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.

Another woman said when she planned to come forward about being raped, Tal Alexander threatened her, saying he knew where her sister worked.

Prosecutor Elizabeth Espinosa said the brothers deserved the maximum punishment for their crimes, saying facts "paint a truly devastating picture".

"For years, they honed…