Amy Robach
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And what would happen is these brothers, because as you mentioned, rich, powerful, had celebrities all around them, they would invite these women to all expense-paid getaways, to the Hamptons, to Aspen, to the Caribbean, to cruises to be on their ships.
And so, yes, these women would accept
But what would happen is they said they would β the brothers would spite their drinks, they would be incapacitated, and they would be attacked.
And in many cases, according to prosecutors, they even showed one of these videos to the jurors.
The brothers would video themselves basically attacking β
And incapacitated women, women who were drugged, take photos of them.
So there was evidence.
There were text messages.
There were captions on these photos that were just horrific to read.
And this was all played out for the jury.
It's a tough thing to defend.
You make such a good point.
Some of the women even said, because that was part of what the defense tried to tell the jurors, saying this is a cash grab, this is a money grab, these women just wanted to enjoy the lifestyle, and then they wanted to be paid because they regretted what they did.
And that oftentimes is what we hear from defense attorneys.
This is obviously a very specific case, but as you pointed out, the two women, only two women who have the civil lawsuits who testified, basically said, yeah, I don't even want the money.
I don't need the money.
And one of them as the daughter of a billionaire could really back that up.
But they were successful women who weren't trying to just get money from the Alexander brothers.
They wanted justice.
And so, yes, to actually, and several of them put their names out there, put their faces out there.