6 December 26, 2024 - January 1, 2025 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com New Times | music | cafe | culture | Night+Day | News | letters | coNteNts | MONTH XX–MONTH XX, 2008 miaminewtimes.com MIAMI NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | ART | STAGE | NIGHT+DAY | METRO | RIPTIDE | LETTERS | CONTENTS | Danny Torres Historians might look back on the crapfest that the Miami Dolphins 2024-25 season and cite multiple fac- tors, with the front office and head coach Mike Mc- Daniel taking a heaping helping of the blame. But at least a sliver of culpability will be reserved for Miami- Dade police officer, DJ, and Gunfighters Motorcycle Club member Danny Torres. Mere hours before the team’s home opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars in September, Torres hauled star wide receiver Tyreek Hill out of his sports car and took him facedown to the pavement after he was alleg- edly clocked speeding outside Hard Rock Sta- dium. Body-cam footage from the 30-minute stop showed Torres turn aggressive after Hill rolled his window up during the stop. “When we tell you to do something, you do it!” Torres screamed at the wideout. “You understand? Not what you want but what we tell you. You are a little fucking confused.... Stop crying.” The 27-year-veteran motorcycle cop could also be seen handcuffing Dolphins defenseman Calais Campbell, who’d stopped to see what the fuss was about. Hill, who went on to have a down year, later revealed that he’s been playing despite a torn ligament in his wrist, a pre-existing injury he says was aggravated by Tor- res’ takedown. Torres remains on desk duty — and the Curse of the Tequesta remains in effect — as an investigation inches along. The Alexander Brothers Until early December, they were prominent figures in the luxury real estate market, boasting high-profile clients including Kim Kardashian, Steve Madden, and Tommy Hilfiger. Now they’re accused of drugging, as- saulting, and raping dozens of women amid their yearslong ascent to weath and fame. Miami-reared real estate brokers Oren (age 37) and Tal (38) Alexander, along with Oren’s twin brother, Alon, were arrested in Miami Beach earlier this month on federal sex trafficking charges alleging that they worked together since at least 2010 to “re- peatedly and violently drug, sexually assault, and rape” dozens of victims in New York and Miami. Prosecutors claim the trio lured women with prom- ises of luxury experiences and travel, only to rape or sexually assault them after drugging their drinks and giving them cocaine, mushrooms, and the date-rape drug GHB. A lawyer representing two of the victims says an additional 40 women, including a dozen from Miami, have come forward with sex- ual-assault and rape allegations, some of which date back to the brothers’ teen- age years. Oren and Alon also face sepa- rate sexual-battery charges in Florida THE DIRTY DOZEN rate sexual-battery charges in Florida Because apparently it takes all kinds to make a Magic City. P eople from outside the Sunshine State like to snicker about “Florida man” this and “Florida man” that — so much so that Florida Man has be- come shorthand for a branch of homo sapiens whose brains are warped to such a the degree that they do stuff that causes non-Floridians to point at us and laugh. Which is all well and good for Miamians, be- cause — and for good reason — we generally con- sider ourselves to be a breed apart. (To the extent that we have been known to snicker too.) But this is humanity we’re talking about, which means not even the super-evolved are immune to bouts of cringeworthy behavior that causes others to point, guffaw, and, sad to say, think less of us for inhabiting the same corner of the continent as them. Which brings us to New Times’ annual roundup of the faction we call the Dirty Dozen: a motley crew of ne’er-do- wells, miscreants, and wannabe Florida Folks who cause people the world over to think less of us. Without further ado, we are abashed to present the Dirty Dozen of 2024. saulting, and raping dozens of says an additional 40 women, including a dozen from Miami, have come forward with sex- ual-assault and rape allegations, some of which date back to the brothers’ teen- ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAN ZETTWOCH WORDS BY MIAMI NEW TIMES STAFF 19-Culture A-1.pdf
