Oren Alexander Steps Down From Official In Wake Of Rape Allegations
The luxurious agency co-founder introduced his resignation by way of Instagram days after information broke that he and his brother, Alon Alexander, had been named as perpetrators in two lawsuits alleging rape.
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High luxurious dealer and co-founder of Official Oren Alexander has stepped down from his function on the luxurious agency within the wake of sexual assault and rape allegations coming to gentle in two current lawsuits, The Real Deal reported.
On Saturday, news broke that Oren and his twin brother, Alon Alexander, had been named in two separate lawsuits filed by totally different girls within the state of New York, alleging that the brothers had sexually assaulted them in 2010 and 2012.
On Tuesday, Oren introduced his departure from his actual property brokerage by way of a press release on Instagram.
“Out of respect for our clients and trusted colleagues, I’ve made the troublesome determination to take a pause from my work at Official as I shift my focus to combating these baseless civil claims,” the assertion stated.
“I’m assured that by way of evaluate of the in depth proof, together with textual content messages and different communications, that the reality will likely be dropped at gentle.”
Jim Ferraro, a lawyer for the Alexanders, informed The Actual Deal the allegations have been a “whole shakedown.” The Alexanders have additionally represented Ferraro in a number of actual property transactions.
Initiation of the 2 instances was made simply earlier than New York State’s Grownup Survivors Act was set to run out in November 2023. The legislation eliminates the civil statute of limitations for sexual assault lawsuits, and the window for submitting lawsuits was later prolonged by way of March 2025.
Oren and his older brother, Tal Alexander, co-founded Facet-backed Official in 2022 after constructing their fame as a top-earning group over the course of greater than a decade at Douglas Elliman. Tal was not named in both lawsuit criticism.
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