The Lawsuit That Sparked a Storm for the Alexander Brothers, Plus Harvey Weinstein, OneTaste
By Juda Englemayer
With the civil and criminal scrutiny around real estate entrepreneurs Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander intensifying, it’s important to ask: what was the match that lit this fire?
The answer lies in a civil lawsuit filed by the very first accuser – against the Alexander brothers, and the cornerstone upon which much of the legal and media momentum now rests.
A newly filed memorandum from the complainant’s legal team seeks to preserve that case by invoking trauma, psychology, and narrative over contemporaneous fact. The Alexanders’ lawyers challenged that, claiming it offers no police report, no timely complaint, no forensic evidence – just emotional claims and vague timelines dating back more than a decade.
This filing isn’t just a civil pleading. It is the origin story for everything that followed: criminal charges, negative headlines, and the targeting of two entrepreneurs who had, until then, built a business and lived largely out of the spotlight.
Andy Duong and President Obama
Lizzie Harding Weinstein
The Alexander brothers
Ohad Fisherman, publicly promoted as a ‘criminal at large’ has been fully exonerated.
Significantly, we don’t even know whether this particular person is a named victim in the federal criminal case – the government refuses to clarify. If not, then this entire chain reaction has been driven by a person who may not even be part of the core prosecution. At most, she could be used to smear the Alexanders as an “uncharged bad act” – a controversial prosecutorial tactic increasingly questioned by legal scholars.
We saw something similar in the case of OneTaste, where the main witness and virtually the entire government narrative was invented by an accuser who the prosecution eventually labeled an unreliable liar at the very last minute – albeit too late for my clients to fend off the mountain of negativity it produced up until then.
Context matters. Just last week, the co-defendant in the Miami criminal case – Ohad Fisherman – was fully exonerated, with prosecutors admitting to an alibi defense. Fisherman’s case was built on the same story, the same complainant. That sudden reversal raises serious doubts about the reliability of the allegations – and of those pushing them forward.
Ohad Fisherman, falsely accused
Ohad Fisherman
What’s more outstanding there is that Fisherman’s demonstrated alibi was confirmed with photos of him and Alon together, but no one seems to be picking up on that part of it.
"The associated metadata is consistent with Mr. Fisherman being on the boat during the relevant time frame," defense attorneys said. Records show that on New Year's Eve, Fisherman posted a drone video of a boat along the Intracoastal Waterway, supposedly shot by Alon Alexander, capturing the sunset.
“The associated metadata is consistent with Mr. Fisherman being on the boat during the relevant time frame,” defense attorneys said. Records show that on New Year’s Eve, Fisherman posted a drone video of a boat along the Intracoastal Waterway, supposedly shot by Alon Alexander, capturing the sunset.
Equally concerning is the political backdrop. Internal communications from Florida prosecutors have surfaced, revealing partisan motives – references to “taking down the Trumpers” and even one stating, “I’d vote for Biden if he shot Trump on Fifth Avenue.” This isn’t law enforcement. It’s political theater in a courtroom.
Meanwhile, the Alexanders are preparing to file a defamation lawsuit against The Real Deal for its role in amplifying unvetted claims and coordinating with opposing parties to damage their reputations. That filing is expected to include communications and sourcing that will reshape how this case is understood publicly.
The media has largely accepted one side of this story. But the defense is now speaking – armed with evidence, timelines, and real questions about how reputations can be destroyed on the back of unproven accusations and politically charged vendettas.
As for OneTaste, we filed and lost the bail appeal to the Second Circuit, and now preparing for sentencing in September.
Rachel Cherwitz and Nicole Daedone of OneTaste prepare for September sentencing.
For Harvey Weinstein, his Italian lawyers have successfully appealed to the Italian Ministry of Justice to open a criminal investigation into accusations that Pascal Dominini committed perjury. – a pivotal aspect of his Los Angeles conviction. The Italian court is now asking US judicial authorities to respond to the request for mutual legal assistance (rogatory) issued by the Italian Ministry of Justice.
