A man who for years moved through Manhattan’s moneyed social scene while claiming ties to the Rothschild family is now facing serious charges in Miami Beach. Police arrested the man, identified in court papers as Aryeh Dodelson, on February 25 at a South Beach hotel. He was later booked in Miami-Dade County on felony and misdemeanor domestic-violence counts.
The alleged victim told authorities the attack happened December 29 inside the couple’s South of Fifth apartment and that she briefly lost consciousness.
Allegations and arrest
According to Vanity Fair, Miami Beach detectives obtained an arrest warrant and intercepted Dodelson at 1 Hotel South Beach on the night of February 25. The outlet reports that the arrest affidavit states the woman told officers he grabbed her from behind, pulled her hair, punched her and put both hands on her neck, which she says caused her to lose consciousness. In her account to police: “He choked me.”
Authorities charged Dodelson on February 26 with battery by strangulation, a felony, and battery by domestic violence, a misdemeanor, according to the reporting.
A long con from Manhattan to SoFi
Before his name appeared in a Miami Beach arrest report, the man circulated in downtown Manhattan using aliases, including Kyle Deschanel, and cultivated a high-flying persona that reportedly involved fake business cards, pitch decks and big-ticket dinners. The Daily Beast and other outlets have detailed how that carefully crafted identity threaded through New York nightlife between 2021 and 2023.
Court date and defense
According to Vanity Fair, Dodelson filed paperwork in January to change his name to Ary Davidssen, has entered a not-guilty plea and is requesting a jury trial. He has hired Miami attorneys Phil Reizenstein, Kenneth Weisman and Jay White. Reizenstein told a reporter that “almost all of your questions are covered by attorney client privilege so i can’t answer them.”…