lted after they became disoriented and lost control of their bodies after being given a drink by one of the brothers.

Prosecutors noted that the Probation Office has recommended that each defendant serve 15 years for each victim they raped, which would result in 180-year sentences for Alon and Tal Alexander and 195 years in prison for Oren Alexander.

Defense lawyers described the brothers as  dedicated husbands and fathers  and said they had all lived  lives very different than what was portrayed at trial  for years prior to their 2024 arrests. They have been jailed ever since.

The defense submission projected confidence that the brothers will do well on appeal, saying the evidence was  remarkably weak  on critical points and that the men faced  overwhelming prejudice  as a result of Judge Valerie E. Caproni's decisions about what evidence the jury saw.

 We fight against injustice,  they wrote.

The lawyers also urged Caproni to see the brothers as  human beings, not the monsters falsely portrayed in Court and in the media. 

Resources for victims of sexual assault are available through the National Sexual Violence Resources Center and the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 800-656-4673.