Tracy Tutor, star of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles filed a civil lawsuit, accusing Oren Alexander of sexual assault
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Oren, a high-profile real estate mogul, is currently on trial on federal sex trafficking charges, alongside his two brothers Tal and Alon
The Alexander brothers have consistently denied any wrongdoing, and they pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges
Tracy Tutoris suingOren Alexander, accusing him of sexual assault and sex trafficking in the newly filed civil lawsuit — allegations that he denies.
Oren, 38, and histwo brothers, real estate partnerTal, 39, and twin Alon, 38, are currently on trial for federal sex trafficking charges in the Southern District of New York. Jury deliberations are expected to begin this week.
Tutor, a Los Angeles real estate broker who stars on the Bravo seriesMillion Dollar Listing Los Angeles,filed a complaint on Thursday, March 5, in which she accuses Oren of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 2014.
According to the complaint obtained by PEOPLE, Tutor claims she was invited to come to New York for a dinner to meet Alexander and other brokers at Douglas Elliman, where he worked at the time.
Accompanied by a friend, Tutor claims that while at the dinner, she was handed a drink and subsequently blacked out.
Per the complaint, the friend allegedly became concerned for Tutor when he couldn't see her at the table and went to search for her.
The friend found Tutor, who was acting "out of her mind," in a men's room stall with Oren, whose shirt was "unbuttoned and [he] was kissing her" and "was touching her in intimate areas," the complaint alleges.
The friend then got into an argument with Oren, the complaint claims, and he managed to get Tutor out of the restroom. However, the complaint alleges that the friend, fearing for his job security, left the dinner and asked someone to make sure she got back to her hotel room safely.
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Tutor claims in the complaint that she now recalls waking up the next morning in someone else's hotel room and noticed that her tampon had been removed and that she was surrounded by blood.
The complaint also alleges that her purse was missing and that it was discovered that Oren's assistant had it and returned it to her.
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In a statement to PEOPLE, Oren Alexander's attorney, Jason Goldman, firmly denied the allegations on behalf of his client.
"Ms. Tutor and her counsel have timed the filing of this salacious and demonstrably false lawsuit for maximum media impact, choosing the eve of jury deliberations in the federal trial despite the fact that the allegations are more than a decade old and have already been aired publicly," Goldman says. "This appears to be nothing more than a transparent attempt to create headlines and taint the proceedings at a critical moment. We are confident the jury will focus on the evidence presented in court, not on opportunistic litigation tactics."
Oren and his brothers, whohave been accused of misconduct by several dozen women, have denied any wrongdoing and have pleaded not guilty to the federal charges they are facing.
Federal prosecutorsalleged in a January filingthat more than 40 women have accused at least one of the brothers of rape or sexual assault over the span of nearly 20 years.
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