One of many girls who accused Oren and Alon Alexander of sexual assault was discovered lifeless final yr, based on a brand new report.
Whiteman was one of two women who sued the brothers beneath New York’s Grownup Survivors Act. The Actual Deal first reported the lawsuits in June 2024, which kicked off a wave of ladies coming ahead with comparable allegations towards twins Oren and Alon, together with older brother Tal, that culminated in their December 2024 arrests.
Whiteman was discovered lifeless close to Sydney, Australia, The New York Times reported. Her demise is beneath investigation and a explanation for demise has not been decided. Her lawyer, Evan Torgan, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Whiteman was 45.
Whiteman sued the dual brothers beneath a New York provision, which allowed survivors to sue their perpetrators no matter when the alleged assaults occurred. The legislation created a lookback window between Nov. 23, 2022, and Nov. 23, 2023. Whiteman initiated her lawsuit, which additionally named music producer Ivan Wilzig as a defendant however didn’t accuse him of rape, sooner or later earlier than the interval expired.
Earlier than the 2024 lawsuit, Whiteman had beforehand filed a summons in 2022 towards the identical three defendants, however didn’t file a grievance and that case finally didn’t transfer ahead.
Whiteman met Oren and Alon in New York Metropolis round 2008 and continued to run into them in social circles, together with at a nightclub within the Hamptons in 2012, based on the grievance. She alleges that Alon grabbed her outdoors of a nightclub and ushered her right into a automotive with Oren, which took her to a celebration at Sir Ivan’s Fortress, a mansion in Water Mill owned by Wilzig.
In a storage on the residence, she claimed the brothers locked up her cellphone and compelled her to alter into sarong. She alleges that when she tried to run away, a safety guard “dragged her again.” The twins then introduced her into one other room and raped her, based on the grievance.
The brothers have repeatedly denied all allegations.
They are set to go to trial later this month on federal intercourse trafficking prices. In a number of indictments, prosecutors have alleged that between 2008 and 2021, Oren, Tal and Alon participated in a conspiracy to commit intercourse trafficking. They allege that the brothers labored collectively to repeatedly and violently drug, sexually assault and rape dozens of ladies, a few of whom have been minors on the time of the alleged assaults.
The brothers filed a lawsuit against TRD in June alleging defamation and partly disputing protection that excluded supplies the brothers had offered to attempt to discredit victims.
TRD Writer Amir Korangy pushed again on the claims within the go well with, telling the Wall Avenue Journal, “We’re assured the courts will see this for what it’s—a frivolous and cynical try and weaponize the authorized system.”
Korangy advised the Instances Thursday that messages, images and different supplies the brothers accused TRD of improperly excluding weren’t match to report alongside her allegations.
“The Alexanders offered these supplies off the file,” Korangy advised the outlet. “We couldn’t confirm, and it didn’t show they didn’t assault her. It didn’t benefit us not doing a narrative on the accusations.”
This text has been up to date with further remark from TRD Founder and Writer Amir Korangy.
