CEO of prestige realtor Douglas Elliman quits suddenly amid slew of scandals

The high-profile CEO of realtor elephantine Douglas Elliman has discontinue aft the institution was deed by a plunging stock terms and amid accusations helium ignored rape claims against his prima agents.

Howard Lorber faced a shareholder revolt successful July aft the company's worth dropped from $900 cardinal to $130 cardinal successful conscionable 3 years.

And the 74-year-old faces allegations helium did thing erstwhile told astir claims against Tal and Oren Alexander who, unneurotic with their member Alon, person been accused of intersexual battle by astatine slightest 30 women.

And choler was stoked erstwhile his chap directors awarded him the 'maximum permissible award' for DEI efforts arsenic portion of his $14.5 cardinal wage bundle successful August.

'Stockholders merit to cognize however the battle and harassment claims were handled by management,' shareholder Brad Tirpak wrote.

Broker Jessica Cohen claims she warned Lorber successful 2012 that Oren had spiked her portion astatine a 2010 enactment successful Manhattan earlier she blacked retired for hours and woke up successful the hospital.

Another broker told the New York Times that thing was done aft helium warned executives astir uncovering Oren attacking 'Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles' prima Tracy Tutor portion she was unconscious successful a bath aft sharing a portion from Oren astatine a enactment successful 2014.

Tutor, 49, is 1 of 10 women who told the insubstantial they were sexually assaulted by the brothers, who made a sanction for themselves brokering luxury properties and showing disconnected their posh manner connected societal media.

Seven of the women, including Tutor, said they judge they were drugged earlier being raped by either Tal, 38, oregon the younger twins Oren and Alon, 37.

And 5 much manufacture figures assertion they discussed battle claims against the brothers with executives portion the brace were inactive employed.

'Staying soundless for truthful agelong has been damaging connected galore levels, and remembering present what happened feels debilitating,' Tutor said.

Lorber had chaired the institution since 2003 and remains president of the blistery canine concatenation Nathan's Famous.

He served arsenic an economic advisor to Donald Trump and flew with the erstwhile president to Moscow successful 1996 successful a bid to onshore a skyscraper deal.

Twenty years later, a Trump spokesperson named Lorber arsenic among 2 radical who were the president' champion friends. 

Court documents filed successful New York Supreme Court successful June and obtained by DailyMail.com impeach each 3 of the real-estate brothers of raping complainant Angelica Parker successful an battle that, she alleges, took spot astir the autumn of 2012.

The New York-based model, formerly known arsenic Angelica Cecora, antecedently made headlines successful 2012 erstwhile she accused celebrated boxer Oscar De La Hoya of artillery and mendacious imprisonment successful a suit she would yet lose.

In a ailment that echoes that brought by Rebecca Mandel and Karen Whiteman, Parker alleges that she was 'raped by Alon and Tal Alexander, together, successful a coordinated onslaught that was planned and facilitated by Oren Alexander on with his brothers'.

Oren is accused of sitting and watching the rapes.

Mandel, connected her part, claims she met Oren and Alexander successful 2009 astatine a now-closed club, SL, erstwhile she was conscionable 18 years old.

She said she continued to tally into the twins astatine parties and, successful September 2020, bumped into them again astatine SL wherever Alon 'intentionally drugged Plaintiff's portion with an chartless substance, resulting successful important impairment to her carnal and intelligence being'.

Mandel claims that the twins past took her backmost to their flat wherever the battle occurred.

Meanwhile Whiteman has alleged that she was raped by the 2 successful 2012 astatine a 'castle' successful the Hamptons owned by Ivan Wilzig and known arsenic 'Sir Ivan's Castle'.

Lawyers for the brothers person dismissed the claims arsenic 'pure fiction' and vowed to combat them successful court,

'It is unfortunate but afloat expected that shakedown artists are going to enactment up fixed the allegations against Tal's brothers,' a spokesperson for the elder member said.

'However, Tal has done perfectly thing wrong, and anyone hoping to peddle outrageous lies successful hopes of a speedy payday are going to find themselves disappointed.'

A spokesperson for Douglas Elliman said that nary allegation against the brothers was ever raised formally with Lorber.

'Had immoderate specified complaints been received, those complaints would person been thoroughly investigated,' helium added.

'Douglas Elliman extends its deepest appreciation to Mr. Lorber for his strategical imaginativeness and years of dedication and hard enactment that person made Douglas Elliman the country's premier existent property brokerage firm, mounting caller standards successful luxury work and innovation.'