Back in 2020, for instance, the then-star brokers at Douglas Elliman attended then-President Donald Trump's Hanukkah party at the White House. Tal and Oren brought along their brother Alon and his wife, model Shani Alexander, to the party on December 9, according to the Real Deal.
The Real Deal reported that Oren wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post, "Spare your political views. The president just served us kosher food in his house and wished us a Happy Hanukkah."
Another Instagram photo showed Oren and Tal posing at the White House with the caption, "Happy Holidays 🕎."
As COVID-19 surged across the nation, Trump put in an appearance at the party, an indoor event, to wish attendees a happy Hanukkah and complain about the recent "stolen" 2020 election at the hands of Joe Biden.
At the time, Oren and Tal were hot shots in the real estate market, selling luxury properties to celebrities like Kim Kardashian and the wealthy in Miami, Aspen, New York, and the Hamptons as the Alexander Team, which they'd operated at Douglas Elliman since 2012. Seven years later, the brothers broke the record for the most expensive home sale with Citadel CEO and billionaire Ken Griffin's penthouse purchase at 220 Central Park South in Manhattan for $240 million.VIDEO: Trump tells the crowd at the Hanukkah party that with the help of “certain very important people, if they have wisdom and if they have courage, we are going to win this election.” — remarks followed with loud chants of “four more years.” pic.twitter.com/FjCyFGOqPC
— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) December 10, 2020
In 2021, the team was responsible for 3.5 percent of the brokerage's $51.2 billion in sales (that'd be $1.8 billion). A year later, the pair left Douglas Elliman to create their own firm, Official.
On Wednesday morning, the three brothers were arrested at their respective Miami Beach homes. Video obtained by the Real Deal showed federal agents ordering Oren to come outside.
The federal indictment in New York alleges that the three brothers had conspired in a sex-trafficking scheme since at least 2010 to "repeatedly and violently drug, sexually assault, and rape" dozens of women in New York and Miami. Prosecutors say the brothers coordinated with other men, arranging trips and luxury experiences to bait and lure women. According to the indictment, the men drugged women with the date-rape drug GHB, cocaine, and mushrooms.
The brothers are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and two counts of sex trafficking by force, force, or coercion involving two separate victims.
"The Alexander brothers used their wealth and positions to create and facilitate opportunities to rape and sexually assault women," the indictment reads.
Oren and his twin Alon also face felony first-degree sexual battery charges in Miami-Dade County.
At a joint press conference with Miami Beach Police Chief Wayne Jones on Wednesday, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle explained that the charges stem from three incidents in Miami Beach involving three different women. One incident involved Oren, Alon, and their friend Ohad Fisherman, who remains at large; the other two involved only Oren.
Like the Alexander brothers, Fisherman is also a luxury real estate agent. He represented the mystery buyer who purchased Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's Surfside rental, a six-bedroom condo, in early 2023.
The affidavits included in the Miami arrest warrants reveal disturbing details about the alleged sexual assaults.
At a hearing on Thursday morning, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer postponed until Friday a decision on whether to release Alon and Oren. State prosecutors say the brothers are a flight risk and should remain in jail pending trial.
Prior to this week's criminal charges, several women had sued the brothers for sexual assault in pending civil lawsuits.
Editor's note 12/13/24: Law enforcement officials initially identified Ohad Fisherman as a cousin of the Alexander brothers. A judge later confirmed that Fisherman is a family friend. This story reflects that correction.
