A Florida judge on Friday released from custody Oren and Alon Alexander, the luxury real estate broker twins accused of sexual battery and a yearslong sex trafficking conspiracy.
The two men, who have brokered some of the most expensive real estate deals in the world, are facing a slew of state and federal charges filed in Miami and Manhattan on Wednesday, with the federal charges alleging they brutalized dozens of women over decades, including in gang rape sessions.
“After two hearings, the state judge found that conditions can be put in place to ensure the safety of the community and Oren and Alon’s attendance in court, and ordered the two men be released on bail. We are grateful and ready to begin to fight this case in court,” Susan Necheles and Joel Denaro, attorneys for Oren and Alon, said in a statement to the Daily News.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Lody Jean released Oren under house arrest and GPS monitoring on a personal surety bond of $3 million, secured by a $600,000 mortgage on his father Shlomi Alexander’s $40 million Bal Harbor mansion, among other requirements, according to court papers.
Alon was released under the same conditions on a $2 million bond that was also secured by a mortgage on his father’s property, filings state.
The twins were ordered to hand over their passports and to stay away from alleged victims in their respective cases.
In their Florida cases, Oren and Alon are accused of sexual battery offenses for three incidents. Prosecutors allege Oren was involved in all of them, and Alon was involved in one. They deny the allegations.
In their Manhattan federal case, the twins, 37, are charged alongside their brother, Tal, 38, with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and sex trafficking.
The brothers are expected to soon appear before another Miami judge handling a pre-trial detention hearing concerning the federal charges. After that they will be brought to New York to face the charges brought in Manhattan or travel themselves, depending on the outcome of the federal bail hearing, Denaro told The News Friday.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams has asked the judge handling the multimillionaire brothers’ federal case to detain them without bail when they get to New York in light of their myriad means of fleeing and strong ties to Israel.
When they appeared in court in Florida on Thursday in green suicide vests and handcuffs, Oren made a plea for release to the presiding judge, saying his wife was nine months pregnant and “counting on me to be with her.”
The New York indictment against the Alexander brothers alleges they spontaneously committed some attacks and meticulously planned others, luring victims to events at luxury locations, including in the Hamptons; Tulum, Mexico, and Miami, and priming them for abuse with sedative and hallucinogenic drugs to prevent them “from fighting back or escaping.”
The crimes charged cover a decade, but Williams says investigators have uncovered evidence showing they began their abuse more than 20 years ago when they were in high school in Miami.
Tal and Oren Alexander operate the firm Official Partners, which they opened after helping to broker the sale of a $240 million penthouse on Manhattan’s Billionaires’ Row in 2019, which was then the most expensive residential sale in U.S. history. Alon is an executive at a family-owned security firm, Kent Security.
Tal Alexander, who is not facing state charges, was expected to appear in court in Florida later Friday for another bail hearing. His New York attorney, Deanna Paul, could not immediately be reached.
The charges on Wednesday came after a slew of lawsuits against the brothers levying similar claims and exposés in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
