Ohad Fisherman, a former real estate associate and friend of the infamous Alexander brothers, is working to rehabilitate his image after Miami Beach police dropped a sexual battery charge against him.
Fisherman (also known as the New York Hummus Hunk) on Friday filed a defamation lawsuit against the Miami Herald, real estate publication the Real Deal, WPLG Local 10, and WSVN 7 News for linking him to Tal, Alon, and Oren Alexander’s federal sex trafficking cases in New York and Florida. Fisherman argues he built a career on successfully closing several multimillion-dollar real estate deals before news outlets “rushed to cover every aspect of (the Alexander brothers’) jaw-dropping story” and linked him to their crimes. He’s suing the outlets in Miami-Dade County court for more than $100,000, arguing the news outlets erroneously connected him to the broader sex-trafficking allegations.
“In connection with an alleged 2016 New Year’s Eve incident — entirely separate from any sex trafficking charges against the Alexander brothers — plaintiff was wrongfully charged by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office in December 2024 with one count of sexual battery,” according to the lawsuit, referring to now-dropped charges. “However, multiple media outlets, including defendants in this case, equated the singular charge against plaintiff as being interwoven with the larger sex-trafficking prosecution against the Alexander brothers.”…