Federal judge tosses civil suit filed in New York accusing Alexander brothers of rape

Charles Rabin, Miami Herald on Jan 23, 2025

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One of several civil lawsuits filed in New York claiming that two brothers considered titans in the luxury real estate industry raped a woman as a third brother watched, was tossed by a federal judge Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the Southern District of New York ruled the rape accusation by Angelica Parker against two of the three Alexander brothers would have taken place too long ago and falls outside of the state’s statute of limitations. For the lawsuit to move forward, the judge said, the rape would have had to occur after June 18, 2017.

Parker claims that in the fall of 2012, she and a friend accepted an invitation to one of the brother’s Manhattan apartments, where they were given ecstasy and drinks. Parker says she was raped by Alon and Tal Alexander as Oren Alexander, Alon’s twin, watched. She noted her friend was hiding in a stairwell after being groped by Alon.

After the lawsuit was filed last summer, Tal’s attorneys referred to Parker as a “professional plaintiff” in a story in the online news site the Daily Beast. The attorneys were referring to a civil lawsuit she filed against superstar boxer Oscar De La Hoya a year earlier in which she said the boxer battered her one night at a Ritz-Carlton hotel. A judge dismissed the case, finding it “without merit.”

In his 16-page order, Judge Kaplan gave Parker until Feb. 14 to file a motion requesting an amendment to the complaint related only to Tal Alexander, who she said in the lawsuit attempted to sexually assault her “years later.”

Kaplan is the same federal judge who upheld E. Jean Carroll’s $83 million verdict in her defamation case against U.S. President Donald Trump last year.

Since the civil lawsuits were filed, the stakes have risen considerably for the brothers. All three were criminally charged in South Florida and New York, with accusations of drugging, raping and trafficking women for sex. In the past few days, the three were transported to Brooklyn, New York, where they remain in federal custody, a source said. All three have been denied bond.

Parker’s New York attorney Michael J. Willemin said he disagreed with the judge’s decision and believes it will ultimately be reversed on appeal.

“The court held that Ms. Parker stated a claim against all three brothers for sexual violence. The only reason the case isn’t moving forward is the erroneous determination that she brought the claims too late,” Willemin said. “Thankfully, the prosecutors won’t have that problem and we look forward to the brothers being held accountable.”

The brothers’ attorneys, Milton Williams and Deanna Paul, said there have been a flurry of lawsuits seeking money with never-before-heard claims.

“This frivolous lawsuit highlights the opportunism we’ve seen at play and puts an end to it,” the attorneys said in a statement.

The brothers’ Miami attorney Joel Denaro called the civil cases against the brothers “dubious” and said they led to the criminal charges.

“It’s wrong they are forced to defend claims that are obviously pre-empted by New York State law. The brothers will continue to fight knowing the truth. They are innocent,” he said.

Miami Beach and federal rape, sex trafficking charges

The three brothers were taken into custody in Miami Beach last month by police and federal agents and charged with a slew of sex trafficking and rape crimes. They were charged federally with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and related counts of sex trafficking two victims by force, fraud or coercion between 2010 and 2021 in Manhattan, Miami and elsewhere. The local charges stem from three sexual battery cases on Miami Beach that date back to 2016.

The federal charge of conspiring to commit sex trafficking allegedly took place between 2010 and 2021 in Manhattan, the Hamptons and South Florida. Several of the charges carry up to life sentences. All three brothers have so far been denied bond. Even before trial the chances were believed remote, with the same U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York prevailing in blocking bail for other high-profile sex-trafficking defendants like Manhattan financier Jeffrey Epstein and rap mogul Diddy.

During a hearing in New York last month, a federal agent said his agency had received as many as 40 “credible” rape claims from other women who claimed to be forcibly assaulted by the Alexander brothers between 2002 and 2021.

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