Woman who sued her brother for years of sexual abuse receives $25 million

A Connecticut woman who sued her much older brother for sexually abusing her when she was a teenager has been awarded $25 million.

A Manhattan Supreme Court judge issued a decision and sentence Tuesday, awarding Dorothy Farrell compensatory and punitive damages against George Robb, Jr., after he failed to appear for any court hearings, according to court records.

The abuse began in 1971, when Farrell was just 6 years old, he said in his 2021 lawsuit.

“George took advantage of his power over Dorothy as her much older brother to take advantage of Dorothy with impunity, forcing her to perform sexual acts over and over again,” she said in court papers.

“Dorothy’s first specific memory of abuse is from her sixth or seventh birthday. “Dorothy was wearing a birthday bow in her hair and George, who was 16 or 17 years old at the time, subjected her to sexual touching,” she said in the lawsuit.

Farrell, who now lives in Connecticut, was the second youngest of eight children, according to the lawsuit, which claimed his parents were rarely at their Manhasset, LI home.

Robb, now a Florida resident, failed to show up for two hearings earlier this week, during which Farrell, forensic experts and other witnesses testified.

the abuse It destroyed her childhood and only ended when Robb turned 23, Farrell said in the legal filing, which noted that two other sisters were victims.

He allegedly threatened to kill the girls if they revealed the abuse.

“In later years, George admitted to several family members that he had sexually touched Dorothy and her sisters,” but blamed the girls for his criminal behavior “because of the way they dressed or how they sat or positioned themselves,” he said. Farrell. alleged.

“It takes enormous courage for survivors of child sexual abuse to come forward and fight for years for justice after their perpetrators have destroyed their sense of safety and taught them to internalize shame and fear,” the lawyer said. by Farrell, Mariann Wang. “It has been a privilege for us to represent Dorothy in this fight.”

Robb did not respond to calls for comment.