charges.

They pleaded not guilty and remain in federal custody pending trial.

Earlier this month, federal prosecutors said they have spoken to more than 60 alleged victims of the men and plan to file a superseding indictment in their case against the brothers, according to a hearing transcript.

The Miami-Dade State Attorney filed felony sexual battery charges in December against the twins and another man in three alleged incidents involving three women. The twins pleaded not guilty.

In an emailed statement through his attorney, Alon Alexander denied the allegations Tuesday.

“The only sexual encounters I have had in my lifetime have been consensual and legal,” the statement said. “I have never drugged a woman, nor have I ever had sex with a woman who I believed was drugged.”

Deanna Paul, an attorney for Tal, said Tuesday that he is an “easy target for so-called accusers who will fabricate stories for financial benefit” and “this transparent attempt at a cash grab will fail and we expect these frivolous lawsuits, filed days before the law is set to expire, will also be dismissed.”

Paul said a federal court dismissed one civil case against the brothers in January because of a statute of limitations issue.

Lawyers for Oren didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Andrew Van Arsdale of AVA Law Group, who with Curis Law represents the 11 women who filed suits Tuesday, said the filings showed “the scope and breadth of the havoc and just total disregard for the women around them that these brothers exhibited over the past decade.” 

“They were just so incredibly brutal in their assaults and just taking whatever they wanted,” Van Arsdale said. “We are doing everything we can to try and get some level of accountability, some form of justice for these women.”

Tal and Oren were named as defendants on Tuesday in four lawsuits each and face two lawsuits together. In those suits, two women allege that the brothers took turns raping them in incidents in 2011 and 2013. One complaint was filed against Alon.

In seven of the 11 suits, the women alleged they were offered drug-laced drinks and were sexually attacked, according to the court documents.

Leah Peters is the only named woman in Tuesday’s suits, and she said in her suit that she was raped by Oren Alexander in 2018.

Peters stated in that suit that she met Oren at a party at a luxury home in Miami and he offered to give her a tour. Oren later led Peters to a room where he “suddenly and aggressively threw her onto the bed,” the suit said. Peters said that she objected, but alleged that Oren “overpowered” and assaulted her. Oren then scrubbed her in the shower and escorted her back to the party, according to the complaint.

Another lawsuit filed Tuesday said that in 2014 Tal invited a woman to his apartment for a date before an event. When the woman arrived, he “aggressively” kissed and pulled her toward his bedroom and raped her, the filing said. After the alleged assault, he got up and “pointed to a tuxedo hanging near his bathroom, and stated he had an event to attend. Defendant told Plaintiff to see herself out’ and then entered the shower, dismissing her presence,” according to the documents.

The lawsuits were filed under an extension of the Violation of New York City Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, which allows survivors of gender-based violence to bring claims that would have been previously barred by the statute of limitations.