Massachusetts' highest court on Thursday ruled that initial court hearings for 28 men accused of being customers of a high-end brothel network that catered to wealthy and well-connected clientele, including politicians and lawyers,

The state’s high court ruled Thursday that the initial court hearings for 28 men accused of being customers of a high-end brothel will be open to the public when they are held in Cambridge District Court. The Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling upheld a previous decision from a clerk-magistrate.

The names of the 28 people accused of buying sex from a high-end brothel network have not been made public. The post Hearings for alleged clients of Boston-area brothel ring will be public, SJC rules appeared first on Boston.