Federal Grand Jury Indicts Trio in High-End Brothel Case, Hearings to be Public

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that hearings for dozens of individuals accused of purchasing sex in a high-end brothel ring bust will be open to the public, promoting transparency and accountability. More than two dozen suspects are accused of buying sex at brothels in Cambridge and Watertown. The decision comes after a clerk magistrate ruled that the hearings should be open to the media. The case involves alleged customers from various professions who paid for membership and high rates for prostitution services. The hearing dates have not been set, and the case began when federal investigators arrested three people accused of running the brothels out of a network of apartments in the Boston area and Virginia.