A Connecticut woman who sued her older brother for sexually harassing her when she was a teenager was awarded $25 million in compensation.

A Manhattan Supreme Court judge issued a decision Tuesday awarding Dorothy Farrell compensatory and punitive damages to George Robb Jr. after he failed to show up for a hearing, according to court records.

In her lawsuit filed in 2021, she said the abuse began in 1971, when Farrell was just 6 years old.

“George took advantage of his power over Dorothy, her much older sibling, by preying on her with impunity and repeatedly coercing her into sexual intercourse,” she alleged in court documents.

“Dorothy’s earliest specific memory of the abuse is from her sixth or seventh birthday. “Dorothy had a birthday bow in her hair and George, who was 16 or 17 at the time, sexually touched her,” he said.

Farrell, who now lives in Connecticut, was the youngest of eight children, according to the lawsuit, which alleges his parents rarely went to their home in Manhasset, L.I.

Robb, who now resides in Florida, did not attend two hearings earlier this week where Farrell, forensic experts and other witnesses testified.

Exploitation The incident ruined her childhood and only ended when Robb turned 23, Farrell said in her legal filing, which said two other sisters were also victimized.

It was claimed that he threatened the girls with death if they exposed them. exploitation.

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

“It takes tremendous courage for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to come forward and fight for justice for years after their perpetrators destroyed their sense of safety and taught them to internalize shame and fear,” said Farrell’s attorney, Mariann Wang. “It was our privilege to represent Dorothy in this fight.”

Robb did not respond to calls for comment.