An inmate on the Brooklyn jail the place the Alexander brothers are detained has been accused of permitting different prisoners, together with Oren Alexander, to make use of his contraband cellphone.
Federal prosecutors charged David Motovich, a convicted fraudster and former proprietor of a lumberyard in Midwood, with possessing an illegal phone in a criticism unveiled earlier this week. The doc features a selfie of Motovich with one other man, who the New York Occasions recognized as Oren, although his face is redacted.
The Occasions report additionally revealed that every one three brothers had been discovered to have been utilizing contraband cellphones, although none of them has been charged with any related crimes.
The criticism towards Motovich gives certainly one of few glimpses into the lives of Oren and Tal Alexander following their dramatic fall from the highest of residential actual property in New York Metropolis and Miami since their arrest in 2024. The previous powerhouse brokers and their brother, safety government Alon Alexander, had been discovered responsible of intercourse trafficking and associated crimes in March.
The brothers’ tenure behind bars started in December 2024, once they had been arrested in Miami and later transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Heart to await their federal trial.
Oren, Tal and Alon have not less than three extra months on the Sundown Park detention middle earlier than their sentencing listening to in October. They’re every going through 15 years to life in jail based mostly on the costs on which they had been convicted.
Shortly after their arrival, Tal’s estranged spouse, Arielle, filed for divorce in New York, which Tal adopted along with his personal criticism in Florida. Paperwork filed within the Florida divorce case, which the decide referred to mediation in Could, revealed communications between the couple, together with messages despatched by Tal whereas on the detention middle.
In these messages, Tal warned Arielle to “suppose twice” earlier than transferring ahead with the divorce, whereas sustaining his innocence of the costs. He additionally claimed his accusers had been motivated by cash and that he was “the sufferer.”
In court docket filings, Arielle additionally alleged Tal “orchestrated the early lease termination” on the condo they shared collectively at 432 Park Avenue, forcing her to vacate the house. She claims he “performed the condo circus from his jail cell, speaking always with [his former agent] and different actual property colleagues, and potential shoppers.”
Not so quick…
Earlier this week, TRD reported {that a} former agent with Bespoke Actual Property sued the Hamptons-based brokerage, its co-founder Cody Vichinsky and one other associated agency, Parallel, over alleged pregnancy discrimination.
Within the lawsuit, Ashley McDermott, now on Compass’ Terry Cohen Crew, accused the agency of demoting her weeks after she instructed leaders she was pregnant final April. She claims Vichinsky eliminated her from a group tasked with dealing with high-profile offers and changed her with a male worker.
Vichinsky mentioned he “categorically” denies the allegations.
McDermott’s criticism isn’t the primary to accuse Bespoke of discrimination. Two former brokers with the agency — Harlan Goldberg, who’s Jewish, and Jarret Willis, who’s Black — alleged firm leaders exhibited racist habits towards Willis and made anti-semitic feedback to Goldberg in a lawsuit filed in 2023. The duo additionally declare Bespoke withheld lots of of 1000’s of {dollars} in commissions.
The agency’s attorneys have beforehand denied the allegations, referring to them in court docket filings as “ficticious” claims filed “to be able to recuperate unearned commissions and funds.”
Goldberg and Willis’ lawsuit stays pending in federal court docket. The case was stayed late final yr to permit the 2 plaintiffs and defendants to resolve the matter by mediation, although no settlement has but been reached. A federal decide ordered depositions to be accomplished by September with discovery to shut the next month.
NYC Deal of the Week
The priciest deal to land in metropolis data this week was for a West Village townhouse, which bought in an off-market deal for $46 million. An nameless belief bought the three-story residence at 245 West 4th Road from the billionaire George Soros’ daughter, Andrea Soros Colombel, and her husband, Eric Colombel, founding father of the Tsadra Basis.
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