There
are
currently
three
separate
lawsuits
filed
in

New
York
by
three
women
who
accuse
the
brothers
of
sexually
assaulting
them.
Two
of
the
cases
only
name
Oren
Alexander
and
his
twin
brother,
Alon
Alexander,
who
is
not
involved
in
the
real
estate
industry.
The
third
suit
names
all
three
brothers
as
defendants.

Nicole
Oge,
one
of
Official’s
five
co-founders,
told
the
Times
that
the
firm’s
decision
to
place
Tal
and
Oren
on
leave
was
mutual.

“I
think
Tal
and
Oren
understand
that
their
priority
is
focusing
on
the
task
at
hand
for
them,
which
is
different
from
mine,”
Oge
said.
“Mine
is
focused
on
our
business.”

The
first
two
suits
were
filed
in
early
March
with
the

Supreme
Court
of
the
State
of
New
York
in
New
York
County
by
Rebecca
Mandel
and
Kate
Whiteman.
The
suits
name
Oren
and
Alon
Alexander
as
defendants.

Mandel
and
Whiteman
claim
that
the
brothers
assaulted,
battered
and
raped
them
in
separate
incidents
in
2010
and
2012,
respectively.
The
complaints
also
allege
that
Oren
and
Alon
Alexander
engaged
in
a
similar
pattern
of
behavior
against
other
women.

Additionally,
Evan
Torgan
of

Torgan
Cooper
+
Aaron
told The
Real
Deal
—
which
first
reported
on
the
Mandel
and
Whiteman
suits
—
that

roughly
30
alleged
victims
had
contacted
his
office,
some
of
whom
had
named
Tal
Alexander
in
their
allegations.

The
most
recent
lawsuit,
in
which
Tal
Alexander
is
also
named
as
a
defendant,
was
filed
by
Angelica
Parker,
formerly
known
as
Angelica
Cecora.
She
alleges
that
when
she
went
to
visit
an
apartment
in
New
York
City
in
2012,
where
the
three
brothers
lived,
she
was
caught
in
an
attack
allegedly
orchestrated
by
Oren
Alexander,
in
which
Alon
and
Tal
Alexander
raped
her
as
Oren
“sat
and
watched.”

In
an
emailed
statement
from
Deanna
Paul
of

Walden
Macht
&
Haran
LLP,
an
attorney
for
Tal
Alexander,
Parker’s
suit
is
being
moved
to
federal
court.

“Given
the
salacious
nature
of
this
false
allegation
and
impact
on
Official,
Tal
and
his
partners
have
decided
he
will
take
a
leave
from
the
company
to
focus
fully
on
clearing
his
name.
He
won’t
allow
these
claims
to
be
a
further
distraction
to
the
company
or
its
clients,”
Paul
wrote.

All
three
of
the
lawsuits
were
filed
under
an
extension
of
New
York’s

Gender-Motivated
Violence
Protection
Law,
which
allows
survivors
who
were
over
the
age
of
18
at
the
time
of
an
assault
to
sue
their
alleged
perpetrators
regardless
of
how
long
ago
the
crime
occurred.
The
window
to
file
a
lawsuit
closes
in
March
2025.

The
Alexanders
co-founded
Official
in
2022,
after
moving


The
Alexander
Team
to
Side
from


Douglas
Elliman.