Tal Alexander’s landlord at an ultra-luxury supertall on Billionaires’ Row in Manhattan is serving Alexander with a non-payment notice, The Real Deal has learned.
Alexander, who’s being held in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center awaiting his federal sex trafficking trial next January, had been living at Macklowe Properties’ and CIM Group’s 432 Park Avenue since around 2019.
His wife, Arielle Alexander, who filed for divorce in January, continued living there after he was arrested in December and taken into federal custody.
The notice was arranged by real estate attorney Adam Leitman Bailey, who said the lease ends at the end of March.
“We understand Arielle’s divorce attorney has declared that Arielle is able to stay in her expired lease for as long as she wants. He is incorrect on the law,” Leitman Bailey said. “We will be expeditiously pursuing all remedies for our clients to regain the apartment as rent has not been paid and the lease has expired.”
Adam Turbowitz, an attorney for Arielle, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The two-bedroom, three-and-a-half bathroom apartment, spanning 3,700 square feet on the 59th floor, hit the market for rent about a month ago. The furnished unit is asking $55,000 a month with Serhant agents Marc Riedel and Jordyn Nusynowitz, according to StreetEasy. An availability date of April 1 is listed.
Riedel previously hung his license with Official Partners, the brokerage Tal and Oren founded with backing from white-label firm Side. (Side is also suing Oren and Tal.) His license moved to Serhant in December.
Tal and his younger brothers, twins Oren and Alon, were all charged by the Southern District of New York with sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.
The FBI raided Tal’s apartment at 432 Park in December, the same day he was arrested at his parents’ waterfront home in South Florida. Prosecutors said the raid turned up a hard drive with videos and photos that showed Oren and Alon, along with unidentified third parties, “engaged in sexual contact” with women who appear to be intoxicated.
Prosecutors are expected to file a superseding indictment in the coming months that would likely include additional charges. FBI agents have spoken with about 60 women who say they were drugged and assaulted by one or more of the brothers over a period of time that spans over a decade.
Oren and Alon were also indicted in December by Miami-Dade prosecutors on charges of sexual battery, alongside their friend and former Official broker, Ohad Fisherman. Their trial is expected to occur later this year, as early as May. Fisherman’s ankle monitor was recently removed, NBC Miami reported. Fisherman’s attorneys argued his house arrest caused “significant harm” to his “deeply held religious beliefs.”
The Alexander brothers are also facing a number of civil lawsuits from women alleging they were drugged and assaulted.
On the business front, Tal and Official were sued this week by the owners of a Soho penthouse. The plaintiff alleges it was defrauded of roughly $400,000 tied to the rental of an apartment at 54 Thompson Street.
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This article has been updated to clarify details around Marc Riedel’s brokerage affiliation.