Miami judge orders two Alexander brothers be held in accused rape cases in Miami Beach
Two wealthy Miami Beach brothers accused of raping a woman while she was pinned down were ordered detained by a Miami-Dade circuit judge Thursday until their formal bond hearings on Friday.
Twin brothers Oren and Alon Alexander, 37, who were wearing suicide-prevention vests during their first court appearances via video from a Miami-Dade County jail, were arrested Wednesday by local police and FBI agents in connection with the state attorney’s sexual battery cases and a separate federal sex-trafficking case in New York City.
The arrests culminated parallel criminal investigations into allegations of rape and sex-trafficking against the once-superstar luxury real estate brokers and their older brother, Tal Alexander, 38, who is in federal custody in Miami awaiting a detention hearing on Friday. Federal prosecutors plan to ask a magistrate judge to detain Tal, who is only charged in the FBI-led sex-trafficking investigation.
State Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer called the twin brothers’ alleged rape of a woman identified as “M.W.” at a Collins Avenue condo on New Year’s Eve in 2016 a “dangerous crime” that required her to hold them until their detention hearing on Friday. She also issued stay-away orders, ordering them to make no contact with M.W.
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Prosecutors with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office are seeking to detain both brothers in connection with that charge, saying they’re a danger to the community and flight risks. The brothers’ Miami defense attorney, Joel Denaro, told the judge that he plans to argue for their release and prepare a bond package.
Additionally, Glazer granted Oren Alexander $25,000 bonds with house arrest on two other sexual battery charges while also issuing stay-away orders regarding two other alleged rape victims identified as “M.G.” and “S.M.”
During the morning hearing, Oren blurted out that his wife is nine months pregnant and that he wants to be with her when she delivers their baby, saying “I would like to be able go to the hospital if my wife’s in labor.”
Whether he’s granted that opportunity will depend on Friday’s detention hearing in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. Oren’s arraignment on the three sexual battery charges is scheduled for Monday.
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Three alleged rapes in Miami Beach
Locally, Oren Alexander has been charged with rape in three separate incidents.
The first alleged incident was during a 2016 New Year’s Eve gathering at a Collins Avenue condo in Miami Beach. The victim said, according to the arrest report, that Alon Alexander invited her to the condo saying they were having a party. The two knew each other from New York City.
When she arrived, Alon introduced her to Oren and Ohad Fisherman, their friend. (The State Attorney’s Office had erroneously identified Fisherman as their cousin.) Alon led her into a bedroom and Oren and Fisherman followed.
There, the arrest report says, she was pinned by Fisherman while the Alexander twins argued over who would assault her first. She claims she was raped by Oren, before Alon raped her as his brother watched.
On Thursday, the woman’s attorneys sued Alon and Oren Alexander in New York, claiming she was a victim of a “brutal rape.” Identified as “Jane Doe” in her lawsuit, she’s seeking monetary damages under New York City’s Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act.
Her attorneys, with the Fort Lauderdale law firm Morgan & Morgan, said they were “pleased” that state and federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges, saying they will “fight on behalf of our client and seek accountability to the fullest extent of the law.”
In the state case, Oren Alexander is also accused of rape on Oct. 20, 2017. The victim said she met Oren and a friend for dinner, followed by an evening at a real-estate event in Hallandale Beach and later drinks at a bar.
She had one drink before leaving with Oren and agreeing to go to the Collins Avenue condo for a drink. At the condo, the woman drank a glass of wine and put on a pair of virtual reality goggles. She alleges Oren undressed her without consent, moved her to his bedroom and sexually assaulted her while she had the glasses on.
A few weeks later, the woman met with Oren to discuss her concerns, according to the report. When she wouldn’t allow him to kiss her, the woman he began to masturbate and ejaculated on her stomach. She said Oren texted her later with a threat to “ruin” her if she mentioned anything about the incident.
Another woman claimed Oren raped her in 2021. The arrest form says the two met for dinner and then took a boat to his Miami Beach home. He then took her phone, saying no pictures permitted.
Then, she said, a tour of his home led her to a sitting area near the bedroom. He got aggressive. As she tried to get away, the woman said Oren ripped her dress. When the woman realized the doors were locked remotely, she said Oren Alexander mounted and assaulted her, before ejaculating on her stomach.
The friend of the Alexander brothers, Fisherman, is also facing a sexual battery charge accusing him of pinning down the first victim, M.W., while Alon and Oren Alexander allegedly raped her. Prosecutors said Fisherman remained “at-large” Wednesday.
But Fisherman’s attorney, Jeffrey Sloman, told the Miami Herald that his client is with his wife on a long-planned honeymoon trip in Japan and plans to return to Miami to face the charges.
Drugged, raped ‘dozens of victims,’ feds say
Ultimately, the three Alexander brothers are expected to be transferred to Manhattan, where a three-count sex-trafficking indictment was filed in federal court for the Southern District of New York, the same court where rap mogul Diddy was recently indicted in a similar case.
Federally, Oren, Alon and Tal Alexander have been charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking between 2010 and 2021 in Manhattan, Miami and elsewhere. Tal is also charged with sex trafficking two victims by force, fraud or coercion in July 2011 and September 2016 in Manhattan and elsewhere. Tal’s two brothers are charged along with him regarding the 2016 allegation. If convicted, the brothers face up to life in prison.
The federal indictment unsealed in Manhattan Wednesday morning tells a story of serial sexual predators.
The Alexander brothers “worked together and with others ... to repeatedly and violently drug, sexually assault, and rape dozens of victims,” reads the indictment.
“At times, the Alexander brothers arranged for these sexual assaults well in advance, using the promise of luxury, experiences, travel and accommodations to lure and entice women to locations where they were then forcibly raped or sexually assaulted, sometimes by multiple men, including one or more of the Alexander brothers.”
Since the early summer filing of the civil suits, an attorney representing two of the women told the Miami Herald an additional 40 women — including a dozen from the Miami area — have come forward with allegations against one or more of the brothers.
Some of the alleged incidents happened decades ago, when the brothers attended Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School near Aventura. The New York attorney representing some of the women told the Miami Herald in September that more lawsuits should be expected.
Precipitous fall for real estate superstars
Even before Wednesday’s arrests, the lawsuits and national media scrutiny had been costly for Oren and Tal Alexander, who stepped away from Official, the boutique New York City-based real estate firm they founded about three years ago. Alon continued to work for Kent Security, a private security firm built by his father Schlomy Alexander, which offers crisis management, guards and video technology.
It’s been a precipitous fall for the trio, two of whom’s success in the high-end real estate markets of Miami, Aspen and Manhattan are legendary. They got a jump-start in the business from their father, who also dabbled in the sale of high-end luxury properties.
This story was originally published December 12, 2024 at 12:46 PM.
