Famous twin realtor brothers arrested after they were accused of gang-raping woman at Hamptons castle
Famous real estate twin brothers Tal and Oren Alexander have been arrested by the FBI in Miami on sexual assault allegations.
The Alexander brothers, known as star real estate agents who hold the record for the highest home sales in American history, were taken into custody along with their brother Alon, an executive at a security company.
The charges against the siblings are currently unspecified, but the arrests come after the brothers have been hit with lawsuits from at least two women and accused of sexual assault by dozens of others.
A lawsuit filed in March accused Oren and Alon of rape, and a second lawsuit included similar allegations against Tal, the newspaper reported. Wall Street Journal.
The men have denied the allegations in the lawsuits, shocking the real estate world, where Tal and Oren were rising stars.
One of their accusers, Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles star Tracy Tutor, 48, joined nine other women in filing sexual abuse claims against police. New York Times in July.
Seven of the women, including Tutor, said they believed they had been drugged before being raped by Tal, 38, or younger twins Oren and Alon, 37.
On Wednesday, FBI agents were seen outside Oren’s Miami home, a spokesperson for the FBI’s New York division said Bloomberg they obtained a search warrant for his property.
The Alexander brothers, known together with Douglas Elliman as star brokers, were taken into custody along with their brother Alon (center)
Among the women who made accusations against Tal Alexander (pictured) was a star of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles
After a wave of allegations were made earlier this year, Florida attorney Jim Ferraro withdrew his representation of Oren and Alon.
The siblings made a name for themselves in the luxury real estate world in New York City and Miami, often sharing their lavish lifestyle on social media.
Notably, they hold the record for the most expensive home sale in American history, the $238 million sale of the Central Park South Tower penthouse to billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin.
Tal and Oren previously worked at luxury real estate firm Douglas Elliman, but struck out on their own in 2022 and started their own company, Official.
However, the brothers have reportedly had to leave their business after key clients dropped them and a wave of staff left.
Their history with Douglas Elliman also led to the CEO of real estate giant Howard Lorber resigning after he was accused of ignoring rape claims against the Alexander brothers.
When Tutor went public with her allegations in July, she claimed that she had a drink with Oren at a cocktail party in 2014 and blacked out before a friend found her in the restaurant bathroom with Oren and pulled her away.
She told the NYT that she has no idea what happened to her, adding, “Being silent for so long has been damaging on many levels, and now when you remember what happened it feels debilitating.”
The brothers have denied the allegations against them, some of which are more than a decade old.
Tracy Tutor, 48, star of Million Dollar List in Los Angeles, was among 10 women who claimed they were sexually assaulted by the brothers in an expose earlier this year
Court documents filed in New York Supreme Court in June and obtained by DailyMail.com accuse all three real estate brothers of raping plaintiff Angelica Parker in an attack that, she claims, occurred around the fall of 2012.