MIAMI — The Florida law firm, which claims to be the nation’s largest personal injury litigator, has sexually battery with state prosecutors against two wealthy Miami Beach brothers and colleagues, according to defense attorneys He put pressure on him to file the case.
As Morgan & Morgan were holding hands in gloves with state prosecutors behind the scenes, the law firm said the alleged rape victim was filed against twin brothers the day after they were arrested in December. He was preparing a civil lawsuit seeking millions of dollars in damages.
The lawyers for defendants Aron and Oren Alexander and his associates, Ohad Fisherman, are the witnesses who shaped the criminal case that was ultimately filed by Morgan & Morgan’s lawyer, Carissa Peebles, and the prosecutors of Miami-Dade. He accused a well-known law firm of controlling other evidence.
In the first salvo in a high stakes criminal case, the defense attorney orders the Miami-Dade Circuit Judge to hand over a statement of other evidence gathered together with the victim, two sisters and friends to the state prosecutor. I’m asking you to do this. Morgan & Morgan has offices in eight Florida cities, including Fort Lauderdale and nine states. The allegations argue that prosecutors are essentially dependent on law firm evidence to file cases of sexual battery, and that they should be shared with the defense as part of the discovery process. .
This is an issue that will likely be addressed at the heart of lawyers and client privileges and will be addressed at the February 27 hearing of Circuit Judge Roddy Jean.
“Here, Peebles/Morgan & Morgan are not acting as neutral third parties. They are part of the prosecutor’s team,” said Miami attorney Jeffrey Sloman, who represents the fishermen, to which the law firm was stated. He wrote in an allegation that the prosecutor should hand it over.
“They started prosecutors by contacting the state attorney’s office, interviewed key witnesses before law enforcement, coordinated witness statements, gathered evidence, and attended law enforcement interviews.” The motion adopted by Alexander Brothers lawyers Joel Denaro and Joel Denaro. Edward J. O’Donnell IV.
“By the time (surprising rape victim) finally sat down with police, her allegedly relied on framing (criminal) cases to support a multi-million-dollar lawsuit. It was already shaped by.
In response, Peebles issued a statement Thursday calling the defense team’s accusations “false and attack.”
“I believe this motion lacks legal merit and mischaracters what happened,” he says, working at Morgan & Morgan’s Fort Lauderdale office, famous for its ubiquitous television and billboard ads. Peebles said.
“In very simple terms, Fisherman is trying to access information that is protected by the privileges of his attorneys and clients,” Peebles said. “Our clients have worked with the prosecutor’s pursuit of sexual assault charges and have moved forward to pursue civil cases against criminal defendants for one reason. We seek justice. Otherwise, what Even proposals are both false and attacking.”
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The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office declined to answer certain questions regarding motions filed on behalf of the fisherman and the Alexander brothers.
“All the right discoveries related to this case will ensure that defense is provided at the right time,” said Ed Griffith, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office.
It is common for civil lawyers to work with criminal prosecutors in the development of parallel cases, but legal experts say that “coordination” between Morgan & Morgan’s law firm and Miami-Dade’s prosecutors is an electronic He told the Herald that it was important based on emails and other evidence. Defence team movements.
Criminal defense attorney Mason Kerns, who worked civil labor, said that defence allegations that force the state attorney’s office to take over evidence belonging to third parties, such as Morgan & Morgan’s law firms, are not particularly unusual. Ta.
“This is the right move for them to submit,” Kerns said, adding, “It’s not a fishing expedition.”
Kearns, an auxiliary law professor at the University of Miami, described the defense team’s request for discovery as “all reasonably reasonable.”
Kerns said the legal issues are summarised in the privileges of lawyers and clients that are solely dependent on Morgan & Morgan clients. He said the rape victim allegedly claimed he was identified as “MW.” By witnesses, they should be required to hand them over to defense. However, if they do not, the judge must decide whether the defense team should be granted access to Morgan & Morgan’s records.
Condition rape case
According to a state criminal case and civil lawsuit, “MW” told police he was invited by Aron Alexander to a 2016 Big Ve Day party at Miami Beach Apartments on 59th Avenue and Collins Avenue. She said Aron, who had previously socialised, texted photos of people barbeking on the balcony and told them to come. While there, the woman says she jumped into the elevator where Aron met her in the lobby and took them directly to his apartment.
