"It's not rape if she had a crush on you first. It's not rape if you made sure she can't remember every detail. Members of the jury, the victims are not on trial here, the defendants are. See the defendants' arguments for what they are: a continuation of what they've been doing since 2008—hiding and shifting the blame for their reprehensible actions."
"The defendants never thought these women would tell anyone about what they did, that they would ever have the strength to report what happened to them. The defendants didn't count on all 11 of them coming forward in an avalanche of evidence. That ends today with you. Now it's time to hold them accountable."
In Manhattan Federal Court, prosecutors urged jurors to reject defense arguments from brothers Tal, Oren, and Alon Alexander, who face charges of drugging and sex trafficking women. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Espinosa characterized the defendants' strategy as classic victim blaming, mocking their arguments that suggested the assaults were not crimes based on victims' prior interest or memory gaps. Espinosa emphasized that the victims are not on trial, but rather the defendants, and described their defense as a continuation of deflection tactics spanning decades. She highlighted that eleven women came forward with evidence, defying the defendants' apparent expectation of silence. Judge Valerie Caproni charged the jury for nearly two hours, and deliberations began in the afternoon, with the jury resuming Friday morning.
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