Kristin Thorne
Brothers Oren, Alon and Tal Alexander, as soon as identified for shaping the New York Metropolis and Miami skylines, have been accused by greater than 60 victims, together with a minor, of rape and sexual assault in alleged incidents relationship again to 2009. The true property moguls have pleaded not responsible to intercourse trafficking fees and denied any wrongdoing.
One in all Oren’s accusers, Maria Suska, is just not a part of the authorized proceedings in opposition to the brothers as a result of statute of limitations in Florida, however she has chosen to talk out about her alleged assault, telling In Contact solely about that night time at a celebration in Miami in 2014.
“Oren messaged me via Fb, April 2014, and we haven’t met earlier than. We solely had, like, some mutual pals. So it was very spontaneous, you understand, simply random, like a random, flirty message,” Suska tells In Contact Investigates’ Kristin Thorne, including that Oren, 39, chatted along with her for a bit earlier than asking for her cellphone quantity and welcoming her out to dinner on the Versace mansion.
“We texted forwards and backwards, I’d say, for about, like, per week earlier than I truly met him for dinner … I went there pondering that, you understand, he has romantic intentions, however after I get there, there’s 10 different women that he didn’t point out in any respect, and two promoters at a giant desk,” Suska continues.
Suska says that though Oren was “charming” and “flirty” along with her at occasions, the general “vibe” between him and the ladies was “very bizarre and awkward” as a result of he principally solely spoke to the opposite males on the desk.
Suska says that Oren left for “possibly 20 minutes,” and when he returned, he requested her to go upstairs with him to see the constructing’s watch tower. She says she accepted his supply as a result of she “trusted him” and he “didn’t give me any pink flags.”
Maria Suska
“I adopted him up there. And that’s sadly when, you understand, he attacked me contained in the watchtower,” she provides.
Suska admits that she didn’t file a police report on the time as a result of she was “scared.”
“I blame myself quite a bit,” she explains. “That possibly I shouldn’t have went to the occasion, that I missed the pink flags. … My thoughts was going, one facet was saying I ought to do it as a result of it’s the best factor to do, however one other facet was, you understand, the concern was far more stronger. However I lastly did file a police report final yr in December.”
Oren’s lawyer, Edward O’Donnell, instructed In Contact in June that Suska is making an attempt to money in on the case in opposition to the Alexander brothers. He cited an electronic mail by which Suska reached out to the Miami District Lawyer’s workplace to ask for a advice for a private harm lawyer as a result of she needed to sue Oren. The D.A.’s workplace responded with the identify of an lawyer.
“The prosecutor is aware of who the non-public harm legal professionals are which are suing the Alexander brothers,” O’Donnell mentioned.
Oren Alexander (L) and Alon Alexander (R)
A rep for the D.A.’s workplace instructed In Contact that they didn’t give Suska a advice, saying in an announcement, “The e-mail indication of the media-named attorneys dealing with the civil lawsuits is a response to a direct query, not a referral.”
In the meantime, Suska’s lawyer, Todd Poses, instructed In Contact, “It’s each predictable and pathetic that counsel for the Alexanders is name-calling the victims as opportunistic for looking for civil treatments after being [allegedly] trafficked and raped. Absent a time machine the place the victims may change their destiny and erase the horrors they suffered, the choice stays holding the Alexanders financially accountable for the lives they’ve ruined.”
Suska says that when she noticed the Alexander brothers on the information, she was “shocked,” however she believed the tales of the opposite girls who accused Oren and twins Alon and Tal, 38, of assault and rape.
“All this time, I assumed it was solely me,” she concludes. “And I assumed, who’s gonna imagine me? He’s highly effective. He has lots of connections, lots of pals. Everyone’s gonna chortle it off. You realize, I’m scared. So after I learn that there’s different girls popping out, I mentioned, ‘Oh my gosh, that is stunning,’ however then it was plausible, after all.”
Oren, Alon and Tal stay behind bars in New York Metropolis and are slated to go to trial early subsequent yr.
