By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-13 13:51:30 | Updated at 2024-12-23 23:38:26
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A blood-curdling yearbook post by an alleged gang-rapist playboy has emerged after he and his two brothers were charged with a sickening slew of sex attacks.
Oren Alexander, 37, said his favorite memory from his time at Michael Krop Senior High School in Miami was 'riding my first choo-choo train.'
NBC6 reports that may be a disgusting reference to a sexual practice known as a 'running train', where multiple men take turns having sex with the same woman.
Oren's brother Tal, 38, reportedly made a reference to a 'running train' in his yearbook photo. Oren and Tal were star Douglas Elliman realtors who struck out to become ultra-successful real estate tycoons before their arrest.
The pair and Oren's identical twin Alon, who works for the family security firm have been accused by prosecutors of drugging and gang-raping dozens of women over an 11 year-period.
But investigators believe the alleged sex attacks actually started far earlier and fear the three brothers may have been forcing themselves on victims while still at school.
The three brothers were arrested by the FBI on Wednesday and are being held without bond on federal charges, with the identical twins also facing state charges in Florida related to three alleged sexual assaults.
A wave of civil lawsuits have also been launched against the brothers, with the attorney in one suit filed on Thursday saying the high school yearbook quotes may be damning.
'To me, it shows this is a pattern of conduct that has gone on for over a decade,' attorney Carissa Peebles, representing a woman who claimed she was raped in 2016, told NBC. 'There was a lot of fear, she understood their status and wealth in society.'
Prosecutors released high school yearbook images from accused serial rapist brothers Alon and Oren Alexander following their arrests this week
Oren Alexander's 'favorite memory' in his high school yearbook was 'riding my first choo-choo train', alleged to be a brag about violent sexual exploits as a teenager
Oren Alexander (left) and Alon Alexander (right) stood shame-faced and wearing suicide vests in their first court appearance on Thursday, where their bail was denied as they were deemed a flight risk due to their access to private jets and boats
The brothers were once stars socialites in the Miami and New York City party scenes, with Alon often seen at parties with his real estate star brothers.
Oren and Tal made a name for themselves in the luxury property world, most notably being credited with co-selling the most expensive home in US history at the time in 2019, a Central Park Penthouse sold for $240 million.
The brothers come from a well-known real estate family in Miami, and their father is top Florida developer Shlomi Alexander.
He smiled as he left court on Thursday, moments after his sons were refused bail over fears they'd use their access to private jets or yachts to flee.
Oren had sought to play the family man, telling Judge Mindy Glazer that he needed to be home because nine months pregnant model wife Kamila Hansen is on the verge of giving birth.
The domestic scene he sought to paint is a far cry from what prosecutors say Oren and his brothers are like in private.,
The trio are said to have staged lavish parties as 'bait' to lure women they'd then gang rape and accused them of compiling a rape 'wish list' featuring images of prospective victims they wanted to target.
The 2016 incident cited in a civil lawsuit formed part of the criminal charges against the brothers this week, alleging a brutal rape involving Oren, Alon and their 'cousin' Ohad Fisherman, who reportedly found out the charges against him while on his honeymoon this week. He is believed to remain at large.
The alleged victim said she met Alon Alexander on the dating app Bumble, and had a 'casual' relationship with him in New York City for a few weeks.
On New Years Eve in 2016, she said she was in Miami at the same time Alon was also in the city for a separate trip, and when he found out she was there he invited her to his luxury condo for a barbeque.
The Alexander brothers, known as star real estate agents with Douglas Elliman, have been taken into custody alongside their brother Alon (right) amid allegations of rape, sex trafficking and sexual assault
The brothers were once high-flying socialites in Miami and New York City. Oren (right) is pictured with fashion designers Tommy Hilfiger and Dee Ocleppo in 2017
Oren is pictured with model wife Kamila Hansen, whose pregnancy he tried to use as an excuse to be bailed
One of the accusers claimed that the Alexander brothers' cousin Ohad Fisherman (pictured right with Alon, left) held her down while she was being assaulted. He has been charged with sexual battery, but was not arrested as he was on his honeymoon this week
The lawsuit claims he sent an image of people at the party to lure her to the apartment, but when she arrived she quickly found she was the only guest.
She alleged that Alon led her to a bedroom, where she encountered Oren and Fisherman.
