Women Recount Abuse By 3 US Brothers — “I Carry A Funeral Inside Me”

Women Recount Abuse By 3 US Brothers — "I Carry A Funeral Inside Me"

Twins Oren and Alon, and Tal Alexander were found guilty in March of sex trafficking, and using their wealth and social status to lure women to parties and luxury homes and sexually assaulted them. Three wealthy brothers – Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander – were sentenced to 30 years each in prison on Tuesday for drugging and raping dozens of women.

The lawyers told the court in New York that the three brothers assaulted these women over the last two decades in posh localities, including the Hamptons in Long Island and ski resort town of Aspen in Colorado.

At least a dozen women gave testimonies in court, describing the psychological trauma they endured. They were arrested in 2024 and have been held without bail ever since. Miller told the court that she was raped by Tal Alexander in 2014.

One of those women, Maya Miller, said she carries “a quiet funeral within me for the person I might have become if this never happened to me”, as per an Associated Press report .

A third victim, who used pseudonym Isa Brooks, said she lost the ability to trust herself.

“It took one night, only a few hours, one invitation to completely wreck the girl I once was,” said another woman.

“This has wasted my damn time. It’s wasted your time. She then turned towards the brothers and continued, “For why? For you. The biggest thing is why? Why did you do this? I don’t understand the cruelty. I don’t understand the hatred towards women. “Your crimes wreaked havoc in their lives. Alon Alexander noted that not a single woman has accused him of wrongdoing in the eight years he has been married.

Because you did some really messed up stuff.

It’s wasted everyone in this room’s time,” Acree told the judge. US District Judge Valerie E Caproni called the brothers’ conduct “monstrous” before sentencing them. “Over time, they became my life: work, home, children, parents and community.”