// BBC WORLD NEWS — MONDO
Alexander brothers each sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking case
Real estate brokers Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon, listen as their lawyers argue for a lesser sentence on their behalf in New York
Three brothers - two of them wealthy real-estate moguls - were sentenced to 30 years each in prison for drugging and raping dozens of women over decades.
Tal Alexander, 40, and twins Oren and Alon Alexander, 39, were found guilty in March of using their wealth and social status to lure women to parties and luxury homes, where they sexually assaulted them.
"Your conduct was monstrous," said Judge Valerie Caproni before sentencing them. "Your crimes wreaked havoc on their lives."
On Tuesday morning, the court in New York heard from 12 victims, including one who did not testify during the trial.
One by one, they spoke of the psychological trauma they endured after the Alexander brothers raped them, and their desire for the shame they had felt to instead fall on the defendants.
Many asked the judge to impose the maximum sentence of life in prison for each brother.
Maya Miller told the court that after Tal Alexander raped her in 2014, she lost all sense of safety. "I carry a quiet funeral within me for the person I might've become if this never happened to me," she said.
Another victim, using the pseudoym Isa Brooks, said after being raped by Tal and Alon Alexander when she was 16, she lost the ability to trust herself.
"I had no idea the danger I was in till it was too late," she said.