When it was time to go home, a local teenager they barely knew offered to give them a lift when they couldn't find a cab. Then 15-year-old Alex spent the day at the beach with his friend. Saturday July 14th of this year was just another summer day in paradise. 'Homosexuality is taboo, rape is taboo, and AIDS is taboo,' said Veronique Robert. What happened to Alex has thrown a worldwide spotlight on the dark side of a city where a victim can be treated as a criminal, where homosexuality is outlawed and where AIDS is buried under a layer of shame. And they played with my life and I don't know, they…they destroyed me.' 'Today I feel like they lied to me, they treated me like nothing, like a toy. 'Before, I felt like it was paradise, it was honestly paradise,' Alex told ABC News last month. Their names and the details of their convictions were not released by the court. Today, two men were sentenced in a Dubai court to 15 years each in prison in the case.