Alexander Brothers Sentenced to 30 Years Each

Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander were each sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday after a federal jury convicted them of sex-trafficking offenses, bringing a major case against the brothers to its sentencing stage. U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni imposed the terms in federal court in New York after hearing from accusers and the brothers. The jury convicted all three in March of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, inducement to travel to engage in unlawful sexual activity, and multiple counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. The brothers denied drugging or raping women and maintained that they had not trafficked anyone for sex. Their denials followed the jury’s verdict and did not change the convictions. Eleven accusers addressed the court before sentencing, describing lasting effects of the assaults. One woman, who used a pseudonym, said the experience had changed her life. Lindsey Acree, who testified that Tal Alexander and another man raped her at a Hamptons home in 2011 after she drank something that left her feeling paralyzed, questioned why the men had harmed women. Prosecutors said at least 70 women were sexually assaulted by one or more of the...