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18
sentences that state something as happening or true
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11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking life sentences for two former luxury real estate brokers and their brother, who were convicted earlier this year of using their influence to drug and sexually abuse women over the course of several years, according to court documents.
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who → seek → documents
Twins Oren and Alon Alexander, and their brother Tal, “have been convicted of sex crimes of extraordinary magnitude,” prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan wrote in a sentencing memorandum filed Wednesday.
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prosecutors → convict → memorandum
“They spent years designing, executing, and perfecting their playbook of luring victims with promises of luxury, drugging victims so they could not resist, and then forcibly raping them,” prosecutors wrote.
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prosecutors → spend → them
The brothers were found guilty of 10 counts of engaging in a yearslong conspiracy of rape, sex trafficking, sex abuse and sexual exploitation.
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brothers → find → rape
They pleaded not guilty but were convicted in April after a trial in which 11 accusers testified.
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accusers → plead → which
One accuser testified that Alon Alexander drugged and raped her after a night out at a New York City club.
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Alexander → testify → club
She told the court that after being given a drink, her “body started to sway.”
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body → tell → drink
She testified that she woke up naked on a bed with Alon Alexander, who did not have any clothes on, standing over her.
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clothes → testify → her
“I tried to get out of the bed a few times, but Alon kept pushing me back down,” she said.
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she → try → me
“Finally, he sat down on the bed, and I was able to get up, and I said, ‘I don’t want to have sex with you,’ and he said, ‘You already did.’”
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You → sit → you
Prosecutors said the brothers used their wealth and influence to prey on women and coerce them into sex acts.
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brothers → say → acts
In arguing for a life sentence, prosecutors wrote in Wednesday’s filing that over 70 women came forward with “harrowing accounts of assault that stripped them of their dignity and autonomy.”
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that → argue → dignity
Attorneys for the brothers in a sentencing submission filed Tuesday said that the brothers are innocent.
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brothers → file → submission
The brothers will each ask for a sentence of 15 years, the defense attorneys wrote, which is the minimum sentence under some of the charges of which they were convicted.
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they → ask → which
The defense attorneys wrote that all the three brothers were competitive with each other and others when it came to dating women, and that in the years before being charged, “they engaged in conduct that was, at times, insensitive toward the feelings of certain women.”
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that → write → women
“But Alon, Oren and Tal steadfastly maintain their complete innocence of these awful charges,” the defense attorneys wrote.
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attorneys → maintain → charges
“At no time did Alon, Oren or Tal rape or sexually assault another person.”
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Alon → rape → person
Sentencing is set for Oct. 27.
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Sentencing → sentence → Oct.
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