Ladies who declare to be victims of the Alexander brothers, or witnesses to alleged assaults, have been approached by brokers from an FBI activity pressure, “The Wall Street Journal” reported Tuesday.
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After a collection of rape and sexual assault allegations in opposition to luxurious brokers and brothers Tal and Oren Alexander went public in current weeks, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is now probing the brothers and their different sibling, Alon Alexander, The Wall Avenue Journal reported on Monday.
Ladies who reported being victims of or witnesses to the Alexander brothers’ alleged assault techniques have been approached by brokers from an FBI activity pressure on baby exploitation and intercourse trafficking, people aware of the matter advised The WSJ and a doc obtained by The WSJ confirmed.
The FBI and authorities legal professionals are reportedly inquiring about alleged sexual assaults by the brothers relationship way back to once they have been in highschool, The WSJ’s sources stated. Brokers are additionally working to establish extra potential witnesses or alleged victims, sources stated.
The three Alexander brothers have been named in three civil lawsuits filed this yr alleging that they’d sexually assaulted three totally different ladies. To this point, the brothers have denied all allegations.
The attorneys who symbolize Tal Alexander, Milton Williams and Deanna Paul of Walden Macht Haran & Williams, stated that they have been “unaware of any federal investigation” in an announcement emailed to Inman.
“We have looked into Tal’s previous conduct and expect that anyone who investigates these matters will determine what we have — that Tal has done nothing wrong.”
The workplace of Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP, the agency of legal professional Isabelle A. Kirshner, who’s representing Oren and Alon, declined to touch upon the matter to Inman.
“We are unaware of any basis for an FBI inquiry into our clients’ conduct,” Kirshner advised The WSJ.
An FBI investigation doesn’t essentially end in legal fees.
The FBI declined to touch upon this story to Inman.
From a younger age, Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander have lived a privileged way of life, having been raised by outstanding Miami-based developer Shlomi Alexander. Tal and Oren went on to turn into among the high luxurious brokers within the nation as Alon turned a non-public safety government on the household’s agency, Kent Safety. Tal and Oren grew their profession as The Alexander Staff whereas at Douglas Elliman, helmed by Howard Lorber and Scott Durkin, for greater than a decade. After that, the pair launched the Facet-backed Official in 2022 alongside co-founders Andrew Wachtfogel, Nicole Oge and Richard L. Jordan.
Within the wake of the allegations, each Tal and Oren stepped down from Official.
Over time, Tal and Oren developed a repute for being workaholics who would mercilessly go after massive offers and purchasers, together with WeWork founder Adam Neumann and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin. Nonetheless, additionally they drew scrutiny from some brokers who prompt they inflated their gross sales numbers within the means of drumming up good press to impress potential purchasers.
In addition they are likely to see-and-be-seen at international luxurious occasions, together with the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, the World Cup and the Tremendous Bowl, to not point out unique weddings and different occasions thrown by ultra-high-net-worths.
Since two lawsuits filed in March by two separate ladies in opposition to Oren and Alon Alexander got here to gentle in June, a number of extra ladies have come ahead alleging that they’d been victims by a number of of the brothers, together with Tal, in line with an announcement made by Evan Torgan of Torgan Cooper + Aaron, who’s representing one alleged sufferer.
5 extra ladies additionally got here ahead to The WSJ in June alleging that they’d been victims of the brothers. Two of these ladies recognized themselves as actual property brokers.
The three lawsuits filed in opposition to the brothers are in relation to alleged acts that occurred in 2010 and 2012. They have been filed below an extension of New York’s Gender-Motivated Violence Safety Regulation, which has given survivors of gender-motivated violence a two-year window by which to sue their alleged perpetrators, irrespective of how way back the assault occurred. The window to file a lawsuit closes in March 2025.
Torgan, one of many legal professionals representing an alleged sufferer, stated that lots of the ladies who’ve come ahead to his workplace with extra allegations in opposition to the brothers have been younger fashions on the time of the alleged incidents. Many stated they didn’t report the assaults as a result of they’d been members of the brothers’ social circle, and willingly went to events or on dates with the group of profitable brothers.
Replace: This story was up to date after publishing to mirror that the FBI declined to touch upon the story.
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