However, there was no party, the woman told Miami Beach police detectives. They believed that only two women were maids, Aron, Oren and Fisherman. She said she was led into the bedroom where the door was locked behind her. She then said Oren and Aron Alexander took turns raping her while the fisherman put weight on his back and held his arms on the bed. She said that after calling for a share ride, the brothers warned her not to say anything.
Fisherman, who runs the hummus catering business, was only charged in MW’s criminal cases, but he was not appointed as the defendant of the Twin Alexander brothers in her civil suit. He denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty.
Oren, a formerly blessed luxury real estate broker, and Aron, who worked in the Alexander family’s security business, were charged with sexual assault in the case of MW, but Oren was in Miami in 2017 and 2021. He was accused of raping two women on the beach.
All three defendants in the state case face the biggest life sentence in prison.
The twins are also well-known real estate brokers, their brother, Tal, and 38, who are also famous for their real estate brokers, and are separately charged in federal court in a sex trafficking conspiracy case spanning 2010-2021. Dozens of women swallow up alcoholic drinks in parties, apartments, hotels, and drug cover before raping them in Manhattan, Hampton and Miami Beach.
Three brothers, held at the Federal Detention Center in Brooklyn, pleaded not guilty. If convicted, they will come back to life in prison.
Movement details
The 16-page motion filed by the defense attorney highlighted that the victim had waited nearly eight years to report a rape charge, and MW first called the attention of Peebles, the attorney for Morgan & Morgan. I’ll point out what I did. The lawyer works at a law firm that claims to have earned more than $23 billion in damages over the years, and contacted prosecutors in Miami-Dade last fall while preparing a civil suit on her behalf.
The move focuses on all statements, memos, emails, transcripts, memos and research reports involving Morgan & Morgan and his client MW, and focuses on evidence known as “Brady Materials.” Request access to all statements, notes, emails, transcripts, notes, and investigation reports that you have reached. Under the law, such evidence must be handed over by the prosecutor.
“Peobles controlled access to witnesses, determined what law enforcement received, implemented coordination strategies with prosecutors and even investigative work,” the motion says. “Peobres’ role wasn’t just civil litigation. She actively built state cases.”
The allegations, along with the exhibit, say Peebles first contacted the State Attorney’s Office on September 23, 2024. With the eight-year restrictions law approaching the end of the year, you can make a statement to Miami Beach Police detectives.
However, Snyder told Peebles that she would not attend an interview with MW with the detective, according to the email. “I will not be present for a statement (intentionally),” Snyder wrote Peebles on October 4, 2024.
While prosecutors skipped an interview with MW detectives four days later, Peebles attended and intervened while clients answered questions.
The allegations accused Peebles of “directing this investigation” and focused on MW’s statements on detectives about the 2016 rape accusation.
The move, citing a transcript of MW’s statement, pointed out that Peebles intervened when Peebles told detectives that she had been showered after alleged rape and Oren joined her.
“I just want to be clear – who was in the shower with you?” Peebles was inserted while the detective asked the client. After that, MW corrected himself and said it was Aaron.
“I’m talking at this moment,” the defense move says. “Peobles wasn’t clear. She had corrected it.”
“She had already heard another version and was intervening to pilot the MW,” says the move. “As opposed to putting MW’s words up, Peebles assured us a statement that was in line with the version they had already committed to.
Kearns, a criminal defense lawyer who has no interest in rape cases, said detectives felt it was “problem” that Peebles allowed her to control interviews with MW.
“But the good thing is that now it’s on the record,” he said.
Prosecutor’s email
Snyder’s communication with the Peebles continued through the arrests of Aron and Oren Alexander on December 11th. The prosecutor also contacted another New York lawyer, Evan Togan. assault. However, Togan was not involved in MW’s civil lawsuit.
The next day, Snyder renews both lawyers in her criminal case, saying for Alon and Oren Alexander, “I just wanted to let you know that we’re arguing with defence bonds.” .
“On the basis of the charges, the defendant is entitled to bonds except in the most exceptional circumstances,” Snyder wrote to two lawyers. “Federal holdings are still in force and will only be transferred to federal custody.”
Snyder then sent a copy of the private lawyers of the arrest warrants for Aron, Oren Alexander and the fisherman.
During this same time, another woman with initials, MS, moved forward, claiming that she was sexually assaulted by one of the Alexander brothers. In the email, the woman asked prosecutor Snyder if she could refer her to a civic lawyer and pursue the case. Snyder responded via an email on December 16th, providing contact information for Peebles and Torgan. She noted that Togan also represents “Florida victims.”
