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The hits keep coming for the Alexander brothers.
In the case brought by Side against Tal and Oren Alexander for allegedly defaulting on a loan extended by Side in 2021, judge William Orrick in the Northern District of California denied the brothers and Official Partners’s motion to compel arbitration to settle terms of the loan.
In the same filing, Orrick granted Side’s motion for a preliminary injunction that prevents the brothers from “dissipation, concealment or devaluation” of the collateral on the loan during litigation, agreeing with Side that their arrest and incarceration on federal and state sex trafficking charges increases the risk of the brothers using the collateral to pay for bail or legal fees.
At the same time, Tal, Oren and Oren’s twin brother Alon were dealt a loss in the federal sex trafficking case. In a letter to the court opposing the brothers being granted bail, prosecutors divulged that an FBI raid on Tal’s Manhattan apartment surfaced a hard drive containing videos of the brothers engaging in sexual activity that echoes that of the allegations against them.
According to prosecutors, the videos show the brothers and other men “physically manipulating the women’s bodies to have sex with them” and that the actions did not appear to be reciprocated by the women, who also looked intoxicated.
Taken together, it’s another really bad week for the Alexanders.
Side’s lawsuit against Tal and Oren’s luxury brokerage Official Partners stems from a $4.6 million promissory note Side extended in August of 2022. Side claims that the brothers engaged in an “event of default” on the loan by dissociating their real estate licenses following allegations of sexual assault that surfaced in June 2024.
The brokerage also claims that Tal and Oren Alexander refused to provide information on the collateral on the loan. Earlier this year, Side filed an amended complaint that accused the brothers of missing a $1.6 million payment on the loan at the end of December. Side is seeking more than $4 million in damages.
The brothers and Official Partners deny the allegations in Side’s lawsuit, and in a previous filing they accused Side of manufacturing the event of default by unilaterally dissociating the brothers’s real estate licenses and refusing to reinstate them.
The state and federal sex trafficking charges against all three brothers began in December with their dramatic arrest in Miami. Federal prosecutors accuse them of a scheme of systematically drugging and raping “dozens” of women dating back to 2010, when Oren and Tal were becoming star luxury real estate agents at Douglas Elliman.
But trouble on that front began in March when two women filed civil cases against Alon and Oren, accusing the brothers of drugging and raping them. Those lawsuits went unnoticed until June when The Real Deal reported on them.
Since then, three more women have filed civil suits against one or more of the three brothers. The Alexanders have denied all allegations.
The three brothers remain in federal custody while the bail process plays out in court. Oren and Alon Alexander have been granted bail on the state sex trafficking charges, while Tal’s was denied.
Oren and Alon’s release hinges on bail decisions in the federal cases. Alon and Tal have been denied bail on those charges, though Tal has asked the court to reconsider. There is presently no decision on bail for Oren at the federal level after a scheduling error that prevented Oren being present for a hearing last week.
Tal and Oren Alexander were among the most successful real estate agents in New York and Miami, leveraging their father’s connections in the industry to build a lucrative rolodex of ultraweather and celebrity clients. They left Douglas Elliman in 2022 to form Official Partners as an affiliate of Side. The Department of Justice has asked Douglas Elliman for information on Oren and Tal’s time at the brokerage.
Alon Alexander works for his father’s private security firm Kent Security.
