Tal Alexander denied the allegation at the center of a lawsuit accusing him of raping a woman in New York more than a decade ago.
Attorneys for the top broker responded to plaintiff Angelica Parker’s claims on Thursday, pushing for a jury trial and arguing the accusations were “fabricated” for “financial gain.”
Parker, who filed the lawsuit last month under New York City’s Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law, alleges she was raped by Tal and his brother Alon Alexander in an attack organized by Alon’s twin, Oren Alexander, at the apartment the brothers shared in 2012.
In response to the claims, Tal’s attorneys pointed to two other actions filed by the plaintiff alleging sexual misconduct, including a decade-old lawsuit against boxer Oscar De La Hoya claiming battery and false imprisonment. The judge dismissed the lawsuit in 2012, calling it “completely without merit.”
“The defendants in this action are already in the process of trying to victim shame our client because she has experienced more than one trauma in her life,” Parker’s attorney, Michael Willemin, wrote in a statement. “These tactics did not work in the cases against the likes of Roger Ailes, Diddy and Harvey Weinstein. It won’t work in this case either.”
Parker initially filed the case in New York County, but Tal’s attorneys transferred the case to federal court in the Southern District of New York. The removal notice states that all three brothers, including Tal, are permanent residents of Florida, though Tal has been outspoken about maintaining an apartment in 432 Park Avenue, Macklowe Properties’ and CIM Group’s supertall on Billionaires’ Row.
Tal and Oren, who co-founded the Alexander Team and the Side-backed brokerage Official, have often been photographed in the 432 Park apartment.
Tal previously led the Alexander Team’s New York business, with Oren heading up its operations in South Florida. Alon is a security executive also based in South Florida.
The allegation against Tal followed two lawsuits, filed in March and first reported by The Real Deal in June, against Oren and Alon, alleging the brothers raped and assaulted two women in New York in 2010 and 2012. Tal is named as a defendant in only one of the lawsuits.
Days later, an attorney then-representing the two plaintiffs, Rebecca Mandel and Kate Whiteman, told TRD that 28 more alleged victims had contacted him claiming they were raped by one or more of the brothers.
Tal and Oren have since stepped down from their roles at Official, the firm they co-founded in 2022 with Andrew Wachtfogel, Nicole Oge and Richard Jordan. Tal and Oren are also no longer listed as co-founders on the company’s website.
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