One of three wealthy brothers accused last month of drugging and then sexually assaulting and raping dozens of women in multiple states reportedly missed his court hearing Tuesday after a mix-up in the case.
Tal, 38, and Oren Alexander, 37, two prominent brokers in New York and Miami, and their brother Alon Alexander, Oren’s identical twin, were arrested in Miami Beach on Wednesday, December 11 and have since been taken into federal custody.
Prosecutors allege that the Alexander brothers “worked together, and with others known and unknown, repeatedly and violently drugs, sexual assault and rape” victims in New York, Miami and elsewhere, according to indictments obtained by Fox News Digital.
Federal prosecutors said they have identified at least 40 victims.
Oren and Alon Alexander attend Jeff Gordon’s Last Lap on November 22, 2015 at The Villa, Casa Casuarina in Miami Beach, Florida. (Aaron Davidson/Getty Images for J Group)
Oren Alexander failed to appear at a bail hearing Tuesday in federal court in Miami after the U.S. Marshals Service nearly brought the luxury real estate agent to New York City, where all three brothers have been charged. the Miami Herald reportedoriginally citing either a clerical error or possible confusion between Oren and his twin brother Alon.
U.S. Marshals in New York mistakenly issued a warrant to transport Oren Alexander from a federal prison in Miami to a detention center in New York, according to a spokesman for the agency, the news outlet added.
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The chief magistrate judge in Miami Magistrates Court said in court Tuesday that there was a “miscommunication” with marshals in New York, saying Oren was accidentally “shipped to New York” and “couldn’t” make the hearing bail himself, according to the outlet . The judge ordered Oren back to Miami for a hearing on Wednesday.
The US Marshals Service did not immediately respond for comment.
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Oren Alexander, 37, center, and his twin brother, Alon, right, speak with their attorney, Joel Denaro, during a bail hearing after being charged with multiple state and federal crimes, including human trafficking for sexual exploitation and rape, at the Richard E .to Gerstein Justice Building on Friday, December 13, 2024 in Miami. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP, Pool)
Oren Alexander and his twin brother, Alon, attend a bail hearing after being charged with multiple state and federal crimes, including human trafficking for sexual exploitation and rape, at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. in Miami. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP, Pool)
All three brothers are charged with one count of conspiracy to traffic in sex and another count of sex trafficking of a woman by force, fraud or coercion. In addition, Tal Alexander was charged with sex trafficking another victim.
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The indictment alleges that the three brothers conspired in a sex-trafficking scheme since at least 2010, but prosecutors filed a letter alleging that their sexual violence against women actually spanned more than 20 years, since men were in high school in Miami.
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Realtors Tal Alexander and Oren Alexander at their Miami Beach home on February 1, 2019. (Patrick Farrell/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The Alexander brothers “arranged it sexual assaults well in advance, using the promise of luxury experiences, travel and accommodations to lure and lure women to locations where they were then forcibly raped or sexually assaulted, sometimes by multiple men,” including themselves, according to the indictment.
The brothers, along with a number of other individuals, arranged to transport the women to Tulum, Mexico in 2016. The brothers engaged in a group WhatsApp chat titled “Lions in Tulum,” which referred to a Mexican resort where they and other men discussed ” importing” women and sharing the cost of accommodation and flights for the women and supplying them with drugs “that would increase them for sex”.
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A screen showing pictures of Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander before a press conference in New York, U.S., Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Luxury real estate agents Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon were arrested and charged with sex- trade by federal prosecutors in New York. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Oren and Tal Alexander co-founded employee of a real estate company, which offers luxury listings in places like New York City, the Hamptons, Miami and Los Angeles, in 2022 after being promoted to Douglas Elliman, one of the nation’s largest real estate brokerages, according to prosecutors.
Their former clients include Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Liam Gallagher and Lindsay Lohan, according to CBS News.
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“Mr. Alexander will plead not guilty and will address these charges in the appropriate forum – a courtroom,” Isabelle Kirshner, who represents Alon Alexander in connection with the indictment, previously told Fox News Digital in a statement regarding the indictment and charges. .
Susan Necheles, who represents Oren Alexander, did not immediately return a comment about the alleged error, which caused her client to miss Tuesday’s hearing. Deanna Paul, who represents Tal Alexander’s older brother, did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the indictment and allegations.