Within moments, they locked the door and Fisherman pinned her down while Alon and Oren took turns raping her, she alleged.
Speaking on behalf of her client this week, lawyer Clarissa Peebles described the attack as 'very brutal and violent and calculated.'
The arrest warrants against the brothers this week also alleged two other attacks in 2017 and 2021. Oren Alexander is cited in all three allegations, while only the 2016 incident involved Alon.
None of the arrest warrants reference Tal and the specific claims which led to his indictment have yet to emerge, although he has faced a number of allegations unrelated to the arrest warrants.
In the 2017 incident, it is alleged that Oren Alexander messaged another woman on Instagram and invited to the beach, where she later met Alon and other family members.
Weeks later she said she had dinner with Oren and a friend before a real estate event, and said she was taken back to the same Miami Beach condo where the 2016 claim unfolded.
Oren Alexander (left) and his identical twin brother Alon (right) seen in their mugshots
The brothers pictured back in 2015 as they built glitzy careers in real estate and security
Tal Alexander (pictured) was also arrested, but the full charges against him are not clear and were not included in warrants accusing his identical twin brothers. He was not present at Thursday's hearing
She said she tried on virtual reality goggles inside the condo, at which point Oren allegedly removed her dress and pushed her into a bedroom before assaulting her.
The victim said she met Oren weeks later at a hot tub event, and demanded an apology, which he responded to by trying to kiss her and masturbate over her, it is claimed.
When she told friends and Oren heard about it, he allegedly sent her a text message in 2018 saying: 'Nothing happened. If you keep talking about it, I’m going to ruin you.'
In the 2021 incident, a woman claimed she met Oren at dinner with a friend before they went to a Miami Beach property. At the home, she said Oren poured her a drink and instantly tried to kiss her on the couch.
He led her to the bedroom, she claimed, ripped off her dress and shoes, and refused to let her leave. She said she later returned to the bedroom and he assaulted her, according to the warrant.
Since June, the brothers have also been hit with civil lawsuits from at least two women and accused of sexual assault by dozens more in recent years.
One lawsuit filed in March accused Oren and Alon of rape, and a second lawsuit included similar allegations against Tal, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Kate Whiteman, one of the civil plaintiffs, claims Oren and Alon gang-raped her at a gaudy Hamptons 'castle in 2012 known as 'Sir Ivan's castle'.
The Alexander twins, 37, were accused in a lawsuit of raping a woman together in 2012 at Sir Ivan Wilzig's castle in the Hamptons in one of the complaints against them
Alon and Oren Alexander at Sir Ivan's Medieval Madness Birthday Bash For Model Mina Otsuka At His Hamptons Castle [on a separate occasion to the alleged rape]
Tracy Tutor, 48, star of Million Dollar Listin Los Angeles, was one of 10 women who claimed they were sexually assaulted by the brothers in an expose earlier this year
She said she met Oren and Alon in a Manhattan nightclub in 2012, and claimed they forced her into an SUV at the end of the night before driving her to the Hamptons.
The men have denied the allegations in the lawsuits, which shocked the real estate world where Tal and Oren were once seen as rising stars.
One of their accusers, star of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles Tracy Tutor, 48, joined nine other women in making claims of sexual assault to the New York Times in July.
Seven of the women, including Tutor, said they believe they were drugged before being raped by either Tal, 38, or the younger twins Oren and Alon, 37.
She claimed she shared a drink with Oren at a cocktail party in 2014 and blacked out before a friend found her in the restaurant's bathroom with Oren and pulled her away.
She told the NYT she has no idea what happened to her, adding: 'Staying silent for so long has been damaging on many levels, and remembering now what happened feels debilitating.'
The brothers come from a well-known real estate family in Miami, and their father is top Florida developer Shlomi Alexander.
At a press conference on Wednesday, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said his 'hope' was that the action he has taken against the Alexander brothers will spur more alleged victims to come forward.
'Courage is infectious,' he told reporters.
'The defendants used their wealth and positions to create and facilitate opportunities to sexually assault women,' Williams continued at the press conference.
'In particular, Oren and Tal Alexander used their prominent positions in the real estate industry to induce women to come to events and parties. At those parties, and sometimes afterwards, the women were sexually assaulted by one or more of the defendants.'
