A outstanding south Florida lawyer abruptly withdrew Monday from repping twin accused rapists and real-estate heirs Oren and Alon Alexander.
A well-placed supply informed The Publish that lawyer Jim Ferraro’s determination to step down from the troubling Manhattan case was made not less than partly due to his private ties to the 36-year-old millionaire brothers — to not point out the avalanche of further accusations that poured in after two ladies sued the twins over alleged sexual assaults.
The brothers’ new lawyer is Isabelle Kirshner of Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder of Manhattan.
Kirshner has beforehand navigated delicate authorized waters, notably brokering a no-jail plea deal for notorious Manhattan gynecologist Robert Hadden, who was convicted of sex-trafficking by luring sufferers throughout state traces to sexually abuse them.
The consent to alter attorneys within the Alexanders’ case was submitted to Manhattan court docket Monday, paperwork present.
Two ladies, Rebecca Mandel and Kate Whiteman, kicked off the sordid saga in March after they filed separate lawsuits in opposition to the Alexanders beneath New York’s Grownup Survivors Act, which quickly eradicated the statute of limitations for civil sexual assault claims.
Mandel says in her swimsuit that she was 18 when the brothers took turns raping her at their Manhattan pad in 2010. Whiteman says in her court docket submitting that she was raped by the twins in 2012 in an assault at a fort within the Hamptons on Lengthy Island.
Almost 30 extra ladies then quickly got here ahead to make comparable claims, based on the lawyer representing the plaintiffs.
Ferraro didn’t reply to Publish requests for touch upon leaving the case.
He initially responded to the 2 ladies’s lawsuits, although, saying, “We’re assured this matter might be resolved in [their] favor given an in depth assortment of highly effective proof together with, telephone information, textual content messages, emails and different paperwork whose content material clearly debunks these claims.”
The lawyer’s ties to the Alexanders run deep, stretching again over a decade, when he first crossed paths with Oren throughout a New York Metropolis real-estate deal. Their relationship finally prolonged past enterprise.
The 2 have been seen partying collectively in a photograph, and Oren has publicly spoken about their shut bond. In an interview with the Observer in 2009, he stated, “With Jim, I jetted with him to Miami for a weekend. I jetted with him to Martha’s Winery for a weekend. I jetted with him to Aspen — that’s when the deal was put collectively.”
Oren has already introduced that he’s stepping again from his position at Official, a brokerage agency he co-founded together with his brother Tal.
In an effort to distance the corporate farther from the allegations in opposition to Oren, Nicole Oge and her companions Richard Jordan and Andrew Wachtfogel have introduced they’re severing ties with Oren.
The agency is presently within the strategy of eradicating him from possession.
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