Kate Whiteman, Alexander brothers rape accuser, found dead in Australia

It has been announced that the woman who first accused Oren and Alon Alexander of rape and led to similar allegations has died. New York Times.

Kate Whiteman, 45, was found dead in Australia late last year. The coroner in New South Wales told the Times: It was stated that the cause of Whiteman’s death was being investigated. Fox News Digital has contacted the New South Wales coroner for additional details.

The news comes just before the brothers’ criminal trial begins, with jury selection set to begin on January 20.

Oren Alexander and his older brother, Tal Alexander, are prominent luxury real estate brokers who founded the firm Official after rising through the ranks at Douglas Elliman. Alon Alexander worked in the family’s private security business.

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Prosecutors accused the three brothers of conspiring to drug and sexually assault women for more than a decade. Locations including MiamiNew York and the Hamptons, claims the brothers have repeatedly denied. Oren and Alon also face state felony charges in Florida for sexual battery.

In a civil lawsuit filed in 2024, Whiteman accused Oren and Alon Alexander of raping her after they met on a night out in New York in 2012.

She claimed that Oren, then a prominent Douglas Elliman real estate broker, and his brother Alon forced her into an SUV and drove her to the Hamptons mansion owned by Sir Ivan Wilzig, where the attack occurred.

That same day, another accuser, Rebecca Mandel, filed a separate lawsuit alleging that the brothers took her to their home after meeting at a Manhattan club in 2010, where they took turns subduing and raping her.

Oren Alexander attends a bail hearing at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building in Miami on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, after being charged with multiple state and federal crimes, including sex trafficking and rape. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald, AP, Pool)

Following Whiteman and Mandel’s accusations, many women put forward similar scenarios.

If convicted, the Alexander brothers will spend decades in federal prison. The brothers are being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, along with the disgraced rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs and alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione.

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An exhibition showing photographs of Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander before a press conference held in New York, USA, on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Luxury real estate brokers Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon were arrested by federal prosecutors in New York and charged with sex trafficking. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The disgusting accusations allege the brothers used their wealth and position to lure women to nightclubs, parties and other events before drugging and sexually assaulting them.

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Oren and Tal Alexander were among the founders real estate company official, The company offered luxury listings in places like New York City, the Hamptons, Miami and Los Angeles in 2022 after moving up at Douglas Elliman, one of the nation’s largest real estate brokerages, according to prosecutors.

Oren and Alon Alexander attend Jeff Gordon’s Last Tour at The Villa, Casa Casuarina in Miami Beach, Florida on November 22, 2015. (Aaron Davidson/Getty Images for Group J)

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Past clients include Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Liam Gallagher and Lindsay Lohan, according to CBS News. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Alexanders’ attorneys for comment.